From Beyond the Skies
An Invitation Into the Wonder of Love
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5.0 • 3 Ratings
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- $16.99
Publisher Description
Sixteen years ago, Juli Boit, a 25-year-old nurse practitioner, moved from Los Angeles to a small village in Kenya to be a part of an HIV program. In 2009, she founded a hospice called Kimbilio where men, women, and children come either to heal or to be loved until they die.
On an ordinary Friday afternoon in 2016, a three-pound baby boy, Ryan, wrapped in pink was brought to Kimbilio. He had been born prematurely earlier that week. His mom passed away while giving birth, and neighbors miraculously kept Ryan alive on water alone for five days until they brought him to the hospice. Juli and her husband, Titus, brought Ryan to their home to care for him, simply wanting to make sure he would survive. When Ryan was six months old, he, along with two of his other siblings, were diagnosed with sickle cell disease. In Kenya, 80% of children with sickle cell die before they reach their second birthday. From Beyond the Skies is a remarkable story of love, courage, and new life found within the dark. It is an invitation to all who read it to do courageous things.
Customer Reviews
From beyond the skies
This story is more than a story about life, loss, new life, and healing. This is a love story, a true lesson on how love is lived on a daily basis, in the midst of life loss and other sad and unexpected situations. Julie, a wonderful person gifted with an unconditional compassion for the poorest of poor, for the sickest of sick, and an overflow of God’s love, teaches everyone on this earth, no matter if rich or poor, if young or old, if healthy or sick, a valuable lesson of life, the lesson of loving your neighbor more than you love yourself.
Juli, thank you for this lesson, I deeply bow down before you. I am encouraged and inspired beyond measures to continue with the care God has put on my heart, the care for the people on the streets that have nothing but the clothes they are wearing and the little things they are collecting during the day.
Thank you, Lord, from the bottom of my heart, for prompting me to buy and to read this book. I will spread it like the gospel of the bible.
May God continue to richly bless your heart, Juli.
Vera Sager, Edmonton, Canada