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In 1999, a certain man from the United Kingdom came to Kenya
among a group of tourists. They visited an area in north eastern Kenya
where so many people had died of starvation. I was also with a group of
Adventist men and women from
ADRA. We had gone to distribute food to the starving. That man entered a house
where he found a widow and her four children aged nine, seven, five and three.
They were hungry and lacked food and water. The woman narrated her story
and
told the man how they had stayed for eight days without food and they had
stayed for four days without water. The man sympathized with the situation of
the family. The children had starved to the point whereby they were all bones
and their ribs were all out. They had no clothing at all.
The man truly felt the need to help the family. Even though he gave them
nothing then, he promised to help in the future. Surely he had wanted to help.
He stayed in Kenya for two months and went back to the United Kingdom. His
immediate plan then was to assist the dying family in Kenya. He stayed in the
United Kingdom for only five days and returned to Kenya with thousands of
change the destiny of that family.
On arrival, he wasted no time. He bought enough food, clothing and all that he
felt the family needed and headed straight to Garissa. He drove directly to
that home only to find five graves in the compound.
He later learned that the family he loved and promised to help had died while
he was still in the country touring different places. He was shocked. He wept
as if he
was weeping for his own family.
The one notable thing he said while seated on one of the graves was: “I wish I
knew, I would have saved your lives. I had money then. It was enough to buy
you food, water and clothing at least for a month. It was enough to construct
a house for you. But I chose to enjoy myself and have pleasure in your
country. Not because I never loved you, but because I chose to help in the
future. God allowed me to see your condition probably because He wanted me to
save your lives, but I
never responded in time. I feel guilty for not saving your lives.”
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