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Article: Local couple works with ministry in Kenya.
- Article from:
- Aiken Standard (Aiken, SC)
- Article date:
- January 12, 2009
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Byline: Suzanne R. Stone
Jan. 12--John and Frances Osteen of Aiken spent two weeks of December helping to bring the Christmas message to life for impoverished children in Kenya. The Osteens spent Dec. 4-16 in Kenya working with Life for Children Ministry, a missions group which supports children orphaned by HIV and AIDS. The Osteens assisted at a three-day, four-night Bible camp for children ages 6 to 18 in the towns of Kisumu, located in western Kenya on Lake Victoria, and Wachara, a tiny village about 75 miles south of Kisumu. "In the States, Wachara wouldn't even have one stoplight," Frances said. "They live in subsistence-level poverty. There are no ...
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