Dear Pastor,
Bert and I send our sincerest prayers and respect to you. We cease not to give thanks for the salvation we have received and the gospel we have learned in this ministry.
My children are gone and they won’t tell me where they are or if they are together. I’ve been told that if I don’t do everything they say, even things that will make me angry and upset, that I will never have my kids again. They want us to leave, if we ever hope to get our kids.
My God is greater and we would never, ever give up now. I love my babies more than anything, but I would never deny God. I would rather lose my life here and gain it in Heavenly eternity.
Sir, they ripped Cory and Rosy out of my arms. We were all screaming and crying. I can’t express the anguish I am in. My two babies have never been away from me! None of my kids have ever been hurt in any way! They are treated like the Lord here. How can I express to the world the depths, the breadth, the lengths to which I care for my child and believe that we are in the right place to raise our children?
We, Bert and I, have only felt a small part of the suffering that
Jesus endured. We count it all joy!
My dream came true. The tornadoes are hitting us at this moment and only in prayer will we survive.
Sir, all the brethren are helping, strengthening and encouraging me. When I need someone to remind me the reason we are fighting— Sharon has been there for me. I love her so much. She has been kind. All the sisters help me and pick me up when the grief is so heavy that I can’t stand up. I literally collapsed at the court house. I called Bert and he said, “It’s too late. They (the police) have us.” Oh, how my heart broke.
I know what they want to do to my kids. The kids know too. Please pray for them. Ava just turned 7 and her presents are still sitting on her bed. She didn’t get to play with them. Cory was taken without his shoes. Annie Belle was taken without her coat. Rosy is a nursed baby. All these people were just standing around staring at us with the most blank looks on their faces while I and my kids wailed for each other.
These people cackled at us and gave each other high fives. There were at least 20 cop cars, undercover cars, state troopers, DHS vehicles, helicopters—were my innocent children the cause of all this?
No, we know why this is happening. Today is the final day for the
hearings for Vanessa and Angela. I will be there. I have been
fasting since Sunday and truly my tears have been my meat. We are
in God’s Mighty Hand!
Praise the Lord for Salvation,
Sister Miriam Krantz
This letter was written three days after the children were
kidnapped