Product Description

A missionary excursion into an isolated village in the interior of Kenya opens windows to worlds rarely explored. The experiences captured in the journal of Charles Herrick, business executive turned missionary turned reluctant village doctor shows both the warm and amusing side of Africa as well as the bizarre sometimes eerily dark and spiritual side.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #766049 in Books
• Published on: 2004-03
• Binding: Hardcover
• 155 pages

Bob Thornbloom, Missionary to Congo
You can go to Africa but you will never see things the way they are portrayed in this book.

Dr. Roger Thorpe, Missionary Surgeon
Charles Herrick makes you feel that you're on the spot, making life-changing or -saving decisions ...

About the Author
The author was an executive with IBM for several years. He also was the president of several larger high tech companies in the Northwest and at one time ran a coffee roasting and retail company.

While still relatively young and healthy he became a missionary and a reluctant village "healer."

He is married to Kristy and has three children and a bulldog named Bullard.

Charles writes, paints, designs and consults in and around the Seattle area.

Customer Reviews

Excellent!
Charles Herrick did an excellent job of bringing the story of his experience to me. I passed the book along to my friend, Diane, and she expressed her appreciation of the story and the contribution of Mr. Herrick in Africa.

Jacque Stallman and Diane Carmel

Provocative
Before reading Breath of Kenya Africa was a continent far away, one with issues that prompted me to give money to relief organizations now and again. Reading Herrick's book put Kenya in my living room and in my heart.

I was particularly touched by the story of a widow, emaciated from aids and just a day from death who makes a final trip to her abandoned marital home in search of her red dress. The story later to reveal she was only 16.

The author does not soft pedal the cause and effect relationship of the health crisis he encounters. One Christian reviewer equates this candidness to discrimination and judgment, purporting the Kenyan's need for facilitation. Herrick unapologetically demonstrates a need for involvement far beyond facilitation into an axiom of change. Which he exemplifies by making this challenging journey, helping the people and taking the time to tell this story.

The book is a potent read and a call to action, I recommend it to anyone whoo wants to believe one person can make the world a better place.

AN INSPIRING READ
Poetry, Rich text and Dialogue encouraged me to read more. I did not want Herrick's adventure to end.Photogrphs bring the story alive.It left me with a feeling that we must all go the distance to make earth a much better place.