Dear DingDash family, please keep us in your prayers today. I am here in the US writing Meriam Ibrahim's story. Not an easy story. Yesterday was filled with emotion and tears as Meriam talked about being born in a refugee camp, her father brutally murdering her aunt for an honor killing, her mother being tied up for two days and raped, and her running away and hiding to escape circumcision - only to be forcefully dragged back to the village and the Muslim elders publicly witnessing her genital mutilation - and this was all before she was even 7 years old!
We can use all the prayers we can get for this project.
@sinbach oh my gosh! This just ripped my heart out😢 I'm grateful Jesus gave you the talent and strong loving heart to put the once crushed lives into words that take us closer to our loving Lord. Only Jesus can heal such terror at that tender age. I hold my grand kids tight and thank Jesus they have never lived through the evils of mankind.
I thank you also for the children's books so I can teach them about their brothers and sisters who have endured hardship while cradled in God's hand.
I ask Jesus to grant special healing as each spoken memory falls onto paper. For her strength, release & everlasting emotional stability - grounded in faith.
