Blood-Stained Victory

One by one the shots struck me in the face, right arm, right shoulder, chest, and neck. My body suddenly went limp. Blood began to gush from me. I fell to the cold, wet ground helpless, lying on my side. I felt like an animal that had been stalked and gunned down in the woods.Through a blurry eye I noticed that Devin, my attacker, had stepped around Mother so he could get a good look at me. I lay motionless on the ground, praying that he would think I was dead. He stared at me with his cold, blue eyes, satisfied that I was now dead.On January 5, 1986, fourteen-year-old Lisa Barnett and her family prepared for church as they normally would any other Sunday. As Lisa, her mother, and her brother drove to church, Devin, an older boy with a romantic interest in Lisa, tried to run them off of the road and ultimately shot Lisa and her mother in the parking lot of the Macedonia Baptist Church in East Texas.In the aftermath of this tragic event, Lisa's and her mother's lives hung in the balance. Through surgery and the power of prayer, Lisa and her mother managed to survive. In Blood-Stained Victory, author Lisa Barnett Pridgeon recounts her dark day, her emotional and physical struggles as she recovered, and the healing power of prayer and a loving family. As she overcomes the odds, you will get a true sense of the power of prayer and the glory of God.