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Refuge: A True Story of Faith and Civil War

The Gonlehs were devoted Christians but the ravages of war and the death of three of their children would push their faith to the breaking point. They battled hunger, disease and the daily possibility of death at the hands of rebel soldierschildren armed with automatic weapons. Even as they witnessed great miracles, they struggled against crushing doubtsdoubts so powerful that John, a Baptist minister, nearly became a murderer himself. As they recount the details of their harrowing escape, their tragedies and triumphs are strung together with a thread of faith.

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 262 pages

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