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KENYA SOW OR GO
![]() MY NAME IS SYLVIA SUHR, I AM 61 AND A WIDOW. I WAS BORN IN ENGLAND IN 1944 AND CAME TO LIVE IN AUSTRALIA IN 1968. I BECAME A CHRISTIAN 23 YEARS AGO AFTER MY HUSBAND LEFT ME WITH 4 CHILDREN. MY CHILDREN ARE GROWN UP NOW AND IT'S TIME FOR DOING SOME OF THE THINGS I DREAMED OF DOING, ONE OF WHICH IS TO GO AND LIVE IN KENYA. I WENT TO KENYA IN JULY 2001 ON A CRUSADE WITH A TEAM OF PEOPLE FROM AUSTRALIA AND THE USA. WE FOUND THE PEOPLE THERE WERE HUNGRY FOR THE GOSPEL AND VERY OPEN TO THE POWER OF GOD AND MANY WERE SAVED, HEALED AND SET FREE. THE TEAM LEFT AFTER 3 WEEKS AND I STAYED ON FOR ANOTHER 3 MONTHS ON MY OWN TO FOLLOW UP AND GET TO KNOW THE KENYAN PEOPLE AND CULTURE BETTER. I WENT INTO SCHOOLS WHERE HUNDREDS OF CHILDREN ACCEPTED JESUS AS THEIR PERSONAL SAVIOUR. I WENT INTO REMOTE VILLAGES WHERE THE PEOPLE WERE VERY SUPRISED TO SEE A WHITE PERSON AND SOME OF THE CHILDREN WERE AFRAID BECAUSE OF MY SKIN COLOUR, YET MANY OF THEM WERE CURIOUS AND WANTED TO TOUCH ME. THE AIDS EPEDEMIC HAS LEFT MANY CHILDREN AS ORPHANS AND EVEN THOUGH SOME ARE TAKEN IN BY THE EXTENDED FAMILY THERE IS BARELY ENOUGH FOOD TO GO AROUND. I SAW CHILDREN WHO WERE SUFFERING FROM SEVERE MALNUTRITION AND DYING IN THE BACK OF A HUT FROM DISEASE AND DEHYDRATION AND HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO HOLD THEM AND PRAY FOR THEM. FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE GO TO www.kenyasoworgo.com ![]() |
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