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By Adam Hunter

August 2012

  • How We Helped a Lost Turtle Get Back Home
    August 24, 2012

    I have a soft spot for turtles. They’re one of my favorite animals—probably why I liked the “Natural Wonders” feature in our first issue of Mysterious Ways magazine so much. So I was horrified by the news story earlier this week about some pranksters who taped a poor box turtle to a bunch of balloons and sent him flying.

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  • Mysterious Ways Magazine Issue Two, Coming Soon!
    August 17, 2012

    On Monday, we send issue number two of Mysterious Ways to the printers, and we think its even more jam-packed with incredible true inspirational stories than our premiere!

    We’ve got a story from American Idol Scotty McCreery, about his mysterious experience during a hometown concert. We’ve got the story of a lost dog that is reunited with his family through an unlikely series of encounters.

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  • God's Grace at an Intersection
    August 10, 2012

    Do you have a hobby? Some activity you just love to do on a regular basis? Maybe it’s something other people might find silly, like stamp collecting. Maybe you’re a wannabe Olympian, going for a three-mile run every morning before breakfast. But has your hobby ever saved your life? For Vincenzo Parisi of Daleville, Alabama, a love of collecting items from yard sales may have done exactly that.

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  • How the Olympics Reunited Separated Sisters
    August 3, 2012

    Jennifer Bricker's life had a difficult start. Born without legs, her parents, Romanian immigrants, gave her up for adoption because they couldn't afford her medical care.

    But Jennifer's adoptive family made sure her disability was never a factor in her life. "Can't is a four-letter word we don't use in this house," her mother always told her.

    At six years old, Jennifer became obsessed with gymnastics, and her adoptive family encouraged her at every turn. Her idols became the "Magnificent 7," the 1996 U.S. Olympic gymnastics squad.

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Adam Hunter is a senior editor for Guideposts magazine and Managing Editor for Mysterious Ways. He’s edited the Mysterious Ways section since October 2006, and is continually amazed by the astounding stories shared by readers. Follow him on Twitter: @MMysteriousWays