Mariah Gossett

Erin, Mariah, and I sat down to walk through the timeline of Sophie's adoptions of C and M. As important as trying to figure out what is there, what is present, the information that Sophie does share in the memoir, I also found it difficult and confusing when I was going back to try to put together a timeline to see all the things that she left out.

Erin, Mariah, and I sat down to walk through the timeline of Sophie's adoptions of C and M. As important as trying to figure out what is there, what is present, the information that Sophie does share in the memoir, I also found it difficult and confusing when I was going back to try to put together a timeline to see all the things that she left out.

Erin, Mariah, and I sat down to walk through the timeline of Sophie's adoptions of C and M. As important as trying to figure out what is there, what is present, the information that Sophie does share in the memoir, I also found it difficult and confusing when I was going back to try to put together a timeline to see all the things that she left out.

She does talk about facing resistance. She talks about actually being called a Satanist by people in Zambia. And in that, she doesn't really extrapolate on the reasons that they might have come to that conclusion. Right. But I recall one of the passages where she writes, I think it's in her journal or it's a conversation that she's having with Jesus.

She does talk about facing resistance. She talks about actually being called a Satanist by people in Zambia. And in that, she doesn't really extrapolate on the reasons that they might have come to that conclusion. Right. But I recall one of the passages where she writes, I think it's in her journal or it's a conversation that she's having with Jesus.

She does talk about facing resistance. She talks about actually being called a Satanist by people in Zambia. And in that, she doesn't really extrapolate on the reasons that they might have come to that conclusion. Right. But I recall one of the passages where she writes, I think it's in her journal or it's a conversation that she's having with Jesus.

And she said, maybe it's just because they don't understand me and they don't understand my call to be here. And they don't understand the work that that Jesus has sent me to do in this place that they just can't imagine or envision why I would leave here. my comfortable place in America to come here.

And she said, maybe it's just because they don't understand me and they don't understand my call to be here. And they don't understand the work that that Jesus has sent me to do in this place that they just can't imagine or envision why I would leave here. my comfortable place in America to come here.

And she said, maybe it's just because they don't understand me and they don't understand my call to be here. And they don't understand the work that that Jesus has sent me to do in this place that they just can't imagine or envision why I would leave here. my comfortable place in America to come here.

And so it's very much a me against the world, me and Jesus against the world kind of mentality that I think she brings into this. It's like, well, I don't have to explain it or I don't have to give too many details because this is the assignment that I got from Jesus. back to establishing a timeline.

And so it's very much a me against the world, me and Jesus against the world kind of mentality that I think she brings into this. It's like, well, I don't have to explain it or I don't have to give too many details because this is the assignment that I got from Jesus. back to establishing a timeline.

And so it's very much a me against the world, me and Jesus against the world kind of mentality that I think she brings into this. It's like, well, I don't have to explain it or I don't have to give too many details because this is the assignment that I got from Jesus. back to establishing a timeline.

So in the course of my research from her memoir, her blog that we discovered, it's called Crowns of Beauty, and we were able to pull the archives from her blog up, even high school yearbooks and news articles from the college that she went to. I used all of these things to try to come up with some kind of timeline. And

So in the course of my research from her memoir, her blog that we discovered, it's called Crowns of Beauty, and we were able to pull the archives from her blog up, even high school yearbooks and news articles from the college that she went to. I used all of these things to try to come up with some kind of timeline. And

So in the course of my research from her memoir, her blog that we discovered, it's called Crowns of Beauty, and we were able to pull the archives from her blog up, even high school yearbooks and news articles from the college that she went to. I used all of these things to try to come up with some kind of timeline. And

The best conclusion that I could come to based on the dates that she cited in her books is that there were actually two trips that Sophie took to Zambia prior to committing to leave college early and move there. So the first one is... She talks about in her memoir, going in the summer of 2008 to Kafui, Zambia, after she completed her freshman year of college.

The best conclusion that I could come to based on the dates that she cited in her books is that there were actually two trips that Sophie took to Zambia prior to committing to leave college early and move there. So the first one is... She talks about in her memoir, going in the summer of 2008 to Kafui, Zambia, after she completed her freshman year of college.

The best conclusion that I could come to based on the dates that she cited in her books is that there were actually two trips that Sophie took to Zambia prior to committing to leave college early and move there. So the first one is... She talks about in her memoir, going in the summer of 2008 to Kafui, Zambia, after she completed her freshman year of college.

That's when she went on this month-long mission trip. Then the following year, as early as April 2009, she's actually back in Zambia, at least for a few months now. doing an orphan ministry internship. And it's here where her memoir actually begins. And it's on this trip that she decides that she hears this call that she's being led to move to Zambia and be a missionary.

That's when she went on this month-long mission trip. Then the following year, as early as April 2009, she's actually back in Zambia, at least for a few months now. doing an orphan ministry internship. And it's here where her memoir actually begins. And it's on this trip that she decides that she hears this call that she's being led to move to Zambia and be a missionary.