{"product_id":"he-hoped-i-would-come-hardcover-1","title":"He Hoped I Would Come - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSusie Keefer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 2010, Susie Keefer made her first trip to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Africa. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe was part of a small team representing the Peter D. Weaver Congo Partnership, a ministry started by a Delaware United Methodist bishop who was answering a cry for help from African bishops. Together, the American and Congolese churches created nutritional and medical programs designed to meet the acute needs of the Congolese people.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSusie had come a long way from the small Pennsylvania town in which she had grown up, and she was full of uncertainty. Had she correctly interpreted the call of God? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNothing in her life had fully prepared her for this. Equipped with degrees in special education, she had been a successful leader in the Special Olympics organization. She and her husband, Ed, had led youth groups for many summers in a church program called the Appalachia Service Project.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut the Democratic Republic of the Congo was different. A big step into the totally unknown.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLittle could Susie have imagined that she would meet and bond with a small child named Miriam, whom she met in the nutrition program; that she and her husband Ed would end up adopting Miriam and bringing her home to Delaware; and that they would establish a new feeding program for children, called Miriam's Table, which would call them back to the Congo over and over again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is their remarkable and moving story, as told by Susie herself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.56 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 05, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47191081189625,"sku":"9798990356207","price":35.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/IYjAfT-KXi9798990356207_ba706f11-872c-49e5-a3f3-8b1a6018f77e.webp?v=1767888280","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/he-hoped-i-would-come-hardcover-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}