Running for My Life: One Lost Boy's Journey from the Killing Fields of Sudan to the Olympic Games
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Genre: Sports & Outdoors
Book Type: Hardcover
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Genre: Sports & Outdoors
Book Type: Hardcover
Victoria T. (justicepirate) reviewed on + 350 more book reviews
What an excellent story about a young boy who saw and lived miracles and depended on God through all things! I loved it so much!
Lopepe/Lopez Lomong wrote with such great description throughout this book that I felt like I was there with him watching his story as he told it. He speaks about his abduction from his parents' arms in South Sudan and the way God led him to freedom when he was only six years old. He gives us pictures and memories of his time as a refugee in Kenya for a decade. We also learn about his transition into the US by a loving family who cared and loved him so deeply (and continue to). He talks about all the running he ever did in his life (he is an Olympian now, and I love watching him run myself).
There are so many great things about this book and this man who I didn't even realize was near my age (a little younger) is so thankful to God for every little thing granted to Him. I wish people in the US understood and had such an attitude! Beautiful! It is rare that I give five star ratings, but this gets one!
Lopepe/Lopez Lomong wrote with such great description throughout this book that I felt like I was there with him watching his story as he told it. He speaks about his abduction from his parents' arms in South Sudan and the way God led him to freedom when he was only six years old. He gives us pictures and memories of his time as a refugee in Kenya for a decade. We also learn about his transition into the US by a loving family who cared and loved him so deeply (and continue to). He talks about all the running he ever did in his life (he is an Olympian now, and I love watching him run myself).
There are so many great things about this book and this man who I didn't even realize was near my age (a little younger) is so thankful to God for every little thing granted to Him. I wish people in the US understood and had such an attitude! Beautiful! It is rare that I give five star ratings, but this gets one!
