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Left To Tell By Immaculee
Left to Tell is a truly inspiring story about how Immaculee survived in Rwanda during the genocide in 1994. This book truly shows how to let prayer into your life to help you get through some truly difficult life experiences. Immaculee used prayer and her belief in God to help her and the other women she was hiding with to get through the horrible disaster that they were living in. This book truly displays how difficult life was then and how difficult it could be at any point in time. When reading the story and seeing how the Hutu did not feel bad about what they were doing to the Tutsi, I started to become more and more frightened by all the violence and gore that occurred during the genocide. I thought that it was truly miraculous that Immaculee had the ability to survive through the entire genocide. …show more content…
When Immaculee was hiding in the minister's bathroom, she dedicated her time to God. She prayed every minute of every day. She dedicated herself to reading the bible front to cover. Immaculee prayed to God to have forgiveness throughout this tough time in her life. She encountered killers face to face, she prayed for her life and she got out of that situation. Also, the house she was hiding in was invaded at least two times a day. During the invasions, she closed her eyes and prayed to God to get them out of the house and for her not to be found. Immaculee's belief in God is one of the main reasons she survived the Rwandan Genocide and able to
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