Hope Runs An American Tourist, a Kenyan Boy, a Journey of Redemption |
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| Author:
| Diaz-Ortiz, Claire
Gachagua, Samuel Ikua |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4104-7073-7 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2014 |
| Publisher: | Thorndike Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $30.99 |
Book Description:
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Hope Runs is the emotional story of one American tourist, one Kenyan orphan, and how one day became one year that would change the course of their lives forever. Sammy Ikua Gachagua lost his father to illness, his mother to abandonment, and his home to poverty. By age ten, he was living in a shack with seven other hungry children. He entered an orphanage, seeing it as a miracle. At the end of an around-the-world journey, Claire D#65533;az-Ortiz decided to climb Mount Kenya before...
More DescriptionHope Runs is the emotional story of one American tourist, one Kenyan orphan, and how one day became one year that would change the course of their lives forever.
Sammy Ikua Gachagua lost his father to illness, his mother to abandonment, and his home to poverty. By age ten, he was living in a shack with seven other hungry children. He entered an orphanage, seeing it as a miracle. At the end of an around-the-world journey, Claire D#65533;az-Ortiz decided to climb Mount Kenya before heading home. She entered an orphanage, seeing it as a free place to spend the night before her trek. God had other plans.