Joel Weddington
"A Very Human Mission" is a fiction novel about an alien who accepts a dare from a member of his group to be born on Earth and help human suffering. Impulsive and overconfident, he chooses to enter a traumatic childhood and encounters ongoing adversity that threaten his mission and even his life. Struggling to overcome personal conflicts and life challenges for many years, he finally gains wisdom about himself and humanity.
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A special gathering of beings
An alien being on a faraway planet toiled over his latest project. It was a 256 mile-long magnetized transportation tube that could shuttle humans faster and safer than the cars, trains, and airplanes that were popular on planet Earth. Sharing his latest invention at his group’s monthly gathering, nobody seemed interested. To dramatize how important and helpful his invention would be, at the next gathering he replicated a Boeing 707 jet crash. The plane made an awful nose dive, then smashed into the ground nearby, shaking it violently. It landed close enough to fling some engine parts into their food substance, a delicious and nutritional nectar that they specially prepared…