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Send us Fan MailShe escaped a flash flood with her 7-week-old baby strapped to her chest.When Hurricane Helene brought devastating floodwaters into Elisabeth Anderson's neighborhood, she and her husband tried to escape with their newborn son and two dogs.They barely made it out of the driveway.Within moments, rushing water turned their car sideways. Elisabeth climbed through the sunroof, strapped her seven-week-old baby to her chest, and waited on top of the vehicle as the water continued rising.For nearly two hours, she prayed for God to save them.What Elisabeth didn't know was just how dangerous their situation had become—or what rescuers downstream were preparing for if their car didn't hold.In this powerful episode of The Redeemed Podcast, Elisabeth shares the story of surviving the flood, the trauma and survivor's guilt that followed, her struggle with anger toward God, and how losing almost everything transformed her faith.Lauren and Elisabeth also uncover an incredible connection between their stories: Elisabeth grew up near the family of JD Roberts, one of the men involved in Lauren's international rescue after she was kidnapped and taken to Jordan as a child.In this conversation:• Surviving Hurricane Helene and catastrophic flash flooding
 • Escaping a vehicle with a newborn during rising floodwaters
 • Prayer and faith during a life-or-death emergency
 • Processing trauma and survivor's guilt
 • Wrestling with anger toward God
 • Finding purpose after tragedy
 • Building a faith deeply rooted enough to withstand life's storms
 • How trauma can affect children and families
 • Elizabeth's upcoming children's book, Goodbye Little House
• The remarkable connection between Elisabeth's rescue story and Lauren'sNo matter what your “storm” looks like, Elisabeth's story is a reminder that the foundation you build before the storm matters when the waters begin to rise.Elisabeth AndersonWebsite https://elisabethandersonauthor.com/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/elisabeth.anderson.657784 Book Link https://a.co/d/04Rif5tO📖 STOLEN — LAUREN BURNSSTOLEN: subscribepage.io/R8EW8e
🌐 laurenburns.net Subscribe to The Redeemed Podcast for conversations about faith, redemption, healing, forgiveness, and the ways God meets us in life's hardest places.#HurricaneHelene #SurvivalStory #ChristianPodcast #FaithAfterTrauma #FlashFlood #TraumaRecovery #HurricaneSurvivor #FaithInGod #TheRedeemedPodcast #ElisabethAndersonLauren Burns Stolen, true story of being kidnapped by their father at seven years old, taken halfway around the world, and rescued. The book covers what happened after returning home, including years of hiding, father wounds, forgiveness, and discovering that God working in her story. Stolen: True Story, Kidnapped, Rescued, Redeemed is available now in hardcover, Kindle, and audiobook. Lauren personally narrated the audiobook  find it wherever books are sold.
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