... And Shared Again!

Believe it or not, the story of the lost Gackenheimer Bible made it into a Chilean newspaper today! I've posted a small picture of it, but to see it full-size you can visit the link below (credit to Orietta Santa Maria of Las Ultimas Noticias):

http://www.lun.com/Pages/NewsDetail.aspx?dt=07-07-2009%200:00:00&BodyID=0&PaginaId=5

Yesterday started with a puzzling phone call from one of the men at our Iquique church. Somehow a news reporter had contacted him via Facebook in an effort to locate me. Neither of us could make any sense out of it!

Later in the day, I received an e-mail from the American reporter who published the story yesterday as well as an e-mail from Rev. Gackenheimer's granddaughter. Apparently the reporter had contacted both of them, and had also called J.W. Henson, in an effort to track me down. She was definitely persistent!

When she did reach me by phone at home, she explained that she regularly checks international news stories for references to Chile. She happened to run across yesterday's article in the Dalton Daily Citizen and thought it would be a great story to run here in Chile as well. She requested permission to ask me some questions and use a couple of pictures from the blog, which I accepted (of course, afterward I ran paranoid scenarios through my head and worried about what the article might say!)

It's a well-written and accurate article, though, so we're glad and also surprised at how our little adventure became somewhat famous. May God get the glory for protecting His Word!

P.S. My husband jokingly said his only disappointment was that he didn't get even a mention or photo credit (he took the picture of the kids and me) in the article. I assured him that no matter what, I know that this story wouldn't have taken place without him. I was ready to walk right out of that store before he pointed out the books to me! He's a good sport. :)