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missybud 30.12.12 - 07:02am
Yesterday I was readin an article abt Monique Strydom, what an inspiration she and her husdand Callie are. Some of the things she said really struck a chord with me... Anyone here remember them? * +

missybud 30.12.12 - 07:14am
Callie and Monique Strydom were kidnapped while on holiday in Jolo by Islamic extremists... their marrige survived it, they survived it... still happily married with a son now 12 yrs down the road... the forgiveness, the lettin go of the bad is such a beautiful story. * +

missybud 30.12.12 - 07:16am
they took the ransom money collected for them nd started charities, workin with r*pe victims amongst others, givin talks.... she says that when faced with things like this, when faced with a fight for survival the real u, the one u didn't even kno existed comes to light. and what a wonderful person she turned out to be. * +

missybud 30.12.12 - 07:18am
of the women who were takin captive were r*ped nd sodomised by this group, the one survivor, a woman who had been r*ped by them repeatedly told Monique 'i forgive them, if i didn't i would stay their captive nd their victim for the rest of my life'... * +

mab21 30.12.12 - 07:28am
she really is a strong woman then, and her husband is a strong husband too. How did they escape? I googled her but i didn't find much except a huge article that i hadn't the patience to read.... * +

byron.x 30.12.12 - 08:31am
These stupid Islamic extremists will target even South Africans if they have to. Secularism is the only means to combat all these 'uneducated' peoples. * +

missybud 30.12.12 - 09:02am
pls, this isn't a post abt what the extremists done, it is abt a woman who is an inspiration. * +

missybud 30.12.12 - 09:11am

They were released after negotiations. * +

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