“Life suddenly changed dramatically for me.”

“Life suddenly changed dramatically for me.”

March 14, 1965―the day Barbara’s life took a very difficult turn. She and her husband were missionaries in Burundi, Africa, and had only been married 11 months. Barbara had just come home from the hospital with their 2-week-old baby. That evening, four masked gunmen burst into their home, brutally shot her husband, and left her a widow with a newborn. But amidst the grief, God was always there prompting Barbara to confidently say, “He is the most faithful friend that we could ever know.”

896This Encouraged Me

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