Her Father Died in Her Arms at This Exact Spot Outside the Church – Open Doors USA

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n December 11, 2016, a suicide bomber linked to an Islamic extremist organization entered Saint Peter and Saint Paul’s church in Cairo and killed 25 people. The father of 15-year-old Marian was one of the victims. He died in her arms. But even through this tragic loss, she hasn’t doubted God’s love.

 

We meet Marian in the family house they share with her uncle’s family on the church premises. It’s located in a busy district near the city center of Cairo. Her uncle is a guard in the church, just as her father used to be. The house is filled with pictures of Marian’s father, Nabil. He was 45-years-old the day he died.

 

In the corner of the small living room they keep the clothes he wore that Sunday morning—blood stains still visible. Marian points at one of her father’s pictures, “The peaceful way my dad smiles in that picture is the way he smiled when he passed away.”

 

It’s a vivid memory for Marian.

 

That Sunday, just days before her 15th birthday, Marian went along with her father as he guarded the church. “We had breakfast together, and we were joking with each other,” Marian recalls. “He was exceptionally happy that day.”

 

After the first service, Marian’s father asked her to go home and bring some tea. What happened next would change her life forever.

 

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