I Don’t Want To Die

You can feel his hopelessness as he begins to ramble on, “I could still make it back to the US somehow as it almost seems like certain death to stay here. God, I don’t want to die. WHO WILL TAKE MY PLACE IF I DO? OH GOD I miss my parents…” But it would be the next words that would hit so close to the heart that one could only imagine how painful it was for his parents to read.

It Was Like He Knew

His next few sentences scream from the pages, like he was begging for his parents to forgive what it seemed like he knew was going to happen. John goes on to write, “You guys might think I’m crazy in all this but I think it’s worth it to declare Jesus to these people. Please do not be angry at them or at God if I get killed.”