"He was one of them. He may have stood out because he looked different, but he was one of them. There was no 2 ways about it." said Karen Erickson a friend of the Granville family. John Granville had a heart for Africa. The pictures only tell part of his story. He spent years there in the Peace Corps educating Africans about H.I.V. He helped to build a school, and handed out radios to Kenyans in an effort to spread democracy. His most recent work was for the U.S. Agency for International Development. "He was very big in working on a census for 2008 and then once they got the census, then move to getting up a political election in 2009 and give there people an opportunity in 2009." said Erickson.

Granville and his driver were fatally shot New Years night coming back from a new years eve party in the Sudan capital of Khartoum. A country torn by civil war. According to Congressman Brian Higgins little is known about his death. "It could have been random. It could have been targeted to the organization, but it's inconclusive at this point.", said Higgins.

"He never thought anything was impossible.", said friend Melissa Lyon. Granville's friends remember a guy who would do anything for anyone. Lyon served with him in the Peace Corps in Cameroon and remembers when John cut down a Christmas tree so his colleagues could have special holiday. "He gets this tree and he's dragging it home and by this time the entire village is following him. His good friend Andre was following him and saying... John are you crazy you don't cut down trees and drag em into your house." said Lyon.

Grandville loved his family and Africa and he sacrificed for both. "I think what our community needs to do is pray for the Granville family and the Occonell Family and for John Granville, with a tremendous sense of appreciation for the great sacrifice that he made trying to promote peace.", said Higgins. "I think for John life was a mission and the mission was to find peace over there to help these people." said Erickson.