When faced with death would you lie about who you are and where you are from to avoid being killed? Would you protect a friend who was being hunted because rebels hate the tribe he is from? What would you do?
Freetown: Caught in the middle of a brutal civil war, six Liberian missionaries in Monrovia flee the widespread violence in their native country. Their destination: Freetown, Sierra Leone. With the help of local church member Phillip Abubakar (Henry Adofo), the missionaries make the difficult journey, only to have their troubles compounded by a rebel fighter bent on killing one of their own. Based on incredible true events, FREETOWN is a thrilling and inspiring story of faith, hope and survival.
Filmed in West Africa almost every actor and crew member were African. This adds authenticity to the story but also makes the English in the film a bit hard for Americans to understand. Once you get used to it though you forget about the thick English accents and become engrossed in the story.
My family and I enjoyed this movie. It is pretty intense at times but thankfully it is relatively non-violent. While people are shot and killed it is done off screen. You know the gravity of the situations the missionaries faced without having to see the gory details. There are light hearted moments as well as spiritual moments to make the movie a well rounded story.
The original missionaries the movie, Freetown, is based on.
Freetown provided a great opportunity to discuss several issues with our children as well: racism, hate, genocide, faith in the face of opposition, dealing with violence in a non-violent way, etc. Though Freetown is about Mormon missionaries the story of faith and hope and perseverance appeals to people of all faiths.
Disclaimer: I was provided a free copy of FREETOWN to review from Deseret Book. All opinions are my own.
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I have tried to help my children with understanding that they don’t have to agree with each other. They can love each other and still argue.
Today I read my patriarchal blessing and several conference talks.
I read two chapters in the Gospel Teaching and Learning handbook for seminary teachers, studied the life and teachings of Moses, loved my family, took them to the library, and figured that learning how to talk to our English teacher, who consistently offers objectionable reading and viewing material to my high schoolers, would be more consistent with gospel teachings than sending her a nasty letter reiterating why she should adhere to the state guidelines and offer optional material.
Today I spent time admiring the beauty of nature.
Accepted a challenge from my bishop that will show my faith!
I spent some time reading counsel and encouraging messages from our LDS church leaders.
Thank you for this opportunity.
Oops, still learning how this blogging thing works. Today I prayed for protection for some dear to me. I had the opportunity to think about the blessings in my life.
Scripture study, prayer, and words of love and encouragement to my family.
Last night we read about Nephi faith in building the ship.
We pray everyday as a family and watch for the blessings to flow.
I studied about the Temple in preparation for the Indianapolis Temple Dedication this Sunday. We are so excited to have the temple here!
We pray as a family every morning.
I pray several times a day for family members, the Apostles and leadership of the Church and for the leaders of our country.
not enough i’m sure, but i did manage to read from the book of mormon and work on my lesson for sunday first thing in the morning.
thanks for the giveaway.
I took a long walk in the nature trails today and saw the beauty of God’s creation!
Listened to April Conference CD as I drove to the temple. Served as a temple worker. Listened again as I drove home. What a wonderful evening.
I started out with prayer, asking for guidance and strength throughout the day.
I started the day with personal prayer, family prayer and a hymn. 🙂
Hmm… I’m reading this while eating breakfast, but I’ll take this reminder to consciously consider what I’ll do with my day today.
Prayed
My husband and I follow BOM365 on instagram. Every night after dinner we read the daily scriptures and discuss the question provided. Tonite was Alma 52:1-17 Nice way to end our day!