September 4, 1936 – Over the North Atlantic Ocean: At 10:30 p.m. the first gas tank ran dry sooner than expected, and the plane’s engine sputtered and died. Beryl Markham groped in the dark cockpit for a flashlight as the plane drifted back to earth. Finding it, she...
October 19, 1968 – Mexico City, Mexico: A light rain had begun falling in the late afternoon making the mid-50’s temperature seem even colder. The lights were on at Olympic Stadium as the athletes prepared for the high jump, the final event in the two-day decathlon...
The troubles and tough times in our lives have a way of shaping and molding our character. Our greatest accomplishments are often learned in the school of adversity and suffering. As the days through which Job suffered are the ones that make him worth remembering, so...
Christmas 2003 – Henderson, Tennessee: After raising three children of their own, David and Laurie Novak had raised ten foster children before 17-month-old Lexi and her 2-month-old brother, Robby, came to live with them the week before Christmas. The Novak’s foster...
June 24, 1886 – Brussels, Belgium: Joseph Merrick borrowed money to buy a train ticket and arrived in Leicester, England, the following day. He had no money, no hope and nowhere to go. Joseph walked in the rain to the London Hospital, the only place that might help...
1944 – Ravensbruck Concentration Camp – Germany: Prisoners No. 66729 and 66730, sisters Betsie and Corrie ten Boom, huddled under the dim light bulb in the back of Barracks No. 28 so they could read their worn Bible, which they had miraculously smuggled into the...
