DS: Yes, and for about two weeks, law enforcement and the FBI didn't believe me, they told me she'd bring them home after Christmas or New Years. During that time I developed a website on "FathersHeartMinistries.com" called the Christy and Abby site. That received maybe 150,000 hits from some 65 countries. We were just trying to find them anywhere. We had no clue where they were.

AH: But you knew who took them.

DS: Oh yeah, we knew exactly. In fact we would contact family and they'd say, "No, we haven't seen them . . ." But we knew they did. They ended up moving every six months, is what we can figure right now.

AH: Sometimes when God doesn't make things clear in a situation, He often gives us a promise to hold onto. Was that the case during that time and if so, what promise did He give you?

DS: He gave me several. Out of Jeremiah; "Don't weep, don't morn, because your children will return from the land where they've been with the enemy and they will be restored to you." The week they left, He gave me Psalm 126 which says; "When the Lord brought back the captives to Zion, we were like men who dreamed. Our mouths were filled with laughter and our tongues with songs of joy. Then it was said among them ‘the Lord has done great things for them,' the Lord has done great things for us and we are filled with joy. Restore our fortunes o Lord, like streams in the Negev, those who sow in tears will reap with songs of joy. He who goes out weeping, carrying seed to sow, will return with songs of joy, carrying sheaves with him."

That meant so much when the Lord gave that to me and then He said, "Danny, I'm going to build that in your life and you will not be able to release that message until they're returned." On Saturday night, in our meeting, I released that message for the first time.

AH: And you were able to release that message because of the miracle you received last week, what happened?

DS: On February 1st, I received a call from my intercessor who had a word for me about the girls. She began praying, I was in the car and the [presence of the] Lord was coming into the car. Then she said, "I have to do something the Lord told me to do, it's a little odd, but I have to put the phone down because I'm going to ring this bell twelve times." So she rang this bell, and each time, the presence of the Lord just increased!

The next day, at twelve noon, I got a phone call from the FBI saying that they had located my girls, that they had been recovered. That it was them, and this was not just another "hope." And that I need to come get them. I was eating a meal with a couple pastors at that point, and I said, "Guys, I'm gone!" I was weeping, I was a mess!

AH: What were you feeling at that very moment when he said, "We found them."

DS: (laughing) "We were like men who dreamed . . ." Even to this day, it just blows me away. It's a hope that you hold onto for so long.

AH: So you went to get them, where were they?

DS: They were in Lillington, North Carolina, it was about a four hour drive.

AH: Describe that moment, when you first saw them. How did they react?

DS: They were a little scared of seeing me. For many years they had been told one thing . . . and whether I like that or not, it's just reality. And that's where I really covet the prayers of people because the story of restoration is not over. It's not just restoring their "person" but it's restoring their "hearts." So, initially Peter went in, because they felt safe with him. Then the rest of us went in. They got up and they hugged me, and I hugged them, we wept and we laughed. I'll never forget it as long as I live.

AH: And it's been six years?

DS: Over six years, they're now twelve and fourteen, beautiful young ladies. And God's got some healing to do in their lives. My desire is for full restoration.

AH: Do you think that your story can bring hope to others who are waiting for the return of their loved ones?

DS: I know it does. Already I've received hundreds of emails from people who have said, "This has given me hope." I really believe we are living in a period when we will see very significant restorations.

AH: What will happen to your ex-wife, who took your children?

DS: I'm not sure, there are some things that I can't change. She broke the Federal law, those charges did not come from me, but were drafted by the state. But my hope is for restoration, not that the children would be back in that situation because that wouldn't be healthy. But for restoration all around.

AH: If you could say something to your ex-wife, what would you say?

DS: I wrote her a letter some years back, that I posted on the internet, I really wish she had responded to that letter. The kids have become the victims. I look at these kids, and the stuff they've got to walk through. They were on the run and moving all the time. For six years, they couldn't develop friendships and meaningful relationships any longer than a few months. They weren't allowed to use the phone more than a minute or two here and there. We found out at the end that she was selling cookies at a flea market to try to make money for food. The kids were living in a horrible lifestyle.

I guess what I would ask [her] is, could you somehow learn from what's occurred and realize that no one is out to destroy anyone here, God wants all restored. And that the only thing that will prevail through this is just being loving and kind, and truthful.

I have forgiven her, and I would tell her I have absolutely forgiven you for what you did, that's not an issue. I can't before the Lord, NOT forgive you, He's too important to me, and I want Him too much in my life. But I really would hope there would be some credible growth that would occur through this, for these kids' sake.

AH: What is next for you, as a family?

DS: We're still figuring that out! (laughing) The thing that I realize is that these girls came back in the midst of me doing what God called me to do. Not a "reward," that's not what I mean. But I really believe there is a release that God wants to bring to this earth, and I better not just become somebody who sits back and doesn't release the message of restoration continually. And for our family, that's been so much a part of what we desire to see.

He is a God who is faithful and He will do [what He says.] Years ago I lived by the premise, because things were pretty hard; "Hope deferred makes the heart sick." But my wife, Karen, said to me, "Danny, you always use that verse, but that's the wrong part - what's the second part?" You know, I didn't know! So I looked it up and it said that a "longing fulfilled is a tree of life." And that's really the truth!

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