From Silence to Secrecy

As a young girl growing up in Kansas, Martha Leiker always felt a pull toward Africa. She couldnt explain why, but she dreamed of working in Africa with the African people. In From Silence to Secrecy , Leiker narrates the story of how she made that dream come true. Leiker likens her life to that of a chameleonchanging easily from one lifestyle to another. This memoir follows those changes, beginning with her birth in 1940 in rural Kansas; her training as a nun with the Missionary Sisters of Our