Purnama had barely gone a quarter of a mile before he saw a sight that burned itself in his memory. Coming down the street toward him was a crowd of people. A wall of waterborne debris, as high as the two-story buildings, was chasing the fleeing crowd. He stopped the cycle, and was frozen immobile at the incomprehensible sight.
Purnama had barely begun to speed away when the water reached him. With a wild leap, he left his drowning cycle and clasped his arms around a coconut palm. He tried to climb up the pole-like trunk as dirty water swirled around his legs…
“Oh, God! Please save me! If I die, take me straight home to you!” The black water surged over his head and tore him from the trunk as it knocked over the tree.
In the true stories of this book, experience — in a small degree — a few of the horrors the people of Banda Aceh faced. Find out what believing in Christ really does for people who face a disaster. Some tell their stories with sorrow and heartbreak, others with joy and hope.
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