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The Communist government system, combined with a wide-spread famine, has devastated Ukraine. Galina Timofeyevna experiences the effects of this devastation as she questions why young people like herself must suffer through starvation. After joining the Communist Youth Party as a teenager, she finds herself caught up in a futile war effort, experiencing terror and senseless violence. The effects of war overshadow even her wedding day and the years following, offering this determined young woman many opportunities to face a difficult set of challenges. When Galina comes to recognize that there is a war within her as well, she decides that she will do anything in order to find the joy she craves. Journey to Joy is an inspiring story of courage and grit in the face of wars within and without.

Table of Contents

• Prologue
• 1. A Mother's Sorrows
• 2. The Lord's Prayer
• 3. Changes
• 4. Never Forget
• 5. March of Terror
• 6. Captured
• 7. Escape
• 8. The Grueling Journey
• 9. Never the Same
• 10. Twice Spared
• 11. The Raid
• 12. Beginnings
• 13. Assurance and Dumplings
• 14. Two Widows
• 15. A Kindness Repaid
• 16. Growing Up
• 17. Starting Over
• 18. A Tragic Accident
• 19. Life Must Go On
• 20. Soul Stirrings
• 21. Fullness of Joy
• 22. Joy Complete
• 23. Soul Travail
• 24. The Cost of Discipleship
• 25. In Spite of Suffering
• Epilogue
• Glossary
• About the Author