Yesterday a black reporter from the Sun Sentinel came to the nursing home (one of my client facilities)and interviewed the four black women who are coming with me to Kenya. I don't normally make so many references to a person's race, but, in this case that is what is special about this story and that is why Ron the reporter picked up the story. Four black women had raised their money and were going to Kenya. And PGA had helped them because of the death of one of the women's son (Allen) who worked for PGA who was killed by lighting. Allen's friend from PGA organized a charity golf event to raise money to send Allen's mom to Kenya. And, it gets better. The reporter is very big into charity work himself having won an award from the governor of Florida for his work. When the women said they wanted to open an IT training center in memory of Allen, the reporter gave them 15 computers! The women will carry four of them with them and we will work to get the rest to Kenya. We need them to replace some of the computers that aren't working in the cyber at Nick and Charles'. He wants to put their trip on the paper's blog so they will be keeping him updated throughout their trip. And, he said he can connect them to national media. One of the women said "Connie, you would have to be blind not to see how God is all over this". I must agree He has a hand in connecting all of this. This is the headlines for the article and the linkage to read the story.
Women set to take trip of a lifetime -- to slums in Kenya
They will work with women and children stricken with HIV/AIDS
By C. Ron Allen
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
September 28 2009, 6:34 PM EDT
Four women will leave on Oct. 10 for Kenya where they will provide health care, education and a future to poor Kenyan women and children with HIV/AIDS.
The complete article can be viewed at:
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/palm-beach/sfl-kenya-aid-trip-p092809,0,497957.story
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Amazed at God's work,
Connie
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