Posted on 10/23/2009 6:42:09 PM PDT by Amerisrael
Abducted and held hostage by bloodthirsty Abu Sayyaf Islamic terrorists for a whole year, Gracia Burnham doesn't hold much back in her book: In The Presence of My Enemies.
The Abu Sayyaf is an Islamic terrorist group in the southern Philippines with ties to Osama Bin Laden and Al-Qaeda.
The horrible ordeal began in late May of 2001.
Martin and Gracia Burnham were celebrating their 18th Wedding Anniversary at the Dos Palmas Resort, when they and several others were abducted and taken hostage by the Abu Sayyaf.
They were forced to experience and witness the most cruel sufferings and humiliation. Of fellow hostages and themselves.
Throughout the ordeal, as Gracia Burnham relates, "We never forgot who the bad guys were."
This is important and cannot be lightly glossed over. Under very adverse circumstances in a prolonged hostage or kidnapping situation, some victims have experienced what is refered to as "stockholm syndrome".
Some of their fellow hostages were released in order to arrange ransom for others. Others were released after ransom was paid.
Others were beheaded.
The Burnhams and Ediborah Yap, a beloved Philippine nurse, remained captive for a whole year.
Gracia Burnham gives graphic testimony to the rollercoaster of hope, despair, encouragement, disappointment, strenghth and weakness.
A constant source of inspiration and hope came from her beloved husband, Martin. A godly man who loved the Lord with all his heart.
(Excerpt) Read more at amerisrael.typepad.com ...
My Fil sis-in-law has the book. I sometimes “read” the Filipino community newspapers here in L.A. and they have more info on the activities of our SF troops in that region where the Burnhams were abducted. Obviously, the MSM will never print out how our soldiers were the ONLY FOREIGN TROOPS who assisted the Filipinos early on (within 1 day) in the most recent deadly typhoon that hit the Philippines 2 weeks ago.
What is also amazing is that Florida QB Tim Tebow usually spends time on the neighboring province every year.
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