The masked man stood at the foot of their bed and trained his gun on them. With disturbing calm, he asked, Where is your God now?

On a quiet Tuesday morning outside a small town in rural Illinois, when most people were just waking up to start their day … the unthinkable happened. A man wearing a black mask and holding a loaded gun abducted two regular people from their home. Blindfolded and forced into the trunk of a car, it was a nightmare right out of Hollywood, except this was no movie. What could two grandparents living out in the country have that a madman would want? How could this be happening in the same town where they had lived for years? And how would they ever escape? Rescued for a Reason recounts the abduction of Connie and Larry Van Oosten and the days of terror, uncertainty, and desperate prayers that preceded their escape. Written like a novel, this true- crime story seeks to answer the hardest question of all: why? Why did these horrific events happen? Is there a reason-a purpose-for all the pain and chaos?