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Only one station brings you reality,
from the ghetto to the society.
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99.9 Koch FM.
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Yes, only one station brings you
reality, from the ghetto to society.
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This is 99.9 Koch FM,
right inside the heart of Korogocho.
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Today, I have a guest who is
living positively. He's from Kibera.
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His work is to teach people, because
education is the key to betterment.
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My name is George Otieno.
I am from Kibera.
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I've been through so much and I don't
want others to go through the same.
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I can tell them
it's not the end of life.
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Life ends when you want it to.
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When people
don't understand what I mean-
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-I'll tell them my life story.
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They are left wondering
whether it's true or not.
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You may be poor, but if you recog-
nise Jesus Christ as your saviour-
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-and have to sleep like this child,
you'll find yourself going to Heaven.
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You will be well dressed and
you'll find yourself in a good house.
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Our brother Otieno, don't see death.
- Our dear sister, don't see death.
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Look at Jesus as you go back to
the house. Go back with courage.
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You see that Jesus is surrounding
the house. Evil spirits will go away.
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In the name of Jesus Christ,
hallelujah.
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There was a time
when I was almost giving up.
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But if I give up now,
where will my children go?
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Who will look after them?
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These are the twins.
This one is Melvin Ndunge Oketch.
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She is the one who is crying now.
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This one is Marvin Moe Oketch.
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He's the one who passed away.
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In this area,
we have lost three children.
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One in this house
and one in that house down there.
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It's because of
the diarrhoea and the vomiting.
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Where do you think this comes from?
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They discharged
the child last Friday.
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They have given her
some injections for five days.
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The diarrhoea has stopped a bit,
but she's still...
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She still has diarrhoea,
but it's not like it was.
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Big Toto in the studio.
You're listening to 99.9 Koch FM.
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We are located in Korogocho,
not in the city centre.
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This is the centre. The country's
labour force lives here.
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This is their bedroom.
Why don't we stay together with them?
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We are serving our people.
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Edutainment is now
taking over entertainment.
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We are educating through
entertainment and taking over.
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I think that one day, I will not
be living in a house like this one.
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I'll be in a better house.
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If I should die, the children
will have a place to stay.
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These slippers are too much...
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What's so special with Esther...
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What I mean is just maybe...love.
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I worked at his auntie's place. He
was living there. That's how we met.
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I believe she is a beautiful wife.
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Yes, we fell in love...
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That's when we decided
to take each other and get married.
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When I met Esther,
there was a lot of questioning.
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Why am I
going to marry another tribe?
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When I told my uncle
I was getting married-
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-he told me:
"No, you can not bring a Kamba here."
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Since that time,
I haven't gone back home.
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I find it very good. Nobody
comes to bother me in my house.
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The father came to Nairobi
to talk about the dowry.
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I told them I would do it.
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"Just give me time and I'll do it."
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They've told me
that the kids are not mine.
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They are their property
because I have not paid the dowry.
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-What do you call this?
-Head!
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-What do you call that?
-Hair!
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What do you call this?
These are what? Eyes?
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-These are what?
-Ears!
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Just hold her tightly
for the injection.
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Are you feeling better?
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My hope is that
she is going to be fine.
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I know she's going to be well.
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She'll go to school
one day - one time.
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Where she is now
and where she was...
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It was a very bad situation.
She is feeling better now.
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We've already
made more than one step.
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Our young people are organized
around specific human rights issues.
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We are now consolidating all of
our gains to fight poor leadership.
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You're listening to 99.9 Koch FM.
Better days are there for sure.
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It's an election year.
The guys are working hard.
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They're campaigning
and telling us how good they are.
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Coming up with manifestos trying
to reflect what they will give us.
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Shouldn't we be telling them
what we want them to do for us?
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My biggest question today is simple,
but it has a big import on our lives.
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What type of leader
are you going to elect?
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What type of leader do you want?
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When I don't have money, I have
to go around and talk to people.
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Maybe borrow,
for the children to take...
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You can't stay without food. You
can't stay hungry when you have kids.
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If you don't have, you stay.
Nothing you'll do...
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You stay with the kids and tell them
that things are bad today.
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Happy birthday to you
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Happy birthday to you
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Happy birthday, dear Melvin
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Happy birthday to you
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How old are you now?
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How old are you now?
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Happy birthday, dear Melvin
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Happy birthday to you
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I've been sick for a while.
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We believed that if you had been
infected, you couldn't do anything.
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So I got
the full information about HIV.
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How to prevent it?
How to stay with it?
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About the drugs...
What kind of side effects are there?
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I was shocked.
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I was shocked and I thought
that I was going to die.
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I couldn't do anything.
My body was just deteriorating.
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That's when I started
with the HIV medicines.
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I'm glad that
three of my kids are well.
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It's the disease of my youngest
that saddens me.
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I want chips.
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You say you want chips.
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Yes, I want chips.
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The work that I do
is to wash people's clothes.
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And you... You're just removing
your clothes. Put them on!
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I was not disappointed
when George was ill and unemployed.
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I used to pray that one day
he would be strong again-
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-so that he could help
provide for the family.
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He felt pity for himself
because he couldn't work.
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He tried doing casual work and came
home exhausted. I asked him to stop.
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Don't remove them again.
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-I want chips.
-You want chips?
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Today, I'm really struggling.
The kid is giving me a hard time.
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Mom, I want chips.
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Tell Nama Rende to give us chips
on credit. We don't have money.
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Did she give them to you?
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When we lost Marvin, I was very sad.
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But we still have Melvin
and she reminds me of him.
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I felt very bad because I carried
them in my womb for nine months.
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I can't say
that I know who infected whom.
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When I came to know my status...
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...I'd been very sick for a while.
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They removed the blood,
it stays there...
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I saw something
about HIV on my card.
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But I was afraid
and I never went back there.
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Then I decided to marry,
not knowing my status.
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That's why I can't say
where I got it.
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There's a bit of pneumonia.
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I'll put you on
antibiotics and painkillers.
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You'll continue with
your antiretrovirals...
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...before we consider a CT scan.
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There's the issue of finance.
It's quite expensive.
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-Okay.
-Fine.
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I feel very sorry
if somebody cannot take his drugs.
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If somebody is sick in their house,
not knowing their status.
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That's why I came out,
to share with them and talk to them.
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And then see if they can work,
and do the things I'm doing.
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Let's go and see
how Freddie's feeling.
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He was paralysed on one side
and it's one week since I saw him.
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We should pass by
and see how he's progressing.
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To be paralysed
on one side is normal.
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It is the side effect
of the medicines.
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This goes on for a while
and later it stops.
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Hey, Freddie. Good to see you again.
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Since I left you,
how are you doing?
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I have been just okay.
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Let me see that hand of yours.
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Last time, it was stiff.
It couldn't go like this.
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Can you do like this? Lift it up.
And your leg?
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It's not something to worry about.
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As long as you
have an appetite, you are eating.
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Continue eating and continue with
your medicines. It will get better.
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And there's a thing. If you keep on
having your hand like this...
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You know your body, you're
not supposed to give it time.
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You are supposed to turn it
like this, using your strong hand.
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Make the fingers straight,
as they used to be.
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Keep on taking your medicines,
eat well, and life will continue.
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These people are very late.
I think we'll start without them.
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I wouldn't wish anybody
to be the way I was...
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I want us to work together
and educate and help each other.
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If I help two people and
you also help two people...
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...this group will help how
many people? A lot of people.
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Both my legs were paralysed.
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I could not walk. I was just there.
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I give thanks to Oketch.
If it wasn't for him...
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I just met a friend and she wondered:
"Have you been resurrected?!"
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I told her yes. I'm happy with
the way I am. Thank you very much!
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Thank you.
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Douglas and I
have a good friendship because...
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He used to take care of me a lot.
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At that time,
I was very weak and couldn't walk.
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He would come
and carry me to the hospital.
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Being a single father and caring
for the children has been hard.
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I thank the Lord that He has
enabled me to bring them up...
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When the youngest was left
by their mother, she was two.
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And now she's eight.
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Even I have reached a point
where I want to get married.
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God, bless this food. In the name
of Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.
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Things are growing. My children
are growing. Even I am growing.
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Whatever situation we're in,
we're seeing that...
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...God loves us. We are doing well.
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My new house is this one.
The first door on this plot.
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