RICHMOND, Va. — A Richmond woman who traveled to Kenya on a mission trip to help orphaned children is now hospitalized there after a serious medical emergency. Now her family is racing to raise roughly $250,000 to bring her home.
Ayla Garcia, 36, traveled to Kenya on June 30 with members of Overflow Christian Church to support Zion Family, a children’s home for boys and girls orphaned and cared for through the church’s sponsorship.
During the trip, Garcia contracted salmonella after consuming contaminated ice, according to her family…