“Our plane was one of the last planes they allowed to land because of the rocket fire.”

“I had never truly felt afraid for my life before.”

“My goal is God Himself, not joy, nor peace.”

“A rocket from Gaza landed within walking distance from our house.”

“I had the youngest kids in the school and none of them spoke English.”

“I think that year our whole team was left feeling really lonely.”

“There was always a sense of someone listening to us. We became paranoid.”

“I don’t think I realized the impact people’s stories had on me until much later.”

“I had a list of theological questions that were eating at me.”

“When will they finally rise up and say, ‘Enough.’”

“How could the God I had known, be the same God that ruled and reigned in the West Bank?”

“I wanted God to answer.”

“In all my accusations against him, I knew that I knew him.”

“Like open heart surgery, he went in and rewired my heart again.”