Last chapter in the "412 Days" book
Hope you are all doing well.
I am excited to announce that I have just finished the last chapter in the book I wrote in jail called "412 Days."
The book was written in my cell, except for the last chapters that I completed after my release. Now that we have come this far, it was time to write the final chapter titled "The Road Less Traveled."
In this chapter, I share how we ended up here in Mexico and provide new details about my case. Lene also shares some of her experiences on this journey.
The reason we are writing this final chapter now is that we have finished the other chapters, and the time has come to conclude the book so we can begin the process of getting it printed.
It will still take a few more months, but we are getting closer and closer.
I am truly excited about this book and would like to give you a little taste from one of the chapters:
From chapter eleven - God poured out His Spirit in the Jail
“I had tried to bring them Jesus, but they did not seem interested, and I had somehow given up. I still prayed and read the prophetic word daily, but I struggled every time I came to this part about the prison and God pouring out his Spirit—that it would
start here. I had faith for America, but will it start here?
But then, one day, something extraordinary happened that I will never forget. It was one of those moments you know will be part of your life forever: God poured out His Spirit over the prison as the word said. It started with me sitting on my bed in my cell reading the Bible, and suddenly, I stopped and noticed something was different.
At first, I was unsure what it was, but then I noticed it was quiet outside. The TV is usually always on, and our TV is very loud. Being locked up, the TV has irritated me a lot. First, it was so loud there was no way to escape it. And then it’s in Spanish, so I didn’t understand a word of it. It has tortured me because there is no place you can go to be quiet if you need that, and you often do.
But on this day, it was suddenly quiet. I stood up and went out my cell door. My cell is on the second floor with a good view over the whole dorm. We have eight cells downstairs and eight cells upstairs. There I stood and looked over the entire dorm, and I saw the TV was mute because everyone was standing in a circle on the floor with their heads bowed, and two inmates in the middle of the circle. One was praying for the other.
“Woah! What is this, God?” I asked. “God, what is this? What is happening here?”
I’d been in this dorm over fifty days at the time. I’d tried to share Jesus. I’d even tried to invite people to a church they have every second Sunday, not because it’s actually very good, but that is the only opportunity we have here, and normally there are only three to five people there, from all the dorms where there are about 150-200 inmates. And I have never seen anyone in my dorm who has joined me in church.
I have never seen people in here praying or talking about God or reading the Bible, but then this. Everyone was just standing around two people and all were praying. And it was like a very special and holy moment. I felt it. I felt God was in this and something bigger than us was happening here. But what was it? And it's like God said to me, “Now Torben. Now Torben is your moment. Take it.” And I thought, “My moment? No God. You know I’ve tried. I’ve tried again and again. God, it’s hard to be here and you know how I have tried and no one wants to listen. And I just want to leave this place and go home,” but God just kept saying, “It’s your moment, take it.”
Yes, that was just a small taste of the beginning of an amazing revival I experienced there, where many were baptized, set free, and it changed everything for me.
I truly believe this book will be an important book as it is so unique in many ways.
I will share more about it as we get closer. You can support us and this book by donating here. By doing so, we will send you a free book as soon as it is published.
I will now start looking more into the other book I wrote in jail, "The Kingdom Book," as I call it. More about that another time.
God bless you all, and thank you for your love and prayers for us.
In a few weeks, we will release a very groundbreaking video about my case. Stay tuned for that.
God bless you
Torben Sondergaard