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Be Not Afraid Couragesurgery three weeks ago, and her antibiotics and painmedication ran out ten days ago.Worried for her safety, I sent Anne an e-mail to ask howshe was doing. Her reply surprised me, “I can’t explainit, but I am happy and feel completely at peace. I trulybelieve that God hears our prayers, and that he will doas he wills. That gives me strength to go on living here.It might be that I will have to suffer, but I know I am inGod’s hands, and that means everything to me.”After several months in the West Bank, Anne returnedhome for a short breather. She was a changed person.Once timid and jittery, she was now relaxed; oncetaken with the little things of life – her houseplants,her cockatiels, and her classical music – she was nowconsumed by a much broader vision.I never asked Anne about all this, or even commentedon it, but she unwittingly explained it to me. Duringone particularly tense period, she said, she had soughtrefuge in Jerusalem, in the Garden of Gethsemane,and while there she had experienced something thataltered her whole outlook on life:I was lonely and exhausted, and I needed a quiet place tothink. But once I got there, I forgot about myself – I wasthinking of Jesus, and the agony he had suffered right14