Connie’s Journey: So Much Left Behind

Connie is an ordinary English girl living a comfortable life in Manchester, England, going to church on Sundays and serving God by good deeds alone. When World War II breaks out, twelve-year-old Connie’s world is suddenly upended as her parents leave a church over sermons about Hitler. The family soon joins the Bruderhof, a religious German camp. Connie’s father donates all his worldly possessions to the Bruderhof leader, believing God was calling him to do so. But life grows scary as the German-origin Bruderhof soon become enemies of the British state, and the community is forcibly sent on a long, dangerous journey to Paraguay. As Connie watches children die from a lack of clean water and tropical diseases, she wonders: is God really there? Amid the backdrop of humid, muddy Paraguay with its snakes, flies, and mosquitos, Connie discovers what it truly means to serve God in Connie’s Journey.