April Holden was told Africa would lead to her death. She went anyway.   
   
Despite chronic health problems, she was accepted by a mission, which sent her initially to Egypt. Then she seized the chance to move to one of the toughest, most war-torn countries in North Africa, pioneering homes for street boys traumatized by war or fleeing abuse. In these loving homes, the youngsters could recover and, repeatedly, she saw miracles of provision and protection.  
   
April returned to Britain in 2013, utterly exhausted, but was soon back in action with a new mission, working with Operation Mobilisation from a base in Zambia to train workers helping homeless children.  
   
April Holden has discovered a strength beyond her own.  
   
'A remarkable testimony to what God can do when you follow him wholeheartedly.' Andy Butcher, author of Street Children

April Holden;Deborah Meroff

They Called Us Love: The story of April Holden and Africa’s street children

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Copyright

Dedication

Foreword by George Verwer

Preface

Acknowledgements

Prologue

1. Painful beginnings

2. Egypt: brave new world

3. A cry in the night

4. Growing pains

5. Equipped for life

6. Lost and found

7. Spreading south

8. The quality of mercy

9. Green shoots in a dry land

10. A country divided

11. A future and a hope

12. The birth of a team

13. Compassion without borders

14. Invisible children

15. Back to the future

Postscript: partners are vital

Notes

References and resources

April Holden was told Africa would lead to her death. She went anyway.   
  
Despite chronic health problems, she was accepted by a mission, which sent her initially to Egypt. Then she seized the chance to move to one of the toughest, most war-torn countries in North Africa, pioneering homes for street boys traumatized by war or fleeing abuse. In these loving homes, the youngsters could recover and, repeatedly, she saw miracles of provision and protection.  
  
April returned to Britain in 2013, utterly exhausted, but was soon back in action with a new mission, working with Operation Mobilisation from a base in Zambia to train workers helping homeless children.  
  
April Holden has discovered a strength beyond her own.  
  
‘A remarkable testimony to what God can do when you follow him wholeheartedly.’ - Andy Butcher, author of Street Children

\["For fans of 'The Shed that Fed a Million Children'","This is a remarkable story of the change that can come when we follow God","April Holden's story is one of deep faith and compassion"\]

Going to Africa would cost April everything. She went anyway.

  
From a young age, April Holden was diagnosed with chronic health problems that restricted what she could and could not do. Growing up in St. Helens, Merseyside, April was a frail child who knew pain and resistance her whole life. But, at just seven years old, she came to faith and was convinced that God had called her to leave her home behind and move to Africa. When in university, she was finally old enough to apply to work with street children in Africa, but was turned down.

  
That didn’t stop her.

  
Nothing would.

  
After training to become a teacher, April applied again to leave the UK behind, and serve God in Africa. This time she got a step closer to her calling; she was sent to Egypt for training. Soon after, her chance came. She transferred to one of the most tumultuous, war-torn regions of North Africa. There she set up homes for boys scarred by war, fleeing violence, seeking safety. There she God do the impossible and offer a beacon of hope in an area of conflict and fear. She also saw her own life thrust into danger as political shifts had turned many of the population against anyone who looked like her, like the American forces that were now invading.

  
After escapes that were too close for comfort, April returned to the UK.

  
But her work wasn’t finished yet.

  
A remarkable story of one woman’s complete faith in God, They Called Us Love is a moving and powerful real-life story of mission and ministry.

A remarkable story of what can be overcome when following God's will, April Holden own journey of illness and mission is inspiring and moving.

They Called Us Love

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