{"product_id":"he-hoped-i-would-come-susie-keefer-9798990356207","title":"He Hoped I Would Come","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Susie Keefer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798990356207\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Secant Publishing LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/05\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.98lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.56d","brand":"Susie Keefer","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45482853433599,"sku":"9798990356207","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ce79bf5b-d630-415a-941d-7d0b2b4b8585.jpg?v=1715999676","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/he-hoped-i-would-come-susie-keefer-9798990356207","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}