The Story Of Vendyl Jones

Vandell Jones once came to Crown Heights on Sunday to receive a dollar from the Rebbe.

He was very excited about this meeting because he had dedicated a lot of his life to fulfill the Rebbe's words.

And so he's very excited to meet the Rebbe.

And when he came by the Rebbe, he said, the Rebbe told him, the work you're doing is the most important.

You're doing the most important work.

It won't be easy, but don't give in.

Don't give in.

Keep on going, in other words.

So his people in his organization said that these words of the Rebbe really inspired him and kept him going, who is this man? What did the Rebbe mean about the work that he was doing? What work did he do? So there's an excellent article in the Kfar Chabad magazine which tells this story.

Let's start from the end on his tombstone.

On his tombstone, it says that here lies a leader of children of Noah.

God commanded the children of Noah to keep the seven laws of Noah.

And he is a leader of these Gentiles.

And then there is another verse from Tehillim.

Truth rises and sprouts from the earth.

So what is his story? What did he do? And how did he do it? And what is...