Last year my friend recommended reading a book called
"Left to Tell" by Immaculee Ilibagiza.
It was her story of how she survived the 1994 Rwandan Holocaust. She talked of coming to know God, to rely on him and how God's power protected her. She lost all of her family and friends during these three months. I thought about that year in my life. I was her age and was about to graduate from college, move to Boston, buy a car, nothing compared to her horrific year.
The book touched me greatly with her suffering, her survival and her belief in God. Would my Faith be strong enough to endure, I asked myself. It really put life in perspective and gave me a strong desire to do good and to increase my Faith in God. I know I have fallen short this year at times, and so it was awesome to renew my thoughts as...
This month my friend chose the book for book club. It has been nice to remember the miracles of God on the earth today in so many ways.
Then my friend found out that Immaculee was going to speak on Thursday an hour away. So three of my friends from book club and I were able to go hear her speak.
She is an amazing woman. To be like her would be amazing and to think what she had gone through was incredible and even unreal in my memory as my lifes has so much comfort and protection.
3 of us did not have her book, so we bought one and had her sign it. We were then able to get a picture with her. This is one person that I am truly blessed to have met. Listening to her really gave me a stronger desire to increase the relationship I have with God and to do much good in this world. I hope I can have that faith in my bad days, even though they do not compare to hers in the least. I am truly grateful for the Atonement of Jesus Christ in my life, and to hear it played out in Immaculee's as well.
I hope all of you get the chance to read her story. It is a book that could change your life and will change your outlook on life.
Love to you all.
