Stories from Kenya
- ISBN-10
- 0875743196
- ISBN-13
- 9780875743196
- Category
- Missions, Medical
- Pages
- 32
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1995
- Publisher
- Pendle Hill Publications
- Authors
- Tom Gates, Liz Gates
Description
Tom , a family physician , was in private practice for eight years in Lancaster , New Hampshire , before serving in Kenya . At age eighteen , faced with the draft and the possibility of being sent to Vietnam , he realized that he could ...
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