The masked man stood at the foot of their bed and trained his gun on them. With disturbing calm, he asked, "Where is your God now?"
On a quiet Tuesday morning outside a small town in rural Illinois, when most people were just waking up to start their day . . .
the unthinkable happened
. A man wearing a black mask and holding a loaded gun abducted two regular people from their home. Blindfolded and forced into the trunk of a car, it was a nightmare right out of Hollywood, except this was no movie.
What could two grandparents living out in the country have that a madman would want?
How could this be happening in the same town where they had lived for years?
And how would they ever escape?
Rescued for a Reason
recounts the abduction of Connie and Larry Van Oosten and the days of terror, uncertainty, and desperate prayers that preceded their escape. Written like a novel, this true- crime story seeks to answer the hardest question of all: why? Why did these horrific events happen? Is there a reason-
a purpose
-for all the pain and chaos?