{"id":642,"date":"2004-04-26T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2004-04-26T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/blog\/news\/?p=642"},"modified":"2014-09-24T12:28:01","modified_gmt":"2014-09-24T16:28:01","slug":"from-kenya-with-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2004\/from-kenya-with-love\/","title":{"rendered":"From Kenya With Love"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 150px;padding: 5px;float: left;margin-right: 10px;border: solid 1px #999;font-size: 10px;color: #666\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/news\/images\/Sakuda_Grad.jpg\" alt=\"Geoffrey Sakuda with family and friends\" width=\"150\" height=\"189\" border=\"1\" \/><br \/>\nFamily and friends join Geoffrey Sakuda (center) following his graduation from Eastern Mennonite University on Sunday. Sakuda, who is from the Ngong Hills, Kenya, was among the graduates receiving diplomas at the university. About 20 from the village came from Kenya to see Sakuda graduate. 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