Gracia Burnham (66)
January 17th,
American missionary – Gracia Burnham was born in Cairo (City in Illinois, United States) on January 17th, and is 66 years old today.
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How old is Gracia Burnham?
66
Gracia Burnham is 66 years old.
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*August 21Five Questions With Terrorist Kidnapping Survivor Gracia Burnham
Martin and Gracia Burnham were missionaries in the Philippines for 16 years until a weekend getaway turned into an international news story. The Burnhams, along with a few others, were kidnapped by Abu Sayyaf terrorists and whisked into the jungle where they would spend the next days on the run from the Filipino military.
The Burnhams’ three children were rushed back to grandparents in Kansas for their safety. Despite repeated requests, advocacy and even a ransom payment, the Abu Sayyaf refused to release the couple. On June 7, , the 17th and final gun battle the Burnhams would experience began. When the guns finally stopped, Gracia was freed, but Martin had been killed.
Gracia returned home to Kansas and was reunited with her children. Over 2, people, including two congressmen and the Philippines ambassador, attended Martin’s funeral. In the years since her captivity, Gracia has spoken extensively about her ordeal and wrote two books: “In the Presence of My Enemies” and “To Fly Again.”
1. Tell us about your time in the Philippines before being captured.
Martin and I had been in the Philippines for 16 years. M
ROSE HILL, Kan. (AP) — A former missionary held hostage for more than a year is recalling the experience as the year anniversary of her abduction approaches.
Members of the al-Qaida-linked Abu Sayyaf militant group kidnapped Gracia Burnham and her late husband, Martin, on May, 27, The Kansas couple had been celebrating their 18th wedding anniversary at a Philippines resort.
Gracia Burnham was wounded and her husband died in the June rescue effort that freed her.
The Wichita Eagle reports that Gracia Burnham still travels about days a year, talking about her captivity.
A few weeks ago, Gracia moved back into the house that the south-central Kansas town of Rose Hill built for her and her family. One of her three children had been living there after a missionary pilot stint.
Missionary Gracia Burnham Writes of Kidnappers, Husband's Death, Strengthened Faith
MARIAN RIZZO New York Times Regional Newspapers | The Ledger
In the late s, Gracia Burnham considered herself an ordinary housewife who was traveling to the Philippines with her husband Martin, a mission pilot.
She never suspected that 16 years later she would tell a story of how they fled through the jungle, dodged bullets and feared for their lives.
She never thought she would come home without Martin.
Christian missionaries with New Tribes Mission in Sanford, the Burnhams were taken hostage in May by members of a Muslim terrorist group, the Abu Sayyaf. Their captors took them and 20 other captives into dense jungle where they did without food, ran to stay ahead of the Philippine Army and slept under the stars with little protection against the elements.
Gracia (pronounced gray-sha) Burnham has told her story in a book, "In the Presence of My Enemies," released this month by Tyndale House Publishers. According to Tyndale, stores are reporting brisk sales for the book, rated No. 3 on Bookscan, which includes American Booksellers Association stores, in the nonfiction religio
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