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Memoirs of a Bible Smuggler is a true story set in Eastern Europe during the Cold War, an era when Christians who resisted the Communists' godless decrees faced prison or death. A naïve housewife in the Texas piney woods, Kendrick dreamed of being a Bible smuggler. She and her husband began praying an extra hour in the evenings. They were soon overseas, smuggling Bibles to Christians hungry for God's Word. Through Door of Hope International, they developed a network of trained Bible couriers. Carpenters, bankers, nurses and others gave up their vacations to help smuggle thousands of Bibles to believers behind the Iron Curtain. God was faithful and through His grace these Bible smugglers overcame obstacles and won victories that enriched their lives and those of countless others.

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"""FROM THE DAYS OF TYNDALE TILL TODAY BIBLE smuggling has been controversial as well as dangerous. Not many people are brave enough to venture into this often-perilous calling. My father Haralan Popov always said, 'A Bible brought into Communist lands, is like a bullet in the heart of Satan.' Jeana Kendrick and her husband realized that while the Cold War was raging between the Judeo Christian world and the humanistic atheistic world of Marxism, the battle could best be fought by changing the hearts and minds of people rather than by military confrontation. Their interesting and well-written story is a story of success in which they witnessed the fall of the Iron Curtain in 1989."" -Door of Hope International President Paul H. Popov ""This could pass for a well-crafted work of suspense fiction, except that every word is fact. In this story the reader cannot avoid unearthing a stark personal truth that is basic to survival."" -Dr. Guida Jackson, author of Traditional Epics, Women Who Ruled and other books ""Taut, well written, and insightful, Kendrick's Memoirs of a Bible Smuggler shares firsthand knowledge of what it was like for Christians during the Iron Curtain era. Young and idealistic, she and husband Jeff joined Door of Hope International and embarked on a thirteen year journey to smuggle banned Bibles into Russian held territories. Fraught with danger, fear of discovery, and life threatening experiences, her faith in her Savior provided the courage to continue the quest. Times were not always grim for she recounts many amusing experiences in chapters that could stand alone. I would recommend this memoir to everyone, no matter which religion or non-religion they adhere to, for it imparts an understanding of what it's like, to be persecuted for worshiping as one pleases, and for those who have the courage to stand up for that right."" -Jacqueline Pelham, author of Under the Rose and A Promise to Die For ""Not all battles are fought by armies. Jeana Kendrick's Memoirs of a Bible Smuggler, beautifully written, tells the true story of unsung heroes of the Cold War, men and women who risked everything in the service of Christ."" -Donn Taylor, author of Lightning on a Quiet Night, Rhapsody in Red, and other books"

FROM THE DAYS OF TYNDALE TILL TODAY BIBLE smuggling has been controversial as well as dangerous. Not many people are brave enough to venture into this often-perilous calling. My father Haralan Popov always said, 'A Bible brought into Communist lands, is like a bullet in the heart of Satan.' Jeana Kendrick and her husband realized that while the Cold War was raging between the Judeo Christian world and the humanistic atheistic world of Marxism, the battle could best be fought by changing the hearts and minds of people rather than by military confrontation. Their interesting and well-written story is a story of success in which they witnessed the fall of the Iron Curtain in 1989. -Door of Hope International President Paul H. Popov This could pass for a well-crafted work of suspense fiction, except that every word is fact. In this story the reader cannot avoid unearthing a stark personal truth that is basic to survival. -Dr. Guida Jackson, author of Traditional Epics, Women Who Ruled and other books Taut, well written, and insightful, Kendrick's Memoirs of a Bible Smuggler shares firsthand knowledge of what it was like for Christians during the Iron Curtain era. Young and idealistic, she and husband Jeff joined Door of Hope International and embarked on a thirteen year journey to smuggle banned Bibles into Russian held territories. Fraught with danger, fear of discovery, and life threatening experiences, her faith in her Savior provided the courage to continue the quest. Times were not always grim for she recounts many amusing experiences in chapters that could stand alone. I would recommend this memoir to everyone, no matter which religion or non-religion they adhere to, for it imparts an understanding of what it's like, to be persecuted for worshiping as one pleases, and for those who have the courage to stand up for that right. -Jacqueline Pelham, author of Under the Rose and A Promise to Die For Not all battles are fought by armies. Jeana Kendrick's Memoirs of a Bible Smuggler, beautifully written, tells the true story of unsung heroes of the Cold War, men and women who risked everything in the service of Christ. -Donn Taylor, author of Lightning on a Quiet Night, Rhapsody in Red, and other books

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During the Cold War, Jeana Kendrick and her husband Jeff co-directed Door of Hope International's (DOHI) literature distribution into Eastern Europe, traveling extensively behind the Iron Curtain. In the '90s, she became DOHI's communications director and managing editor overseeing the quality and on-time production of its USA and Canadian publishing. Still an editor and writer with DOHI, her projects include the 2005 and 2018 revisions of the bestseller Tortured For His Faith and the 2020 revised edition of The Fugitive. Her novel St. Abient Run, a contemporary European intrigue, the first in a Conspiracy Series, was published by Panther Creek Press in 2002. Her short stories are in Fall From Innocence, Page One Publications, and in Suddenly, Suddenly II and Suddenly IV, Martin House. Kendrick's novels The Paris Conspiracy and The Last Bridge Across Mostar are also slated for publication.

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