KAYLA JEAN MUELLER’S LETTER
Kayla
Jean Mueller was last seen outside of captivity in August 2013. She accompanied
a friend to a hospital in Aleppo, Syria, operated by the Spanish branch of the
group Doctors Without Borders. Although she was not working for the group, she
stayed overnight at the hospital out of fear for her safety, said a spokesman
for the organization.
On the morning of
Aug. 4, 2013, the Spanish group said, it arranged transportation to a bus
station for Mueller and a friend. She was kidnapped on the way to the bus
station. worked at the hospital of Aleppo at the time of the abduction, in
August 2013.
Kayla Jean
Mueller's parents said Tuesday they had received confirmation that the 26 year old American Kayla
Jean Mueller was dead.
Kayla Mueller’s family has released a copy of an
unpublished letter she wrote to her loved ones in the spring of 2014 while in
captivity.
Below
is a transcription of this letter:
"Everyone, if you are
receiving this letter it means I am still detained but my cell mates (starting
from 11/2/2014) have been released. I have asked them to contact you & send
you this letter. It's hard to know what to say. Please know that I am in a safe
location, completely unharmed and healthy (put on weight in fact); I have
been treated with the utmost respect and kindness.
I wanted to write you all a well
thought out letter (but I didn't know if my cell mates would be leaving in the
coming days or the coming months restricting my time but primarily) I could
only but write the letter a paragraph at a time, just the thought of you all
sends me into a fit of tears.
If you could say I have
"suffered" at all throughout this whole experience it is only in
knowing, how much suffering I have put
you all through; I will never ask you to forgive me as I do not deserve
forgiveness.
I remember Mom always telling me
that all in all in the end the only one you really have is GOD. I have come to
a place in experience where, in every sense of the word, I have surrendered
myself to our creator because literally there was no else…. and by GOD and by
your prayers I have felt tenderly cradled in freefall.
I have been shown in darkness,
light and have learned that even in prison, one can be free. I am grateful. I
have come to see that there is good in every situation, sometimes we just have
to look for it. I pray each day that if nothing else, you have felt a certain
closeness and surrender to GOD as well and have formed a bond of love and
support amongst one another…
I miss you all as if it has been
a decade of forced separation. I have had many a long hour to think, to think
of all the things I will do with Lex, our first family camping trip, the first
meeting @ the airport. I have had many hours to think how only in your absence
have I finally @ 25 years old come to realize your place in my life. The gift
that is each one of you & the person I could & could not be if you were
not a part of my life, my family, my support.
I DO NOT want the negotiations for my release to be your duty, if there is any other option take it, even if it takes more time. This should never have become your burden. I have asked these women to support you; please seek their advice. If you have not done so already, [REDACTED] can contact [REDACTED] who may have a certain level of experience with these people.
I DO NOT want the negotiations for my release to be your duty, if there is any other option take it, even if it takes more time. This should never have become your burden. I have asked these women to support you; please seek their advice. If you have not done so already, [REDACTED] can contact [REDACTED] who may have a certain level of experience with these people.
None of us could have known it
would be this long but know I am also fighting from my side in the ways I am
able and I have a lot of fight left inside of me. I am not breaking down and I will not give in no matter how long it takes. I wrote a song some
months ago that says, "The part of me that pains the most also gets me out
of bed, without your hope there would be nothing left…"
aka- and shy;- The thought of
your pain is the source of my own, simultaneously the hope of our reunion is
the source of my strength.
Please be patient, give your pain
to GOD. I know you would want me to remain strong. That is exactly what I am
doing. Do not fear for me, continue to pray as will I and by GOD's will we
will be together soon.
All my everything,
Kayla
Timeline = The life
and work of Kayla Mueller:
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