Family Remembers American Missionary (Bonnie Witherall killed by the Religion of Peace)

ap ^ | 12/1/2002 | ap

[TLBSHOW]

LYNDEN, Wash. Dec. 1 — Gary Witherall says he's already forgiven the man who killed his wife at a Christian clinic in Saida, Lebanon, last month.

It's part of his faith, he told nearly 300 people Saturday at a memorial service for Bonnie Witherall.

"If Jesus exists, he exists more in me today," Gary Witherall said.

Bonnie Witherall, 31, was shot three times in the head on Nov. 21 as she opened the door of the Unity Center clinic. She had been working as a nurse's assistant in the prenatal clinic and had started visiting a Palestinian refugee camp in the city.

Her killer has not been caught, and the motive for the killing is not clear.

Ministers who knew her called her a martyr Saturday and said she died because of her beliefs, The Bellingham Herald reported.

"My prayer is that Bonnie's death and the image of Christ's death will lead many back to the cross and to heaven," said Joseph Stowell, president of Moody Bible Institute in Chicago, where Witherall once studied.

Bonnie Witherall's parents, Al and Ann Penner, are members of the Grace Baptist Fellowship in Lynden. The memorial was held at the larger Sonlight Community Church to accomodate the crowd.

Witherall grew up in Vancouver, Wash. She graduated from Fort Vancouver High School in 1990 and went on to attend Bodenseehof Bible School in Germany and the Moody Institute, where in 1996 she received a bachelor's degree in international missions.

She married Gary Witherall in 1997 and moved to Portland, where they worked at a bank before the couple moved to Lebanon.

She was not political, said Grant Porter, a leader with the missionary team Witherall worked with in Lebanon.

"That was Bonnie," Porter said. "She would much rather talk about people and relationships. But she was caught in a world that distrusts pure motives."

A representative for the Alliance Church in Lebanon read a letter from its president, Radwan Dagher, which said the hall where Witherall was shot will be renamed in her memory.

[crystalk]

How many millions of Christians will die at the hands of Muslims this year? When will we here ever wake up to this?

And now the loss of this fine young Christian woman, who gave her life to help provide modern medical care to Muslims who lack it because they are still in the 7th century...

Maybe this will put a face on our grief, and the calamity of all who think somehow these killers have something in common with Jerry Falwell.

The USA ought to sue the Mecca cult or the Saudis for millions in her wrongful death.

[Lurker]

This statement is only half right.

This woman was murdered because she was an American, and also because she was a Christian.

She was on her way to work at a clinic which treated poor, pregnant Muslim women. The clinic which employed her didn't charge for their services. They treated anyone who came to their door regardless of their religion, ethnic background, or social status.

As a reward, the local Islamofacists decided that she deserved three 9 millimeter bullets through her head as a reward.

The next time you see somebody on CNN from some Islamic organization telling you that Islam is a 'religion of peace and tolerance', remember this poor woman walking into her office that morning and her head exploding as some thug pumps bullets into her.

Remember Mrs. Witherall when you see those advertisements extolling the virtues of Saudi Arabia as a 'vital partner' with America.

Honor her memory, and then get really pissed....

L

[TLBSHOW]

We are at WAR with ISLAM, the sooner we ACCEPT the TRUTH the sooner we will WIN!
Islam is the enemy and terror is a bi-product of this enemy we face. The sooner we accept who the enemy is the way to victory will become clear.

Islam is nothing but a hate cult against America, Jews and Christians and anyone that does not bow down to this false religion of hate against the world.

Lets review just a little. 911 attack, Danny Pearl, Christians and Americans beheaded. Buildings blown up. Buses and malls. Threats day after day since 911 the day that has never ended.

Either we define the real enemy now or we don't as our very survival depends on it. It is the very same survival that Israel has been fighting for against the terrorist Islam cult.

Ban Islam, Deport Islam and Jail if needed! Its a cult not a religion!

Free the chained souls!

This is my opinion.
TLBSHOW

[TLBSHOW]

Understand Nigeria and you understand the Islamic threat


This past week, Muslims in Nigeria rioted. The reason for the beatings, and killings of Christians and the torching of Christian churches; the West's reporting of these riots; and the official Muslim reactions to the riots explain almost everything you need to know about the threat non-Muslim civilization faces at this time.

To understand the threat the non-Muslim world faces, you need to understand the reason for the Muslim riot.

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To understand the threat the non-Muslim world faces, you need to understand the way in which Western news agencies report Islamic violence.

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To understand the threat to the non-Muslim world, you must understand the official Muslim reaction to the Muslim rioters in Nigeria.

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So here's where we stand:

Nigerian Muslim rioters murder innocent Nigerians and burn down over 20 churches because of an innocuous sentence in a Nigerian newspaper.

The West and its press choose to regard the Nigerian violence as merely "sectarian violence," and hold Nigerian Christians equally culpable.

Muslims kill non-Muslims and the victims (i.e., the editors of the newspaper whose offices were razed) are told to apologize – just as after 9-11, America has been repeatedly told to apologize to the Muslim world, and just as Israel, while enduring massacre after massacre at the hands of Muslim terrorists, is told to apologize for defending itself.

Nigerian Muslim leaders do not say a word against their murderous co-religionists, but they do declare one innocuous sentence by a young woman writer to be an "abomination."

The woman who wrote the sentence has been fired.

The editor of ThisDay has been arrested and not been heard from since. One fears for his life. And ours.


http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=29790

[Lurker]

"The woman who wrote the sentence has been fired. "

She has also been sentenced to death by stoning, but hey, why quibble over details?

Interesting that they left that little bit out isn't it?

Regards,

L

[Gal.5:1]

Finally, a clear, to the point, realistic assessment of the situation. Thank you, TLBSHOW for telling it like it is. Now, why can't our Pres. & Co. speak likewise?

[RANGERAIRBORNE]

I would hunt down the coward who did this (if it were MY wife), kill him in a very slow and agonizing way, and THEN I would think about "forgiveness".

"Foregiveness" without restitution is just a sappy idea, one that appeals to people with no guts but lots of "faith".

[Cultural Jihad]

Ban Islam, Deport Islam and Jail if needed!

Ping me when you have succeeded in repealing the 1st Amendment, O King Todd.

[JudyB1938]

To lie back and "take it" is stupid. God did not mean for anybody to do that. I just don't know where those people get their ideas. That kind of "forgiveness" is what gives free reign to those evil people to continue killing us.

[RANGERAIRBORNE]

Exactly- and you expressed it better than I did (and I meant to say "restitution or retribution"- obviously, this Islamofascist murderer cannot restore this woman to life, so "restitution" is pretty much out of the question).

History is merciless- the strong will survive, and the weak will go down, despite their protestations and whimpers.

[JudyB1938]

>History is merciless- the strong will survive, and the weak will go down, despite their protestations and whimpers.<

What a powerful statement. I am saving it to my hard drive!

[TLBSHOW]

truth is truth

[neutrino]

We are at WAR with ISLAM, the sooner we ACCEPT the TRUTH the sooner we will WIN!

Words of wisdom!

[RANGERAIRBORNE]

I think Oswald Spengler may have said this-- or something very close to it.

[Fiddlstix]

Her killer has not been caught, and the motive for the killing is not clear.

Really??!!!
......need a clue???
(Try this: She was Christian)

</sarcasm>

[TLBSHOW]

This is one of my beefs with Powell and Bush.
They are running around telling lies!

[TLBSHOW]

Can you give me the link to

God will destroy America at the hands of Muslims. -Nation of Islam Leader, Louis Farrakhan

PLEASE!