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Miscellaneous Web Sightings for May 31, 2013

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Deciding to Marry a Quadriplegic: Couple Tells Love Story ABCNews story of Ken and Joni Earkeson Tada! Joni and Friends ministry website See their links that include Wheels for the World (to get wheelchairs to those that need them) and Kids' Why? Booklet that answers the questions of suffering and tragedy so a child can understand Book for Men:  Free for a Limited Time on the Kindle The Masculine Mandate:  God's Calling to Men 191 pages with a rating of 4 or 5 out of 5 from 40 of the 42 reviewers Nigeria—Pastor Murdered by Muslim Militants Source: Voice of the Martyrs Psalm 34:18 On May 14, Pastor Faye Pama, Secretary of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) Borno State and Senior Pastor of Rhema Assembly Church, was murdered by Boko Haram militants. The attackers reportedly followed Pastor Pama to his home in Maiduguri after he left a Bible study at his church. The gunmen dragged Pastor Pama out of his house and shot him to death in front of ...

Traumas and Tragedies, A Fateful Decision and a God Who Saves: the Life and Ministry of Kristen Anderson

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Kristen Anderson thought she had the picture perfect life until strokes of gray dimmed her outlook on life. Once a happy child, Kristen’s world darkened after three friends and her grandmother died within two years. Still reeling from these losses, she was raped by a friend she thought she could trust. She soon spiraled into a depression that didn't seem to have an end. Then, on a cold January night at the age of 17, Kristen attempted suicide by laying down on a set of railroad tracks near her parents home. She was run over by 33 freight train cars at 50 mph, and both of her legs were severed, but miraculously, she survived!  -- from Kristen Anderson's website, Reaching You Ministries Video above:  Kristen Jane Anderson's testimony on The Billy Graham telecast  along with Casting Crowns singing "Who Am I?"  “When I first met Kristen, I was overwhelmed with her smile, and then I saw her wheelchair. It was a defining moment for me. I had not heard h...