How could she have known, sitting behind that red-headed boy in a fifth-grade Oregon classroom, she'd follow him into the heart of Africa? It was a wild journey of faith, thrusting her into the Pokot people's lives in a remote corner of Kenya. In Into Africa, author Jane Hamilton tells their story offering a look at the everyday life of a bush missionary.
For Dick and Jane Hamilton, entering the "culturally protected" area of Kara Pokot,...