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When Russia Came to Stay is a story of a family's journey into Orthodox Christianity from Protestantism. Becoming Christian and a multicultural family with small steps of faith, in each other, in God, is a difficult process in a Western culture that often perceives faith as a done deal with the utterance of the Sinner's Prayer inviting Jesus into one's heart. Life in Christ is a process of moment to moment seeking to be in Him. This way of life is beyond culture and outside of time, even as it is lived in time and place. Miraculously, in trying for spiritual perspective, the impossible becomes possible, such as unlike families coming together in love - and staying together when there seems a lack of love. Povozhaev tells of her family's roots and her husband's family's beginnings from Russia. She shares the story of falling in love with Dima, his homeland (with travels to Russia in 1999), and a deepening understanding of ancient Christianity as their source for transformational love. Perspectives change with growing family, including in-laws from Russia and children. Lea and Dima are baptized into the Orthodox Church with their f rst son and journey together with faith towards love. Despite challenges from coming from different corners of the world, sustained will to stay together grows acceptance and deepens the love between them. Orthodox Christianity, as a fuller expression of life in Christ, of Love, becomes the glue that binds together Lea and Dima.

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