Reading this after reading SOLD, I found this a feel good mission book in comparison. The poverty was just as crushing and horrible health and living conditions appalling in their own way, but the African women were so strong, loving and generous that you couldn't help but share their faith and hope. Shows the effect of a mission trip on three troubled American women and the lifechanging experiences they shared and the intense friendship they formed with each other and their African sisters. Overall, a readable, fictional account of the needs of both American and African women.