Led By Faith: Rising From The Ashes Of The Rwandan Genocide (2009) - Plot & Excerpts
I read Left To Tell the month before moving to Rwanda. It was remarkable to see the incredible faith of someone who had lived such tragedy, but a little difficult to imagine the reality. Reading Led By Faith was a different experience altogether. I currently live across the street from Pastor Murinzi's house where Immaculee hid for three months. When she speaks of killers in the street, it is almost impossible to really believe that she is literally talking about the dirt road in front of my house. Hearing the names of the places I go on runs, or where I like to my spend days off...it really hits a different chord with me. I realize how grateful I am to be here and to witness a Rwanda so unlike the one she suffered in. It is the most beautiful country in the world, full of people who greet you in the street and watch out for you like family. Immaculee speaks the truth when she writes about the Rwanda now--this country built from the ashes of genocide. Forgiveness plays a role in all 11 billion people living in this tiny country. Even if they didn't witness the genocide, they live it out in different ways. If I didn't know the tragedy, that most of my village and the surrounding villages were wiped out completely in 1994, I would never imagine there had ever been a war or even a disagreement.People carry themselves with love and friendship...and I think this is the message Immaculee wishes to give the world. Although the Rwandan people are truly a Godly people, they are still human. If they can overcome a massacre of such proportions and live on to tell their stories and love their enemies...who are we to say that we have been hurt too greatly? Who are we to withhold forgiveness?I am inspired daily by this country and the beautiful people who live here...and I am thankful Immaculee has shared her story with the world, so they can see Rwanda as something more, much more, than a genocide. LED BY FAITH is a book about a women named Immaculëe Ilibagiza who is a survior of the Rwandan Gennocide. In the book she shows how her connection with god saved her life through out the whole gennocide and then about her life after. It is a well written book who kept me drawed in through the whole plot line. The author made me feel as though i was in the story with her, it made me feel her pain. She was very good at giving the exact detail for the story. It showed her life and family struggles growing up and then after. Where the book falls short is sometimes it was a bit reptative in what she was getting her point across as. I normally do not read memoirs, but i am glad i read this book. It is an eye opener and a book everyone should read!
What do You think about Led By Faith: Rising From The Ashes Of The Rwandan Genocide (2009)?
Immaculee Ilibagiza is a remarkable woman. This is a wonderful book on faith and forgiveness.
—nadia
I enjoyed this book. lots of culture and human struggles all held strongly together by faith.
—flower
Inspiring story of faith and forgiveness in the aftermath of the Rwandan Holocaust.
—anya
A wonderful sequel of the lesson of forgiveness and the power of prayer to heal.
—sayli
