Ginger Kolbaba

One of the first unaccompanied refugee children to enter the United States in 2000, after South Sudan's second civil war took the lives of most of her family, Rebecca's story begins in the late 1980s when, at the age of four, her village was attacked and she had to escape. WHAT THEY MEANT FOR EVIL is the account of that unimaginable journey. With the candor and purity of a child, Rebecca recalls how she endured fleeing from gunfire, suffering through hunger and strength-sapping illnesses, dodging life-threatening predators-lions, snakes, crocodiles, and soldiers alike-that dogged her footsteps, and grappling with a war that stole her childhood. Her story is a lyrical, captivating portrait of a child hurled into wartime, and how through divine intervention, she came to America and found a new life full of joy, hope, and redemption.

En sann mirakelberättelse om en kvinnas tro och hennes sons återkomst till livet.En vintermorgon föll Joyce Smiths son John genom isen på en insjö utanför St. Louis. För Joyce och hennes familj såg det ut som om de förlorat allt. John var fast under isen i mer än 20 minuter och låg livlös på sjukhuset i ytterligare 45 minuter. Läkarna skulle precis till att ge upp återupplivningsförsöken och dödförklara tonåringen. Men Joyce hade inga tankar på att ge upp hoppet om sin son. Hon frambringade all tro och kraft hon kunde och ropade till Gud om räddning för sin son.I samma ögonblick började hennes sons hjärta slå igen.Under de dagar som låg framför trotsade John varje expert, varje tidigare fall och varje vetenskaplig prognos.Sexton dagar efter fallet genom isen, och efter ha legat död under en timme, gick John ut från sjukhuset på egna ben – fullständigt helad. Uppvaknandet handlar om en central sanning: bön fungerar verkligen. Gud använder den för att visa att han alltid är med oss. Och när vi kombinerar bön med orubblig tro är ingenting omöjligt.

Through the years and the struggles, when life seemed more about hurt and loss than hope and mercy, God was positioning the Smiths for something extraordinary--the death and resurrection of their son.When Joyce Smith's fourteen-year-old son John fell through an icy Missouri lake one winter morning, she and her family had seemingly lost everything. At the hospital, John lay lifeless for more than sixty minutes. But Joyce was not ready to give up on her son. She mustered all her faith and strength into one force and cried out to God in a loud voice to save him.Miraculously, her son's heart immediately started beating again.In the coming days, John would defy every expert, every case history, and every scientific prediction. Sixteen days after falling through the ice and being clinically dead for an hour, he walked out of the hospital under his own power, completely healed.BREAKTHROUGH is about a profound truth: prayer really does work. God uses it to remind us that He is always with us, and when we combine it with unshakable faith, nothing is impossible.Previously published as The Impossible.

THE IMPOSSIBLE reveals prayer's immediate and powerful impact through the true account of a family whose son died and was miraculously resurrected. Through the years and the struggles, when life seemed more about hurt and loss than hope and mercy, God was positioning the Smiths for something extraordinary - the death and resurrection of their son.When Joyce Smith's 14-year-old son John fell through an icy Missouri lake one winter morning, she and her family had seemingly lost everything. At the hospital, John lay lifeless for more than 60 minutes. They asked themselves, How could God do this to us? But Joyce was not ready to give up on her son. She mustered all her faith and strength and cried out to God in a loud voice to save her son.Immediately, her son's heart miraculously started beating, again.In the coming days, her son would defy every expert, every case history, and every scientific prediction. Sixteen days after falling through the ice and being clinically dead for an hour, John Smith walked out of the hospital under his own power, completely healed. THE IMPOSSIBLE is about a profound truth: prayer really does work. God uses it to remind us that He is always with us, and when we combine it with unshakable faith, nothing is impossible.

When you're in the trenches, sometimes you're up to your neck in mud. That's the not-so-glamorous life of a pastor's wife. Felicia's family is...complicated. That's putting it nicely. Now they're flying in from LA -- all at once -- to stay with her...just when her brother-in-law, Javier, and Mama aren't even speaking to each other. And the whole church will be there to witness the feud. Mimi has a lot on her mind with her four energetic kids -- especially Milo the screamer, with his Pavarotti voice. Then her live-in alcoholic dad starts to mow their lawn at midnight. Lisa has her hands full with loudmouth Tom Graves and the other troublemakers at Red River Assembly. Then vicious rumors start to fly about the Barton family...and the attacks and threats get increasingly personal. Jennifer is pushing her adopted daughter, Carys, in a stroller, when she notices a black town car -- the same car she's seen several times over the past week. Could someone be following her? The PWs plunge into an unnerving mystery...and discover what "family" really means.

Synopsis coming soon.......

Seeking four respective senses of fulfillment in their lives as pastors' wives, Jennifer, Felicia, Lisa, and Mimi secretly connect with one another during monthly lunch meetings at a caf several miles from their town and congregations, forming a support group that is challenged by an annoying and secretive pastor's wife from the town's largest church. Original.