Abedini wrote from prison earlier this month. ???This is the process in my life today: one day I am told I will be freed and allowed to see my family and kids on Christmas (which was a lie) and the next day I am told I will hang for my faith in Jesus,??? he wrote in a letter released by the American Center or Law and Justice (ACLJ), which represents his wife, Naghmeh, who lives in Idaho with their