Josiah is one of the inspiring people we have met along the way... On the weekends he works as a taxi driver, during the week he is an accountant at the hospital and in the evenings he drives an hour to Nairobi to go to law school. Several years ago he and four friends recognized the need for lawyers that would practice the kind of law that stamps out corruption (rather than perpetrates it). They decided to go back to school to get their law degrees and have established an organization of Christian lawyers that share their vision for Kenya... as he drove us past the IDP camps (internally displaced people... from the post election violence) I felt encouraged knowing that there are rising stars on Kenya's horizon... vision, determination, and a strong desire for good. I asked him if he had ever heard of International Justice Mission (http://www.ijm.org) and he hadn't... what a great addition he would be to the work they are doing!
Another inspiring person from Kijabe, Kenya... 2008 CNN Hero Award recipient Steve Peifer. Watch his story at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=451a94jO5I4
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