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I was born and brought up in a rural village in western Kenya,...
I was born and brought up in a rural village in western Kenya, the third child born after two girls. My parents and my grandparents were so delighted to have their first son and grandson.
The joy about my coming into being was short-lived, however, as it was discovered that I had a "strange condition," that of difficult breathing accompanied by constant flu, particularly at night.
My community happens to be one in which the belief in voodoo was and is still prevalent, and my illness was attributed to witchcraft. The traditional curative method never helped me. My parents later opted to consult a physician, who diagnosed my case as chronic asthma. The medical examination revealed that my chest was pretty weak, and I was immediately put on medication. The physician said my ailment was a hereditary one that would not be cured by any known medicine, and that the antihistamines prescribed would barely lessen an attack. I was therefore advised to learn to live with the disease.
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October 14, 1996 issue
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Where the vision is
Russ Gerber
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Visions of deliverance
Rosalie E. Dunbar
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Home is in the heart
Laura K. Robinson-Long
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Racism—a violation of universal brotherhood
Lacy Bell Richter
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What Elizabeth learned from the earthquake!
LaMeice Harding
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Arresting the lies of a criminal nature
David F. Stevens
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Seeing past the labels to the child of God
Joan Sieber Ware
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Conclusion
Mary Jane Griffith
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Prayer before voting
Kim Ann Geisinger
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An industrial city with vision
by Kim Shippey
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Here
Margaret Evans
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About a year ago I woke one night very sick and nauseated
Allison T. Demarkles
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I have a lot to be grateful for
Patricia I. Wilson
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One night when I went to bed, I had a hard time getting to...
Tabitha Anne Boyd with contributions from Sharon L. Reilly Boyd