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Laddar... In the Presence of My Enemies by Gracia Burnham [Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.,2003] (Hardcover) (2004)
VerksinformationIn the Presence of My Enemies av Gracia Burnham (2004)
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Gå med i LibraryThing för att få reda på om du skulle tycka om den här boken. Det finns inga diskussioner på LibraryThing om den här boken. 54268 The author and her husband, along with a group of fellow tourists staying at a beach resort, were kidnapped by Muslim extremists active on an island in the Philippines during 2001, the year 9/11 happened. That group of Muslim extremists have very similar faith with Al Quaida and expressed admiration of bin Laden to the hostages. Most of the author's fellow hostages were released after their family paid ransom for them. The author and her husband belonged to a missionary group with a policy against paying ransom. The U.S. also had the policy not to pay ransom to terrorists for kidnapped citizens (which I personally think is the right thing to do. Paying ransom just encourages terrorists to kidnap more American citizens every time they want money. It puts more people at risk.) So the couple traveled with the terrorists in the island's woodlands hiding from military every day. They went through over a dozen gun raids by the Philippine military, until one raid finally shot the author's husband dead and the author wounded. Then they were abandoned by the terrorists and the author was rescued. The author mostly wrote about their plight living with the terrorists, the fellow hostages she befriended, and how she and her husband encouraged one another in their Christian faith. She provided intricate details. You get to know all about what she did every week of her capture. She witnessed a lot of wrongful things, in the terrorists way of thinking and behavior, in the Philippine military and justice system, in the U.S.'s failure to help them..... She pointed them out, but was kind of resigned to them. She was also resigned to her husband's death. After her husband passed away, she didn't fall into a depressed or angry state, but focused on enjoying her children and putting the donations she received into a nonprofit that supported evangelizing Muslims and tribal people. inga recensioner | lägg till en recension
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The gripping true story of American missionaries Martin and Gracia Burnham's year as hostages in the Philippine jungle, was a New York Times best seller and has sold nearly 350,000 copies. Now releasing in trade softcover for the first time, this updated edition has a new look and contains never-before-published information on the capture and trial of the Burnhams' captors; Gracia's secret return trip to the Philippines; and updates on recent events in Gracia's life, ministry, and family. Inga biblioteksbeskrivningar kunde hittas. |
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Google Books — Laddar... GenrerMelvil Decimal System (DDC)959.9048092273History and Geography Asia Southeast Asia The PhilippinesKlassifikation enligt LCBetygMedelbetyg:
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