Religion: One-Armed Mission

The army truck lurched on the rutted Chinese road, the tailgate of the truck ahead rushed up suddenly, the driver jumped, and there was a crash. When Reuben Torrey saw his mangled right arm he thought he might as well cut it off with a penknife right there. But they drove him eight miles to an aid station, then flew him 400 miles to a hospital. Then the doctors amputated. There was plenty of readjusting for Reuben Torrey to do after that, but it was during that first eight-mile ride that he came to grips with his new situation. "I knew...

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