Elizabeth Smart

They're going to like, I just had this vision in my mind of like ropes dropping from sides of the helicopters and like guys in full SWAT gear, FBI gear, you know, rappelling down the ropes and coming into the camp and saving me.

I always had that vision in my head that that would happen.

And, of course, it never did.

And every time the helicopter would fly away, he would be there and he'd be like, God's protected us again.

You know, we are doing the Lord's work.

He is going to continue to protect us.

And I never...

I never fully believed what he said was true because there was a very stark contrast between the God that I grew up thinking I knew and this God that was telling him to do all these things.

But

One of my survival mechanisms was just shutting down, was just doing what they told me.

Because I just always felt like if I didn't, I would be punished for it.

And I knew they were capable of it.

I mean, they punished me before.

Why wouldn't they do it again?

And so I just...

You know, I didn't fight back.

I just did what they said because I wanted to survive.

And I didn't want them to hurt me more than they already had.

And I didn't want them to kill me.

And, you know, I depended on them for water.