12-20-00

Dr. Marcus A. Manns
P.O. box 0S 2052
Osu-Accra
Ghana, West Africa

Believe it or not I am alive and still surviving on this interesting 
continent.  Actually I am doing much more than just surviving.
Hello my friends, family, Brothers and colleagues. I am on line and I 
would first like to Thank you so much for your concerns and interest 
in this 
crazy but exciting journey, life has me on.  I secondly would like to 
sincerely apologize for the isolation and temporary disconnection 
between me 
and everything/everybody I was comfortable with.  That was all part 
of that 
crazy but exciting journey I spoke of earlier.  OOoh sweet life, how 
unpredictable thou are.
    Wow.  How could I possibly explain or catch you up?  Where could I 
start?  well just try to imagine buying a one way plane ticket to a 
continent and country on the other side of the world.  Leaving 
everything 
and everybody you have known all of your life, to move to a place 
where you 
know no one.  There is only one person who you are even vaguely 
familiar 
with (already a good equation for loneliness).  Very few people 
understand 
what you are saying and no one understands why you are saying it.  
arriving 
alone in a very poor 3rd world country with only approximately one 
thousand 
dollars , some clothes, a couple books, a few tapes, a laptop 
computer, an 
instrument to educate the people on chiropractic, a strong 
foundation of 
principles, a knowing that there is work you have been called to do, 
that 
your life has a purpose and a faith that the author of that purpose 
will not 
abandon you (by the way , you can rest assured that, that author will 
and 
has tested that faith in many many radical ways).  A lions den with 
your 
name on it awaits you in the jungle or desert and in my case, in the 
BUSH.  
Of course there is no one going with you.  Your blind folded, shackled, 
naked and put in a straight jacket.  If that's not enough you are 
sicker 
than you have ever been in your life. Before you arrived you were a 
semi 
vegetarian and once you arrived  all you were fed was liver, cowhide, 
goat 
and bush meat (a.k.a. Groundhog) Don't forget about a nice glass of 
brown 
water to wash it all down.  You are then dropped in the lions Den. You 
think 
to yourself    "This just aint fair, I want my MaMa". Talking about 
stepping 
into the deep, this is borderline stupid. Somehow, 5 months later you 
have 
several beautiful lion heads mounted on your wall, a couple of pet 
lions. 
Now the lions think "This just aint fair, His mouth wasn't covered"

   Wow where did that little short story come from?  Well without 
boring you 
with every experience, that story would be a accurate description.
   my practice has finally opened. We have been open for a little over 
1 
month. All my members pay cash and no one pays for less than one 
month up 
front. 90% pay for 6months to 1year. They all bring in their entire 
families 
and I only accept families committed to our journey of wellness. 
Imagine 
actually turning away people ready and willing to pay for patch up 
care. I 
tell them that not what I am selling, just like I dont sell 
refrigerators.   
My web based art company " BIG IDEA ART/Spineart" has been 
launched. The 
website should be fully functional by this Friday. Be sure to check it 
out 
and give me some feedback (www.bigideaart.com). Its all about art 
with a BIG 
idea. So far we are only focusing on one of the 6 categories. That one 
category is "SPINEART".
Our NGO/Non profit organization called "African Chiropractic 
Mission" Is up 
and operating in several orphanages. Proposals to potential donors 
will go 
out before the end of January.  I have been contacted by the 
President and 
first Lady of Ghana, to provide chiropractic services for their 
family.  I'm 
putting together a strong team of ACTION takers over here who will 
be doing 
some big things in the near future.  We will keep you posted as these 
adventures unfold.  In the meantime Include us and the vision in your 
prayers and keep sending us your love and positive energy, I will  do 
the 
same.

                              Yours in Maximizing this Lifetime,
                                    Marcus "Branta" Manns

ps: Still pushing, still fighting, still persisting, still giving, still 
loving, still serving, still conquering, still praying, still staying, 
still 
meditating, still busting thru barriers, still knocking down walls, 
stilljumping over hurdles,still getting up after falls, still striving, 
still looking ahead, still north, still breathing, still living , still...


Contact info:

Dr. Marcus A. Manns
P.O. box 0S 2052
Osu-Accra
Ghana, West Africa

233-21-252400
233-24-363625
www.bigideaart.com