News of the International Day of Peace, September 21 campaign began to spread.

Maria and her older sister, Juanita, had put up a website on the worldwide Internet, and almost immediately, they started getting messages on their computer from all over the world.

They heard from people in Costa Rica, Bangladesh, the Philippines, Holland, England, Australia, and even from countries they'd never heard of, like Kiribati. Their new Internet friends agreed to spread the message of the International Day of Peace on September 21 to all the people they knew.

Then letters and emails started pouring in. They got messages from famous actresses and singers, business leaders and Nobel Prize winners. They all said they would help spread the word about the International Day of Peace and the Global Ceasefire.

They got letters from Presidents and Prime Ministers who promised their nations would honor the Global Ceasefire and celebrate the day in peace.