The Nichols family had just prayed over their Easter meal when seven-year-old Rebecca and her three-year-old brother watched in horror as an armed friend walked into their house and brutally gunned down their parents in cold blood. After years of enduring harrowing stalking, harassing, terrorizing threats, drive-by shootings, and even bombings from a local kingpin, Mr. Watts, the Nichols family continued to pray and forgive their perpetrators. For years after the shooting, she dealt with the trauma of the violence that plagued her childhood. Today, Rebecca Nichols Alonzo shares how she was able to forgive the despicable acts of hatred and violence inflicted on her family by two wicked men, and how her parents set an incredible example of forgiveness for her to reflect on throughout her life. 

TAKEAWAYS

Rebecca’s parents carried out their God-given assignment of pastoring a church no matter how much they were threatened to leave

Rebecca’s family was ceaselessly stalked and harassed for five years before the shooting took place 

Watching her parents pray for their enemies and forgive them taught Rebecca to do the same

Rebecca’s NYT Bestselling book, The Devil in Pew Number Seven, recounts the relentless attacks and the power of forgiveness

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