My grandma and aunt invited me to join them last night for their Christian Women's Club speaker-- Gracia Burnum. Maybe you've seen her on Locked Up: Abroad?? (yeah, we love that show) She and her husband were captured in the Phillipines by the Abu Sayyaf and were held in captivity for a year before her husband died in their SEVENTEENTH gun battle they had been through in that year. She was injured but rescued, and came home (to a town just outside of our city) to raise her family on her own.
Wow--she is now speaking all across the country and even has a sense of humor about what she's been through. When she was talking about her experiences, it was almost hard to believe, even though I knew she was telling the truth, just because it seems like something that could never happen. Now this part is even more amazing---her mission is to pray for these people that held her captive and she is in correspondence with them today (many of them are in jail). Wow! Makes me think a looooot about forgiveness and putting things in perspective.
Picture of the book is from Amazon...for a way better recap of the book, follow that link! And, no, I haven't really made anything worth writing about this week. It was good stuff, but I've already shown it to you! Some really yummy homemade pizza, a chicken and rice bake, and hmmm...a PBJ? :)
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I read that book a couple of years ago. She has an amazing story! By the way, have you read Three Cups of Tea? I think you need to.
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