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The greatest compliment of the book [One Thousand Gifts]? Maybe the Muslim man in Iraq who was given the book and came to a saving knowledge of Jesus, wanted to live his life in thanks to God?

Ann Voskamp

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Ann Voskamp
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: August 10
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