Out of the Far Corners: An Epic Tale of Rejection, Grace, and Deliverance

"Misha, Marusia, and Lena ran up and embraced me. We stood for a long time like that, clinging to each other, weeping and watching Mama's grave fill up with dirt. We were four orphaned children with a future as uncertain as the swirling desert winds of this strange new country."

Vanya Iliyn's formative years were spent on the move, traveling the far corners of the world -- Russia, Central China, and the Americas -- amid seemingly impossible hardships. His journey crossed the landscape of the...