Children of the Storm: The Autobiography of Natasha Vins
In Children of the Storm, Natasha Vins finds herself caught in a country determined to bully her into denying the existence of God and embracing the State as her head. As a young, school-aged girl, she receives pressure from her teachers to give her unquestioning allegiance to the Soviet State. Since Natasha’s father is a leader in the underground church, anti-Christian sentiments dog her family’s life as well.
When Natasha’s father has to spend time in hiding and in prison, Natasha looks to her beloved grandmother for spiritual guidance, but in her teens Natasha reaches a spiritual crossroads.
In a homeland that demands that she embrace communistic ideals and deny God, will she follow Christ into a life of poverty and hardship, or will she renounce her parents’ Christ for the opportunities and open doors which higher education has to offer?
- About the author: Natasha was born November 27, 1952 in Kiev, Ukraine to Georgi and Nadia Vins during a period when Ukraine was part of the atheistic U.S.S.R. Her father was a Baptist preacher, and when Natasha was just nine years old, Soviet authorities arrested him for preaching the Gospel. Over the next 17 years, he spent a total of eight years imprisoned for his faith.
