On May 18th, 1926, Sister Aimee mysteriously disappeared off the coast of Santa Monica. According to her private secretary, Emma Schaeffer, she just walked into the ocean and vanished.
Aimee was supposed to preach a sermon that day and her mother took her place proclaiming, “Sister is with Jesus,” sending her multitude of disciples into a frenzy.
Hundreds searched in vain for days and f

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