This is a true and heartbreaking horror story. The story takes place in Somalia, which is known as "the most dangerous country on earth". There are frequent civil wars, rampant pirates and suicide attacks everywhere. It is precisely those deadly dangers that may fall from the sky at any time that once stimulated and seduced the protagonist of the story, Amanda linhot, with great curiosity. Amanda was born in a remote town in Alberta, Canada. Due to the financial constraints of her family, Amanda learned to pick up waste products and sell money since childhood. In addition to subsidizing the family, it is mostly used to buy expired National Geographic. At that time, she knew that there was a mysterious, crazy and even bloody place in the world called Somalia. At the age of 20, Amanda began to travel around the world with the money she earned as a waitress in a bar. She has been to Venezuela, Afghanistan, Iraq and many other countries. During her trip, she came up with the idea of being a freelance journalist all over the world. In 2008, the idea hidden in Amanda's heart became very strong: I'm going to Somalia. She thought she could gain exclusive news and fame with the help of free interview, but it was a terrible nightmare waiting for her. On August 23 that year, on the third day after Amanda and her ex boyfriend and photographer Nigel arrived in Somalia, a group of ferocious kidnappers launched a raid, kidnapped them to a desolate and closed western town, and asked their families to pay a ransom of $3 million. Although her boyfriend Nigel comes from a middle-class family in Australia, his family can only come up with $25000. Amanda's family is poor, her mother's income is meager, and her father lives on the disabled allowance issued by the government, and she can't even raise thousands of dollars. To make matters worse, the robbers put them in a shabby little black house. They only had half a bowl of corn a day and didn't provide drinking water. In addition, every two or three hours, gangsters rush into the house and punch and kick them. In less than three days, they were beaten to pieces and scarred. Then, the disease also came to the door. Amanda was infected with fungi, covered with mildew on her face and mouth, and her eyebrows and fingernails gradually fell off. In order to protect herself, Amanda thought of a way: convert to Islam in exchange for the kindness of the kidnappers. However, this did not work. Without the ransom, the violence intensified, and Amanda soon became a sex slave and plaything for the kidnappers. One afternoon, several kidnappers forced her to lie on the bed and put a gun against her head to play the Russian roulette, a death game with life as a bet! After being imprisoned for more than 100 days and nights, Amanda and her boyfriend decided to run away. If you are in danger, maybe you can only escape to win a glimmer of life. On that day, they jumped from the window sill nearly 4 meters high in the bathroom in the name of the toilet. There is a mosque not far away. There are a lot of people there. It should be the nearest place to freedom. "Help me, I'm a Muslim!" At that moment, Amanda screamed for help in harsh Somali. But every pedestrian turned and walked away quickly. Amanda realized that no one dared to save them here! The kidnappers came up and followed with submachine guns, laughing and teasing "prey". The two "prey" stumbled, as if they had seen the coming of death. Damn robbers, damn Somalia, you should all go to hell! While Amanda was in despair, suddenly, a middle-aged woman rushed out of the crowd and pulled Amanda into her arms: "my sister, come home with me." Seeing this, the kidnapper became angry with shame. They pushed the woman away madly, and then abused them in the street A full 460 days later, the two families finally scraped together $1.2 million and rescued skinny Amanda and her ex boyfriend from the kidnappers. At this time, Amanda has suffered from extremely serious anorexia, darkness and claustrophobia, and needs long-term psychotherapy. But surprisingly, in just one year, Amanda appeared in everyone's view again. During that year, Amanda had to do a ritual every day before she got up: asking God to forgive those who had hurt her. She told herself again and again that the kidnappers were just the product of violent environment and endless war. It was better to forgive than hate. In 2010, Amanda also founded the non-profit global abundance foundation, which aims to help Somali women receive education and provide medical care and psychological counseling to women who have been sexually abused. In addition, she has returned to Somalia several times to personally provide benefits to local women. Amanda's practice of repaying good for evil naturally puzzled and unimaginable to many people. Until recently, on September 6, 2013, Amanda, who participated in the news interview program with her new book castles in the air, recalled the "Somali nightmare" again and mentioned a person. It was the middle-aged woman who tried to rescue her from the kidnapper's gun. "I can see the kindness in her eyes, but I can also understand the unimaginable oppression she suffered in Somalia. I think only by improving Somalia and giving women hope can we reduce the violence in that country. Therefore, I choose to cheer up for the kind eyes and forgiveness and live strong." It is not easy to forgive others, especially those who have harmed themselves. Sometimes it's like a point on the distant horizon. But as long as we look up to it and keep moving towards it, one day we will approach it, reach it and embrace it. When we learn to forgive, we have the power to penetrate the darkness and welcome the warmth.

This is a true and heartbreaking horror story. The story takes place in Somalia, which is known as "the most dangerous country on earth". There are frequent civil wars, rampant pirates and suicide attacks everywhere. It is precisely those deadly dangers that may fall from the sky at any time that once stimulated and seduced the protagonist of the story, Amanda linhot, with great curiosity. Amanda was born in a remote town in Alberta, Canada. Due to the financial constraints of her family, Amanda learned to pick up waste products and sell money since childhood. In addition to subsidizing the family, it is mostly used to buy expired National Geographic. At that time, she knew that there was a mysterious, crazy and even bloody place in the world called Somalia. At the age of 20, Amanda began to travel around the world with the money she earned as a waitress in a bar. She has been to Venezuela, Afghanistan, Iraq and many other countries. During her trip, she came up with the idea of being a freelance journalist all over the world. In 2008, the idea hidden in Amanda's heart became very strong: I'm going to Somalia. She thought she could gain exclusive news and fame with the help of free interview, but it was a terrible nightmare waiting for her. On August 23 that year, on the third day after Amanda and her ex boyfriend and photographer Nigel arrived in Somalia, a group of ferocious kidnappers launched a raid, kidnapped them to a desolate and closed western town, and asked their families to pay a ransom of $3 million. Although her boyfriend Nigel comes from a middle-class family in Australia, his family can only come up with $25000. Amanda's family is poor, her mother's income is meager, and her father lives on the disabled allowance issued by the government, and she can't even raise thousands of dollars. To make matters worse, the robbers put them in a shabby little black house. They only had half a bowl of corn a day and didn't provide drinking water. In addition, every two or three hours, gangsters rush into the house and punch and kick them. In less than three days, they were beaten to pieces and scarred. Then, the disease also came to the door. Amanda was infected with fungi, covered with mildew on her face and mouth, and her eyebrows and fingernails gradually fell off. In order to protect herself, Amanda thought of a way: convert to Islam in exchange for the kindness of the kidnappers. However, this did not work. Without the ransom, the violence intensified, and Amanda soon became a sex slave and plaything for the kidnappers. One afternoon, several kidnappers forced her to lie on the bed and put a gun against her head to play the Russian roulette, a death game with life as a bet! After being imprisoned for more than 100 days and nights, Amanda and her boyfriend decided to run away. If you are in danger, maybe you can only escape to win a glimmer of life. On that day, they jumped from the window sill nearly 4 meters high in the bathroom in the name of the toilet. There is a mosque not far away. There are a lot of people there. It should be the nearest place to freedom. "Help me, I'm a Muslim!" At that moment, Amanda screamed for help in harsh Somali. But every pedestrian turned and walked away quickly. Amanda realized that no one dared to save them here! The kidnappers came up and followed with submachine guns, laughing and teasing "prey". The two "prey" stumbled, as if they had seen the coming of death. Damn robbers, damn Somalia, you should all go to hell! While Amanda was in despair, suddenly, a middle-aged woman rushed out of the crowd and pulled Amanda into her arms: "my sister, come home with me." Seeing this, the kidnapper became angry with shame. They pushed the woman away madly, and then abused them in the street A full 460 days later, the two families finally scraped together $1.2 million and rescued skinny Amanda and her ex boyfriend from the kidnappers. At this time, Amanda has suffered from extremely serious anorexia, darkness and claustrophobia, and needs long-term psychotherapy. But surprisingly, in just one year, Amanda appeared in everyone's view again. During that year, Amanda had to do a ritual every day before she got up: asking God to forgive those who had hurt her. She told herself again and again that the kidnappers were just the product of violent environment and endless war. It was better to forgive than hate. In 2010, Amanda also founded the non-profit global abundance foundation, which aims to help Somali women receive education and provide medical care and psychological counseling to women who have been sexually abused. In addition, she has returned to Somalia several times to personally provide benefits to local women. Amanda's practice of repaying good for evil naturally puzzled and unimaginable to many people. Until recently, on September 6, 2013, Amanda, who participated in the news interview program with her new book castles in the air, recalled the "Somali nightmare" again and mentioned a person. It was the middle-aged woman who tried to rescue her from the kidnapper's gun. "I can see the kindness in her eyes, but I can also understand the unimaginable oppression she suffered in Somalia. I think only by improving Somalia and giving women hope can we reduce the violence in that country. Therefore, I choose to cheer up for the kind eyes and forgiveness and live strong." It is not easy to forgive others, especially those who have harmed themselves. Sometimes it's like a point on the distant horizon. But as long as we look up to it and keep moving towards it, one day we will approach it, reach it and embrace it. When we learn to forgive, we have the power to penetrate the darkness and welcome the warmth.