When Trina met Vincent at the airport, she burst into tears.
It was an emotional reunion, fit for friends after years apart. And in a way, that was exactly their situation. Though they’d never met in person, Trina and Vincent had known each other for years.
She sponsored him through Chalice when he was still a young man growing up in Kenya. So when they finally met, it was like a friend coming home.
The journey to the airport that day, though, was a long one.
Trina heard about Chalice at her church in Stratford, Ontario, where a Chalice Champion was giving a talk about sponsorship. She was going through a hard time in her life, and the idea of connecting with and supporting someone in need appealed to her.
After Mass, she waited to approach the table at the back, where sponsorship booklets were spread out.
After everyone else had chosen, there were only two people left: an elderly gentleman, and Vincent, who was in his early teen years and based out of the Starehe Boys site. Starehe later became the Nairobi site.
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