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In a world recovering from depression, war and political instability, American President Kennedy said,"" Ask not what your country can do for you but what you can do for your country."" A young farm couple from Indiana answered his challenge by joining his Peace Corps. David and Inga Randle were trained in rural development work, taught Portuguese and in 1964 were sent to work in Mato Grosso. Brazil. In a raw frontier settlement, they met an adorable four-year old boy named Vilmar Pinheiro whose nick name was Neguinho. Keeping track of Neguinho became a sixty-year odyssey for the Randles. The relationship between them and Neguinho matured as he participated in the incredible growth of Mato Grosso from an undesirable wilderness to become a world leader in agricultural production.

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