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A community in Kenya went to extreme lengths to find water for baptism after 68 surrendered their lives to Christ

A community in Kenya went to extreme lengths to find water for baptism after 68 surrendered their lives to Christ

When 68 men and women from an indigenous community in Northern Kenya surrendered their lives to Jesus as part of an outreach and evangelism programme, they faced a difficult but common dilemma in this vast and arid region. The community living in Turkana County in Northern Kenya often walk up to 3 hours to the nearest water point, mainly boreholes, wells and springs. Despite the challenges of finding water in the area, a group of evangelists and community members were determined to have a water

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