Tanya and the Border Guard Author:Anita Deyneka If they were Christians, — ...Why were they afraid? — ...Why couldn't they have Bibles? — ...Why did they meet in the woods? — Tanya wanted a Bible more than anything in the world. And she was determined to have one, even if it meant copying every word from the missionary radio broadcasts wich came to Leningrad from as far away as Quito, Ecuador. On... more »ce upon a time her family had owned a Bible. But that was long ago, before the Russian state decided to build a world without God. Now Tanya's family and many other Christians had no Bible but the Scriptures they heard on the radio broadcasts. They had few churches. Sometimes they met in the woods.
They thought they were safe until the day Gregori walked into their forest meeting with two friends. Gregori, who said he was a Christian...but who wore the uniform of a Russian soldier. Only Tanya offered him faith and friendship. Had she endangered her family by befriending a spy?« less