In the midst of WWII and Japan's advance into China, a child finds herself trapped by the chaos of war.
Far from her parents, she must endure a world torn by conflict.
As Japan tightens its grip, she and her siblings are among boarding school children thrust into captivity where survival is never guaranteed.
Becoming a prisoner of war tests her courage and resilience, while building her faith in God.

Audrey Nordmo Horton shares her incredible memoir of life and miraculous deliverance as a Norwegian P.O.W. imprisoned by the Japanese in WWII in China, while commemorating the 80th anniversary of Liberation.
Since 1955, she has been the faithful wife of Missionary-Pastor Dr. Mahlon Horton.
They were blessed with seven children.
God directed them to live in four different countries while preaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ and establishing churches.
Serving in ministry together for 60 years of their 70 years of marriage, they have built a lasting legacy of faith, sacrifice, and love.

The Authors :

Audrey Horton née Nordmo is a Norwegian — born in America in 1933.
She lived in China from 1935 to 1945 and was a prisoner of war for four of those years.
She then lived in Norway for the next three years.
Audrey entered the United States as an American citizen in the year 1948.
Audrey graduated from Yamhill, Oregon High School in 1952.
She attended Northwest Nazarene College in Idaho, followed by a nursing course in Portland, Oregon at the University of Oregon Medical School of Nursing.
Audrey later received a Bachelor's Degree in Religious Education from Covington Theological Seminary in Georgia.
Audrey married Mahlon Horton in 1955 and has remained married for life - 70 years and counting.
They were blessed with two daughters and five sons and many grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Audrey homeschooled five of their children for several years.
Audrey has enjoyed life as a full-time homemaker and faithful missionary pastor's wife to Mahlon.
Together, they have faced the joys and challenges of 60 years of ministry in the United States, Bahamas, Haiti, and Canada.
She has faithfully served the Lord, playing piano when needed, teaching Sunday School, Ladies Bible Classes, and Vacation Bible School from her home and church, faithfully witnessing, giving out tracts, writing prayer letters, and offering a hospitable home.
Audrey has presented her POW testimony on television, in schools, clubs, women's meetings, and churches, sharing God's faithfulness throughout her years of life.

Valerie Kuiper née Horton was born in California in 1964.
She grew up in Oregon until the age of ten and then traveled across the States with family before moving to Haiti at the age of twelve for four years.
After returning to the States she graduated from High School in Georgia.
Valerie attended TTU for two years.
She then married the love of her life, Steven Kuiper and moved to Canada for the next forty years.
In 2025, together Valerie & Steven returned to the States.
They have been blessed with eight children and thirteen grandchildren so far.
Valerie home-schooled each of their children.
She taught Sunday school children for 25 years.
Together Steve & Valerie have run two self-employed businesses and one charity.
Reading books and teaching children have been her life-long interest.