Kidnapped at 7 and Taken to the Middle East | The Lauren Burns Story

At just 7 years old, Lauren Burns thought she was going trick-or-treating with her father. Instead, he drove her to the airport, put her on a plane, and took her thousands of miles away to Jordan. Within days, Lauren realized this wasn’t a vacation. She was enrolled in school, separated from her mother, and left wondering if she would ever make it home. Back in Texas, Lauren’s mom was desperately searching for a way to get her daughter back. Again and again, she was told there was nothing anyone could do. Then she turned to God. After three days of fasting and prayer, everything began to change. Connections that seemed impossible started falling into place. A group of former military men with experience in the Middle East agreed to take on a mission they had never attempted before: rescuing a kidnapped child from Jordan. While Lauren had no idea anyone was coming for her, people were praying, planning, searching, and risking everything to bring her home. What unfolded next involved a covert rescue operation, an escape toward the Israeli border, a decoy plan, authorities searching for them, and a race to get Lauren out of Jordan before it was too late. But Lauren’s testimony doesn’t end with the rescue. Years later, she still had to wrestle with trauma, father wounds, forgiveness, and a difficult question: If God was good, why had He allowed this to happen at all? In this episode of Sips of Grace, Lauren shares how Jesus met her in those wounds, how she learned to see her Heavenly Father differently than her earthly father, and how looking back allowed her to recognize something she couldn’t see as a child: God had been working behind the scenes the entire time. This is an extraordinary testimony of kidnapping, rescue, healing, forgiveness, and the faithfulness of God when circumstances seem impossible. Lauren’s new book, *STOLEN*, tells the full story of her kidnapping, rescue, and the details behind the operation that brought her home. Connect with Lauren: LaurenBurns.net Redeemed Podcast: https://www.laurenburns.net/podcast *STOLEN* — available wherever books are sold: https://www.laurenburns.net/book Connect with Sips of Grace: Website: https://sipsofgrace.org/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sipsofgracepodcast/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61574929687153 TikTok: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61574929687153 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SipsofGracePodcast Topics in this episode: Christian testimony, Lauren Burns, kidnapped child, kidnapping testimony, Jordan kidnapping, miraculous rescue, God’s protection, faith in hard times, fasting and prayer, healing from trauma, father wounds, Christian forgiveness, God working behind the scenes, Jesus testimony, Sips of Grace #ChristianTestimony #Jesus #Miracle #Faith #SipsOfGrace