Summary of Dilip Joseph, M.D. & James Lund's Kidnapped by the Taliban

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.

Book Preview: #1 I was excited and nervous about my trip to Afghanistan.

I loved my family, but I had to leave them behind to serve our country.

I was blessed with the life I had, and I knew I could not ignore this call.#2 I was born in 1973 in Kerala, India.

My parents were born in India and committed their lives to Jesus Christ at a young age.

They launched an independent church movement that included services held in various people's homes.#3 I was a social butterfly when I moved to America with my family at age 15.

I made many friends, and I enjoyed immersing myself in American culture.

I didn't challenge or prepare myself for college, and when I enrolled at nearby Azusa Pacific University in 1991, I found the courses far tougher.#4 I was extremely attracted to Cilicia, and after we met again in Pasadena, I admitted that I was in love with her.

We began a long-distance relationship that lasted for years.

I was extremely sad when my parents died in a car accident, and I had to go to the hospital to see them.