PRISONERS OF HOPE The story of captivity and freedom in Afghanistan. Heather Mercer and Dayna Curry decided to go to help people who needed help. Their faith led them to Afghanistan. One women who knows them best put it this way: They had a calling to serve the poorest of the poor, and Afghanistan is where that calling took them. And Heather and Dayna's faith in God sustained them throughout their ordeal. It's a wonderful story about prayer, about a faith that can sustain people in good times and in bad times. Their faith was a source of hope that kept them from becoming discouraged.
Within a few months of arriving in Afghanistan, their lives were thrown into chaos as they became pawns in historic international events. They were arrested by the ruling Taliban government for telling local people about Jesus and how he had changed their lives. In the middle of their trial, the events of September 11, 2001, led to the international war on terrorism, with the Taliban a primary target. Feary Curry and Mercer could not survive in the midst of war, Christians across America and around the world prayed faithfully for their safe return, and in November their prayers were answered.