"Of one thing I am perfectly sure: God's story never ends with ashes.”

— Elisabeth Elliot

12 years old

At twelve years old, Michelle endured fifty days of captivity in a wooden box—a box of darkness that would have shattered most spirits. But even in that suffocating tomb, she was not alone. What seemed like abandonment was actually preparation; what looked like the end was truly the beginning….

A woman is holding a baby in her arms, with the baby resting its head on her shoulder. The woman is looking at the camera and is wearing a pink sweater, while the baby is dressed in a patterned onesie and appears to be sleeping.

“But as for you, you meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, in order to bring it about as it is this day, to save many people alive.”

-Genesis 50:20