Stabbing in Abu Dhabi

On December 1st an American was stabbed to death in an Abu Dhabi mall. A year ago she moved there with her children and began teaching in Abu Dhabi. Ibolya Ryan went to the mall and was killed in the bathroom. She was stabbed multiple times with a knife. A surveillance camera shows a veiled figure walking into the mall, picking up a paper and then disappearing around the corner where the bathroom was. The suspect then ran to the elevator and left the mall. Ibolya's ex-husband had to fly to Abu Dhabi to be with their children, a 13 year old daughter and 11 year old twins. The UAE is making sure that their children are taken care of, they are going to pay for all of the children's education. That can't make up for the loss of their mother. It is so sad for these children and the rest of their family.  Her ex- husband was interviewed, he was devastated, and could not believe that someone would kill any human the was Ibolya was killed. Dala al Hashemi adimitted to murdering Ibolya, they say she was a lone wolf terrorist, and she will face the death penalty.

Courage

A small plane traveling from Key West, Florida to Nashville, Illinois crashed on Friday night in Kentucky. The only survivor was seven year old Sailor Gutzler. Her parents, sister, and cousin were killed in the crash. Sailor walked about a mile through the woods wearing shorts and no shoes in almost freezing temperatures to find help. She knocked on the door of Larry Wilkins house. He called the police, and Sailor was able to tell them where the crash was and what had happened. Sailor is a very brave girl, she has shown so much courage. Although we do not have all the answers to why tragedies like this happen to people, but we hope and pray the something good will come from this for Sailor.

Acts of Kindness

Helen Johnson a 47 year old mother was caught stealing five eggs from a grocery store. After talking with her the police officer, William Stacy, found out that she need food for her starving family. She feed her family with a $120 welfare check per month, and this time it got lost in the mail. Her family had not eaten for two days, and she was desperate to get food for her family. Instead of arresting her Officer Stacy bought her the carton of eggs, and a day later he brought two truck loads of food to her house. Enough to keep her family fed throughout Christmas. Also people donated clothes and toys to their family after hearing about what officer Stacy did. Little acts of kindness may not seem very important to the people around you, but when you help someone it just doesn't help them it helps you too. Giving and caring for people can bring so much joy into your life and the life of the people you help.

Pakistan Massacre

A school in Pakistan was attacked by the Taliban. 141 people were killed, 132 of them were children. This was the deadliest attack by the Taliban in Pakistan. This school, run by the army,  was targeted by the Taliban in response to army operations. The Taliban said  "To hurt them at their safe haven and homes—such an attack is perfect revenge.”The Taliban set off a bomb outside the school, and then they entered the school, going from classroom to classroom shooting students. Some say they allowed the youngest children to leave, but others say it was indiscriminate.  Innocent children were killed, and the Taliban is not going to stop here. They will continue to kill innocent people because they want to have total control. They don't want people to go to school, become educated, and then grow up to be against the Taliban. This such a devastating situation, we need to pray for the people of Pakistan.  

Life is Unpredictable

Ken Gemmell and his five year old daughter were out when a private jet crashed into their home in Maryland. One of the wings containing fuel crashed into their house and erupted into flames.  His wife Marie, their three year old son, and their six week old baby were in the home when the plane crashed. They found Marie and her two sons in an upstairs bathroom, she was trying to protect her sons from the smoke and fire with her own body. Ken said, "No words can describe the enormity of our loss and sadness over yesterday's tragedy," he wrote. "We lost Marie, the love of my life and college sweetheart, and our two young, innocent and joyful sons -- a loss that no person should ever endure." Ken and his daughter need our prayer and support. This is a tragic unexpected event. During times like this you realize that life is so unpredictable. So many of us live our lives thinking that nothing  tragic like this could happen to us. We need to live our lives to the fullest, enjoying every moment that we have been given on this Earth. 

http://abcnews.go.com/US/mom-died-holding-sons-plane-crashed-home/story?id=27469162

Thank You

Gregory Jean Jr. is a thirteen year old boy who was missing for four years. He was found in a hidden compartment in his fathers house in Atlanta, Georgia. His father and step mother were arrested and charged for false imprisonment, cruelty to children and obstruction. When they were both confronted by the police they both acted like they had no clue who the child was. When the police found the boy he was afraid at first, but when he knew that they were there to help him he was overjoyed and kept saying thank you. Gregory was reunited with his mother, and there is still an investigation going on to determine what really happened and why he was hidden behind a fake wall. 

Bosnian Immigrant Murdered by Teenagers

 Zemir Begic and his family moved to the United States in 1996 after fleeing Bosnia. Zemir loved America, he had a good job, a lot of friends, and he was married six months ago. Early Sunday morning Zemir was murdered by a group of teenagers at an intersection in St. Louis. They surrounded his car and began banging on it with the hammers. He got out of his car to confront them, but they attacked him and beat him, leaving him fatally injured, and later he died in the hospital. There is a large Bosnian community in St. Louis, and they reacted to this incident by asking for more police protection. They also held protests.They came to America to escape the murder and destruction in  Bosnia, his sister said that she would have never imagined that someone in her family would be murdered in the United States. The police did find three suspects, they were between the ages of 15 to 17 years old. This is so sad for Zemir's family and the Bosnia community and the teenagers who killed Zemir will be charged with first degree murder. Now their lives are ruined and Zemir's family has to suffer because of what they did.