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Monthly Archives: August 2013

50 Reasons to Run, Day 15: Jacob

In an act of violence that took the life of his nephew, Jacob became paralyzed by a bullet to his spine. Once the director of a primary school, Jacob had now remained confined to a hospital bed in Nairobi for eight months…

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50 Reasons to Run, Day 14: Chepchumba

In March of 2011, Chepchumba arrived at Kimbilio Hospice, emaciated beyond anything the Living Room team had ever seen before or could imagine to be compatible with life…

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50 Reasons to Run, Day 13: Loice

The first time I saw Loice she was curled into the fetal position, lying in a bed at the far corner of a fully occupied women’s ward…

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50 Reasons to Run, Day 12: Chelimo

At two-and-a-half years of age, Chelimo arrived to the Living Room weighing a mere eight pounds. HIV positive and severely malnourished, Chelimo was near death…

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50 Reasons to Run, Day 11: Hannah

I went this afternoon to sit with my friend named Hannah. She is 51 years old. She is married and has nine children. By the standards of the world, Hannah is poor…

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50 Reasons to Run, Day 10: Rose

There are times when precious and vulnerable lives arrive to Living Room whose bodies are so broken that we do not know how best to pray. In such cases, we earnestly yearn for and ask for a miracle, that God would bring healing and that we would see life return to them…

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50 Reasons to Run, Day 9: Veronicah

On the Thursday afternoon that Veronicah came to the Living Room, a two-hour car ride provided an opportunity to reflect upon the value and impact of Living Room, as well as a very clear reminder of what would be required to do this work. The answer is most simply to love…

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50 Reasons to Run, Day 8: Mary

On July 20th, 2011, a 16 year-old girl named Mary was carried through the doors of Kimbilio Hospice. Her story includes unimaginable abuse and neglect. Locked in a home and left to die, Mary was rescued by “Good Samaritans” and through a friend of a friend of a friend, she was brought from over 50 miles away to the refuge of Kimbilio Hospice…

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50 Reasons to Run, Day 7: Catherine

One Monday morning, Catherine came to Kimbilio Hospice in excruciating pain from advanced, untreated breast cancer. She quickly explained that she had not been able to sleep for months, and the smell of the wounds from her chest wall were keeping friends and family at a distance. Her suffering was great…

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50 Reasons to Run, Day 6: Irine

In January of this year, a single young mother walked into Living Room with two babies – one on her back and one in her arms…

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