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Frida
escape the machetes and the brutal gang rapes. Friends became enemies and nowhere was safe; no one could be trusted. It all seemed hopeless as the wave of violence came ever closer to home. Eventually the bloodlust of the Hutu militias arrived on Frida’s family’s doorstep. What happened next is more than any human being ought to endure. It challenges us to the core and prompts disturbing questions about the nature of man. The question of where God is in the midst of such human depravity becomes more important to Frida. Her journey to answering this is extraordinary. When the militias finally caught up with Frida’s family, her mother, father, grandparents, brothers, sister and cousins were all killed. Frida, against all the odds, survived. She more than survived. This story is one of incredible human endurance – mentally, spiritually and physically. Frida discovers a bright light, one so intense that it can pierce and overcome the darkness which sought to destroy so many lives. It is with this hope and message to the world that Frida has written this book. She invites you to share in the dramatic story that transformed a normal home life into a hellish nightmare and yet finishes with her healing and restoration.