Rescued. River of Life Church. Rusk, TX.

Vivid pictures of everything I had suffered replayed in my mind.”

“A lifetime of hurting people because of being hurt.”

“A strange Power to see into the future, to read minds.”

“Building a castle of acceptance from the rubble of rejection.”

“Our home was now a crime scene … a time of overwhelming guilt, grief and regrets.”

“We staggered under the weight of senseless death. Nobody had any strength left to give.”

“Death regularly visited the inmates. … I would never live to see the world outside the prison walls again.”

These and other dramas are really happening ­— to people in Rusk, Texas. This book gives you the stories of these dramas, told by storytellers who are your neighbors in this ordinary, small town.

But there is nothing ordinary about these stories. The details are all here, some shocking, some intense, some almost incredible. The intensity of the drama is very real and tangible as these storytellers work through issues that challenge their ability to go on with life, to find a life worth living.

All of them find a life that is worth living, as you will discover when you read the real-life adventures of those in East Texas who have been Rescued.