“I hope the kidnapped Chibok girls will take courage from my story and know more of what God says and know what it means to stand strong in the face of bad people.”
Deborah Peters, a survivor of brutality at the hands of Boko Haram, a militant Islamic group currently terrorizing Nigeria, recently told her story to members of Congress.
On Thursday, Peters said that in December of 2011, just days before Christmas, three men came to her house and shot her father, a Christian pastor, three time in the chest when he would not renounce his faith. They also shot her brother, Caleb, to keep him from growing up and becoming a Christian pastor.
She was unharmed, but was made to lay in between the corpses of her father and brother where she remained until the next morning.
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Peters said that she wanted to share her story to help people understand what Boko Haram is capable of, and to encourage the 200+ girls the group kidnapped in Nigeria.
Members of the Boko Haram splinter group at a media conference in Maiduguri, Borno State of Northern Nigeria, Feb. 23, 2013.
"I decided to tell the world my story when the Chibok girls were taken because everyone needs to know how horrible Boko Haram is," she said. "They kill innocent people who never hurt them so I want the world to understand what happened to me."
She continued, "I hope the kidnapped Chibok girls will take courage from my story and know more of what God says and know what it means to stand strong in the face of bad people. I think they’re bad nut I can’t judge them because the Bible said do not judge."
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In the wake of the kidnapping, people nationwide have rallied and petitioned for the U.S. to get more involved in rescuing the girls.
"The United States is supporting Nigeria as it works to find and free these young girls. A team is now in place at our Embassy to provide military aid, assist in information gathering, and more," said U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker.
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Listen to Deborah's story below.
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