I came to realize that God never shows us something we are not ready to understand. instead, he lets us see what we need to see when we need to see i… - Immaculée Ilibagiza

Instead of negotiating or begging for mercy, [my brother Damascene] challenged them to kill him. "Go ahead," he said. "What are you waiting for? Today is my day to go to God. I can feel Him all around us. He is watching, waiting to take me home. Go ahead--finish your work and send me to paradise. I pity you for killing people like it's some kind of child's game. Murder is no game: If you offend God, you will pay for your fun. The blood of the innocent people you cut down will follow you to your reckoning. But I am praying for you. . . I pray that you see the evil you're doing and ask God's forgiveness before it's too late.

Forgiving the men who killed my parents and brother was a process, a journey into deeper and deeper prayer.

Author says her father was so diplomatic that when people came to him for solutions, people not only accepted them, but they believed they thought of them.