The Forgiveness

 

After the plane went down, shattered dreams were scattered across the Amazon River. Jim Bowers desperately pulled the lifeless bodies of his wife and daughter from the wreckage as his thoughts were focused on the life they would have shared together. Jim, Corey, and Kevin were the only survivors. Veronica and Charity were not so fortunate; the fighter plane’s bullet instantly killed them both. How could such a tragedy happen to a family who dedicated their lives as missionaries?

For anyone else forgiveness may have seemed too far out of reach, but for Jim Bowers, mending fences was necessary for both spiritual and physical healing. "I would love to meet those pilots … to sit down to talk to them, to tell them I have no hard feelings whatsoever… who am I not to forgive someone else for something minor in comparison to what Jesus Christ has done for me?" ("Exclusive: Missionary Whose Wife Was Killed.") says Baptist missionary Jim Bowers.