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Kayla Mueller: Full transcript of letter sent by US aid worker held hostage by Isis | Kayla Mueller: Full transcript of letter sent by US aid worker held hostage by Isis |
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This is the letter released by Kayla Mueller's family. It was written by the 26-year-old while she was held captive by Isis. | This is the letter released by Kayla Mueller's family. It was written by the 26-year-old while she was held captive by Isis. |
Ms Mueller's family today confirmed the aid worker's death, telling reporters in a statement: "We are heartbroken to share that we’ve received confirmation that Kayla Jean Mueller, has lost her life". | Ms Mueller's family today confirmed the aid worker's death, telling reporters in a statement: "We are heartbroken to share that we’ve received confirmation that Kayla Jean Mueller, has lost her life". |
Below follows her full transcribed letter. | Below follows her full transcribed letter. |
Everyone, If you are receiving this letter it means I am still detained but my cell mates (starting from 11/2/2014) have been released. | Everyone, If you are receiving this letter it means I am still detained but my cell mates (starting from 11/2/2014) have been released. |
I have asked them to contact you + send you this letter. | I have asked them to contact you + send you this letter. |
It’s hard to know what to say. | It’s hard to know what to say. |
Please know that I am in a safe location, completely unharmed + healthy(put on weight in fact); I have been treated w/ the utmost respect + kindness. I wanted to write you all a well thought out letter (but I | Please know that I am in a safe location, completely unharmed + healthy(put on weight in fact); I have been treated w/ the utmost respect + kindness. I wanted to write you all a well thought out letter (but I |
didn’t know if my cellmates would be leaving in the coming days or the coming months restricting my time but primarily) I could only but write the letter a paragraph at a time, just the thought of you all sends me into a fit of tears. | didn’t know if my cellmates would be leaving in the coming days or the coming months restricting my time but primarily) I could only but write the letter a paragraph at a time, just the thought of you all sends me into a fit of tears. |
If you could say I have “suffered” at all throughout this whole experience it is only in knowing how much suffering I have put you all through; I will never ask you to forgive me as I do not deserve forgiveness. | If you could say I have “suffered” at all throughout this whole experience it is only in knowing how much suffering I have put you all through; I will never ask you to forgive me as I do not deserve forgiveness. |
I remember mom always telling me that all in all in the end the only one you really have is God. I have come to a place in experience where, in every sense of the word, I have surrendered myself to our creator b/c literally there was no else….+ by God + by your prayers I have felt tenderly cradled in freefall. | I remember mom always telling me that all in all in the end the only one you really have is God. I have come to a place in experience where, in every sense of the word, I have surrendered myself to our creator b/c literally there was no else….+ by God + by your prayers I have felt tenderly cradled in freefall. |
I have been shown in darkness, light + have learned that even in prison, one can be free. I am grateful. | I have been shown in darkness, light + have learned that even in prison, one can be free. I am grateful. |
I have come to see that there is good in every situation, sometimes we just have to look for it. I pray each each day that if nothing else, you have felt a certain closeness + surrender to God as well + have formed a bond of love + support amongst one another… | I have come to see that there is good in every situation, sometimes we just have to look for it. I pray each each day that if nothing else, you have felt a certain closeness + surrender to God as well + have formed a bond of love + support amongst one another… |
I miss you all as if it has been a decade of forced separation. I have had many a long hour to think, to think of all the things I will do w/ Lex, our first family camping trip, the first meeting @ the airport.I have had many hours to think how only in your absence have I finally @ 25 years old come to realize your place in my life. | I miss you all as if it has been a decade of forced separation. I have had many a long hour to think, to think of all the things I will do w/ Lex, our first family camping trip, the first meeting @ the airport.I have had many hours to think how only in your absence have I finally @ 25 years old come to realize your place in my life. |
The gift that is each one of you + the person I could + could not be if you were not a part of my life, my family, my support. I DO NOT want the negotiations for my release to be your duty, if there is any other option | The gift that is each one of you + the person I could + could not be if you were not a part of my life, my family, my support. I DO NOT want the negotiations for my release to be your duty, if there is any other option |
take it, even if it takes more time. | take it, even if it takes more time. |
This should never have become your burden. I have asked these women to | This should never have become your burden. I have asked these women to |
support you; please seek their advice. If you have not done so already, [REDACTED] can contact [REDACTED] who may have a certain level of experience with these people. | support you; please seek their advice. If you have not done so already, [REDACTED] can contact [REDACTED] who may have a certain level of experience with these people. |
None of us could have known it would be this long but know I am also fighting from my side in the ways I am able + I have a lot of fight left | None of us could have known it would be this long but know I am also fighting from my side in the ways I am able + I have a lot of fight left |
inside of me. | inside of me. |
I am not breaking down + I will not give in no matter how long it takes. | I am not breaking down + I will not give in no matter how long it takes. |
I wrote a song some months ago that says, “The part of me that pains the most also gets me out of bed, w/out your hope there would be nothing left…” aka - The thought of your pain is the source of my own, simultaneously the hope of our reunion is the source of my strength. | I wrote a song some months ago that says, “The part of me that pains the most also gets me out of bed, w/out your hope there would be nothing left…” aka - The thought of your pain is the source of my own, simultaneously the hope of our reunion is the source of my strength. |
Please be patient, give your pain to God. | Please be patient, give your pain to God. |
I know you would want me to remain strong. | I know you would want me to remain strong. |
That is exactly what I am doing. | That is exactly what I am doing. |
Do not fear for me, continue to pray as will I + by God’s will we will | Do not fear for me, continue to pray as will I + by God’s will we will |
be together soon. | be together soon. |
All my everything, | All my everything, |
Kayla | Kayla |
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