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Bezig met laden... Bringing Elizabeth Home: A Journey of Faith and Hopedoor Ed Smart, Lois Smart
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At 3:58 in the morning of June 5, 2002, Ed and Lois Smart awoke to the sound of their nine-year-old daughter Mary Katherine's frightened voice. "She's gone. Elizabeth is gone." At first they thought she was having a bad dream about her older sister, but Mary Katherine's "bad dream" would quickly become their worst nightmare. Their daughter Elizabeth was gone.They were not sure why the media picked up on Elizabeth's story, but after their daughter was kidnapped she became the whole world's daughter. After nine months of a strange, hard, sometimes rewarding, but mostly painful journey, Elizabeth was miraculously returned to them. Just as millions throughout the world had grieved for her loss, now they celebrated her safe return.In Bringing Elizabeth Home, Ed and Lois share the pain of every parent's worst fear: "What would I do if my child was taken from me?" They also share a story of great hope, strong faith, and trust in God. The Smart family had always been devoted to their Mormon faith, but through their terribly painful experience they gained a tremendous inner strength, which became the key to their survival. They write, "Having our daughter back home, in our arms, is nothing short of a miracle. It is the ultimate proof that God answers prayers. Granted, sometimes the answer is not the one we pray for, but still it remains an answer. We feel truly blessed that He answered our prayers the way we had hoped for, although we realize, regretfully, that this is not always the outcome in kidnapping cases. We have met so many families with missing children and we've seen how deep their pain goes...But what we hope to convey through our journey of faith and hope is that with a strong belief in God, all things are possible. Miracles do happen."In the end, the Smarts' story brings one point poignantly home--nothing is more important in this world than family. Not money. Not work. Not a fancy new car or an expensive, big house. Family, the prayers of so many friends and strangers, and trust in God are what got them through this experience--and having survived, they have no doubt that they can persevere in any situation as long as those three things are in their lives. Though their story is filled with many incredible twists and turns, they never lost focus on what was important: bringing Elizabeth home. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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What remains exceedingly interesting to me are the discrepancies between the Smarts' accounts and Elizabeth's personal account, which was published much later.
From my review of My Story:
"Elizabeths' parents, in their book Bringing Elizabeth Home: A Journey of Faith and Hope, give a slightly different version of her rescue including a fairly lengthy exchange (over 45 minutes) between the officers and Elizabeth (on the day of her rescue) where she refused to identify herself. She instead responded that her name was Augustine, identified Mitchell & Barzee as her parents, told them that she was 18 years old and even denied that she was Elizabeth Smart when the officers persisted by showing her a missing persons flyer with her picture on it. It was only when they pushed her further that she started crying and hinted indirectly that she may be who they say she was. Her mom Lois, rightly attributes this in the book Bringing Elizabeth Home to Elizabeth feeling confused, guilty, ashamed, conditioned by Mitchell to say all these things, not wanting to flee from her captors and so on - feelings that would not be uncommon for someone in her situation. Somehow, the recent book My Story seems to gloss over these details including any of the raw emotions she felt and her seemingly confused state of mind at the time of her rescue. She instead seems to portray herself as a strong person with a single-minded determination to escape all through her captivity." (