For three months in the spring of 1994, the African
nation of Rwanda descended into one of the most vicious
and bloody genocides the world has ever seen. Immaculee
Ilibagiza, a young university student, miraculously
survived the savage killing spree that left most of her
family, friends, and a million of her fellow citizens
dead. Immaculee's remarkable story of survival was
documented in her first book, '' Left to Tell:
Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust.''In ''Led
By Faith, ''Immaculee takes us with her as her
remarkable journey continues. Through her simple and
eloquent voice, we experience her hardships and
heartache as she struggles to survive and to find
meaning and purpose in the aftermath of the holocaust.
It is the story of a naive and vulnerable young woman,
orphaned and alone, navigating through a bleak and
dangerously hostile world with only an abiding faith in
God to guide and protect her. Immaculee fends off
sinister new predators, seeks out and comforts scores of
children orphaned by the genocide, and searches for love
and companionship in a land where hatred still
flourishes. Then, fearing again for her safety as
Rwanda's war-crime trials begin, Immaculee flees to
America to begin a new chapter of her life as a refugee
and immigrant--a stranger in a strange land.With the
same courage and faith in God that led her through the
darkness of genocide, Immaculee discovers a new life
that was beyond her wildest dreams as a small girl in a
tiny village in one of Africa's poorest countries.It is
in the United States, her adopted country, where
Immaculee can finally look back at all that has happened
to her and truly understand why God spared her life . .
. so that she would be left to tell her story to the
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