In-N-Out Burger President Talks Importance of Faith: 'It Gives Me Life and Makes Me Feel Strong'
Lynsi Snyder, granddaughter of the wildly successful In-N-Out Burger chain founders, is finally speaking out about her childhood, which was fraught with threats, and her faith, which has always been a key aspect of her life. Snyder has remained relatively private until now but has decided to go public with her story.
Snyder currently serves as president of the fast food chain that her family built and oversees nearly 300 restaurants in five states, with some 17,000 employees. She revealed that while the chain has become immensely popular, it did not come without a heavy price, which often came at her own expense.
When she was just 17 years old, Snyder managed to escape a kidnapping attempt, and just seven years later did the same thing.
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"I ran across the highway," Snyder told "Orange Coast" magazine. She was alerted to the threat due to the van following her having "boarded-up windows. It all helped mold me into who I am now."
Who she is now is a mother and three-time divorcee whose faith has helped get her through the toughest moments of her life. She currently has a tattoo in Aramaic on her arm that symbolizes her faith and means a great deal to her.
"It's Jesus' language. It's part of a Bible verse: Matthew 6:10. It says, 'Your kingdom come, your will be done.'" That, of course, is part of what's known as the Lord's Prayer, which Jesus taught his disciples to pray.
"It says, 'Hatred,'" Snyder said of her other tattoo, which is in Hebrew. "It references John 15:18, where Jesus says – this is paraphrased – 'Do not be surprised when the world hates you, for it hated me.' So yes, those are for me. Those are reminders."
As for her faith, Snyder said that it "gives me life and makes me feel strong and encourages me to stand for others … knowing what different people in the Bible went through. I'm not getting dragged through the street, or hanged or flogged, so I guess I can make it through. It could be worse."
