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Tsehay Tolessa
Ethiopia
Circa 1980's

They forced my hands under my knees and tied them there, The they put a stick through these ropes and hung me upside down. They filled my mouth with dirty rags. I almost suffocated. They beat me, breaking my bones. Great pieces of skin hung from my body.

Then they freed me from bonds and forced me to run with bleeding feet over a path with sharp stones.

Next, they put me in a small cell containing 62 people. There was only room to stand. Stand on what? On bleeding feet, on broken bones. The cell was completely dark and there was no air. Don't ask how prisoners fulfilled their bodily needs. There was only one hole serving as a toilet, but no one could get to it.

All had to stand pressed against each other to give a few the opportunity to sleep a bit lying on one side. Because of the limited space, no turning was possible.

[lizzie]

This was very difficult to read angel. I cant even begin to comprehend how someone can do these things to another person, I dont think I ever will.

Thankful that this woman held on to the Lord and that He gave her the strength to survive and to now bless others with her testimony.