Volume 3: KenyaQuest
Grace Holder has spent seventeen years held captive by fear, but longing to seize life with the zeal of her best friend, Jessica. When Jessica returns from a mission trip to Kenya and challenges Grace to fully trust God, Grace must prove to her friend, and to herself, that she can overcome fear and live by faith.
She sets out to experience all the excitement her friend described by following in her footsteps to serve in Mombasa, but discovers there is more to fear than her imagination conjured. The harsh realities of living in poverty jeopardize her faith, and her own prejudices threaten to undermine the work. Meanwhile, her heart is torn between falling for the mysterious medical student, Erasto, and keeping her usual safe distance from a risky relationship. When her new friend, Chinira, is hospitalized in the midst of a medical strike, Grace and Erasto must pitch in to care for those in need. Grace finds protection for her tender heart by building barriers against the pain and suffering all around her. But just when she is most vulnerable, news from home leaves her broken and hopeless. Can she climb out of the pit of fear and learn to trust God even when life doesn’t make sense? |
Mombasa, Kenya KenyaQuest is set in the region of Kenya surrounding Mombasa, a city on the east coast of Africa which borders the Indian Ocean. Mombasa is home to some 900,000 people and has been an important port on the Indian Ocean for over five hundred years. It has also been the scene of battles between various empires including the Portuguese, the Omani, and the British.
The area is home to some of the most amazing wildlife, as well as some of the rarest gems in the world, including tsavorite. |
Learn more about Kenya and the missionaries serving there by visiting these friends:
Edward and Amanda Simmons - Missionaries to the Samburu people
Wikipedia on Kenya
Encyclopaedia Britannica on Kenya
Al Jazeera News from Kenya
Lonely Planet - Kenya
Commonwealth of Nations - Kenya's Exports
History of East African Slave Trade -Portcities Bristol
Kenyan Children's Games
Universal Health 2030 - Kenya Doctor's Strike
Kenya Customs and Etiquette
British Colonization of Kenya
Daily Nation article on a Kenyan Snake Charmer
Breakfast in Kenya
Recipes from Kenya
Colonial Voyage - Fort Jesus, Mombasa
Global Black History - The Role of Missionaries in Colonization
Friends of Mombasa
University of Pennsylvania - African Studies Center - Kenyan Ethnic Groups
Unesco - World Heritage Site - Fort Jesus Mombasa
Research regarding Gemologist Campbell Bridges
Taylor & Hart - Emerald vs. Tsavorite
Campbell Bridges Memorial at Tucson 2010 Gem Show
The Discovery of Tsavorite in Campbell Bridges' own Words
Tiffany & Co. Advertising Campaign
News Report on the Trial of Campbell Bridges' killers
Edward and Amanda Simmons - Missionaries to the Samburu people
Wikipedia on Kenya
Encyclopaedia Britannica on Kenya
Al Jazeera News from Kenya
Lonely Planet - Kenya
Commonwealth of Nations - Kenya's Exports
History of East African Slave Trade -Portcities Bristol
Kenyan Children's Games
Universal Health 2030 - Kenya Doctor's Strike
Kenya Customs and Etiquette
British Colonization of Kenya
Daily Nation article on a Kenyan Snake Charmer
Breakfast in Kenya
Recipes from Kenya
Colonial Voyage - Fort Jesus, Mombasa
Global Black History - The Role of Missionaries in Colonization
Friends of Mombasa
University of Pennsylvania - African Studies Center - Kenyan Ethnic Groups
Unesco - World Heritage Site - Fort Jesus Mombasa
Research regarding Gemologist Campbell Bridges
Taylor & Hart - Emerald vs. Tsavorite
Campbell Bridges Memorial at Tucson 2010 Gem Show
The Discovery of Tsavorite in Campbell Bridges' own Words
Tiffany & Co. Advertising Campaign
News Report on the Trial of Campbell Bridges' killers