A Twist of Faith
An American Christian's Quest to Help Orphans in Africa
John Donnelly
- American
- Christians,
- veteran
- reporter
- John
- Donnelly
- has
- discovered,
- are
- an
- ever-increasing
- source
- of
- aid
- in
- Africa,
- with
- some
- experts
- estimating
- that
- U.S.
- churches
- supply
- more
- resources
- to
- Africa
- than
- USAID.
- In
- A
- Twist
- of
- Faith,
- he
- tells
- the
- unlikely
- story
- of
- how
- faith
- and
- determination
- compelled
- one
- such
- American
- Christian
- to
- travel
- to
- Africa
- and
- open
- a
- school
- for
- children
- orphaned
- by
- the
- AIDS
- epidemic.
- David
- Nixon,
- a
- carpenter
- from
- North
- Carolina
- who
- had
- lived
- through
- his
- share
- of
- trouble,
- knew
- nothing
- about
- the
- small,
- land-locked
- African
- country
- of
- Malawi.
- But
- after
- having
- a
- religious
- awakening
- and
- hearing
- about
- a
- preacher's
- efforts
- to
- aid
- its
- impoverished
- and
- beleaguered
- citizens,
- he
- raises
- money
- from
- his
- church
- and
- sets
- off
- to
- do
- what
- so
- many
- well-intentioned
- Americans
- of
- faith
- do
- in
- Africa:
- build
- an
- orphanage.
- But
- as
- his
- plans
- are
- beset
- with
- difficulties,
- Nixon
- slowly
- comes
- to
- realize
- that
- helping
- others
- requires
- listening
- to
- and
- learning
- from
- them.
- And
- that
- means
- changing
- his
- preconceived
- ideas
- of
- what
- the
- Malawians
- need
- and
- how
- he
- can
- best
- serve
- them.
- A
- Twist
- of
- Faith
- is
- the
- story
- of
- one
- man
- who,
- despite
- personal
- struggles,
- a
- profound
- cultural
- gap,
- the
- corruption
- of
- local
- officials,
- and
- the
- heartbreak
- of
- losing
- an
- orphan
- he
- comes
- to
- love,
- saves
- himself
- by
- saving
- others
- in
- a
- place
- nothing
- like
- home.
- Nixon's
- story
- is
- representative
- of
- a
- growing
- trend:
- the
- thousands
- of
- American
- Christians
- who
- are
- impassioned
- donors
- of
- time,
- money,
- and
- personal
- energy,
- devoted
- to
- helping
- African children.
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