So the world can work together? So many, many prayers answered! Glory to God in the Highest! Pray with us that all prisoners being help around the world are freed, that all ther Israeli hostages are freed!!! Call me old fashion, but I am thankful for this movement by God. Sadly, many here in America will try and make this all about politics! Shame! Today is a day for celebration! Today like everyday, is to be thankful to God Almighty! I feel sorry for those that make every issue about politics, it is destroying America. JESUS! JESUS! Our Lord is the only peacemaker! Get to know Him and Hos ways.
Sharon and I are so very happy for all the families……so very happy, Thank You LORD!
Denison Forum
Dr. Ryan Denison
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and former US Marine Paul Whelan were among twenty-four prisoners from seven countries who were released from Russian captivity yesterday in one of the largest prisoner swaps between Russia and the West since the end of the Cold War. While the government has been working to free Gershkovich for more than a year and Whelan for far longer than that, news of the exchange still came as a surprise to most.
Clues that something was going on began to emerge late Wednesday as a number of high-value prisoners and dissidents began to disappear from the prisons where they had been confined. As Reuters reported, at least six special government planes were confirmed to have traveled across the country to regions known to house political prisoners. Russian law requires that they receive an official pardon from President Vladimir Putin prior to any exchange, a process that began on Tuesday when he signed a number of “secret decrees” in Moscow.
Similar steps were taken to gather prisoners in the United States, Germany, and a host of other countries before the exchange took place at an airport in Ankara, Turkey. In total, sixteen people were released from Russian custody, while eight were freed by Western nations. The Rest of The Story Here
