Fulfilling God’s Will

Dr. George Peter Amegin

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The story in this book is not about how one man against all odds took his family halfway around the world from Siberia to America. This is about how God reveals his wisdom, power, and knowledge in our present, everyday lives!

Sujets

• Religious
• Lettres et linguistique
• Religión
• Biography
• Wisdom
• Religion
• Autobiography
• Knowledge

Informations

• Publié par: AuthorHouse
• Date de parution: 18 décembre 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781665537070
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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Despues de los Hechos de los Apostoles. Los Hechos del Espiritu Santo, continuan en Ia historia de muchos cristianos a to fargo de los siglos. Esta biografia de los Amegin narrada por el Dr. George Amegin, es una vivida experfencia que nos motiva apersistir en el ffamado de fa voluntad de Dios., enfrentando los desafios en el transcurso de ese caminar, y Maraviffandonos de su constante obra.r que acrecienta nuestra fe. Gracias por com partir esta historia y que Dios to siga dirigiendo.
Eliezer Hernandez-Ortiz, Pediatra/Pastor
 
After the acts of the apostle’s, as recorded in scripture, the continuing work of the Holy Spirit is found through the centuries in the Life of the children of God. This autobiography, narrated by Dr. George Amegin, is a real –life experience which will motivate the reader to seek God’s Will- as he and his family did in their walk of faith through Siberian winter, and Gobi Desert sand storms!
Eliezer Hernandez- Ortiz, Pediatra Pastor
 
I recently read Dr. Amegin’s book- “Fulfilling God’s Will”. I found it to be very well written and very interesting. It was also very inspiring to see how God miraculously worked and protected the Amegin family on their trek from Russia to the United States. I recommend the book wholeheartedly and without reservation.
Antonio Mendoza
Professor Emeritus
 
Very interesting book, make you wonder what others went thru to get there. Also the real worries we need to really think about.
Jose Dones
Fulfilling GOD’S WILL
 
THE INCREDIBLE JOURNEY OF FAITH OF THE AMEGIN (SHELOHVOSTOFF) FAMILY THROUGH PARTS OF SOUTHERN RUSSIA WALKING ACROSS THE GOBI DESERT WITH EIGHT CHILDREN, ACROSS THE CONTINENT OF CHINA AND TO AMERICA!
 
 
 
 
DR. GEORGE PETER AMEGIN
 
 

 
 
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Mrs. Edith (Porter) Amegin
My wife, mother to my children, friend, jack of all trades.
Contents
Illustrations
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1 My Grandparents
Chapter 2 Life in the Monastery
Chapter 3 Escape from the Monastery
Chapter 4 The Farmer’s Invitation
Chapter 5 Accepting Christ
Chapter 6 Father Meets Mr. Kazakoff
Chapter 7 Hiding and Surviving in the Forest
Chapter 8 New Perspectives in God’s Ministry
Chapter 9 Ordination and the First Siberian Evangelical Baptist Convention
Chapter 10 Practicing What You Preach
Chapter 11 Cooperate and Live
Chapter 12 Fleeing South toward China
Chapter 13 Night River Crossing into China
Chapter 14 The Road to Kuldja
Chapter 15 Kuldja
Chapter 16 Tekes
Chapter 17 Moving Back to Kuldja
Chapter 18 Almost Frozen to Death
Chapter 19 The Wall Fell
Chapter 20 Back to Kuldja
Chapter 21 Making Combs
Chapter 22 George Hunter and the Russian People in Kuldja
Chapter 23 Renounce God, Embrace Communism, and Live
Chapter 24 Communists Driven Back to Russia
Chapter 25 Xinjiang (Sinkiang) Province Now Under Full Communist Control
Chapter 26 Getting Ready to Flee
Chapter 27 Fleeing Kuldja
Chapter 28 Communist Checkpoint
Chapter 29 The Village of Turpan
Chapter 30 The Village of Hami (Kumul)
Chapter 31 Mr. Chiu and His Son Join Us
Chapter 32 Showdown at Checkpoint Charlie
Chapter 33 On the Silk Road
Chapter 34 A Broken Wheel
Chapter 35 Up the Mountain
Chapter 36 Oasis in the Gobi
Chapter 37 A Strange Village
Chapter 38 Catholic Missionary
Chapter 39 Looking for the Holy Man in the Desert
Chapter 40 The Journey by the Great Wall
Chapter 41 Danger near the Walled Jiayuquan Village
Chapter 42 Problems with the Truck
Chapter 43 Our Baby Brother Dies
Chapter 44 Public Toilets
Chapter 45 William Borden Memorial Hospital in Lanchow, China
Chapter 46 Shanghai Bound
Chapter 47 Refugee Camp in Shanghai
Chapter 48 A Ticket to the Land of Milk and Honey
Chapter 49 The Last Free Ship Sailing out of Communist Shanghai Harbor
Chapter 50 Arriving in San Francisco, California
Chapter 51 Visitation
Chapter 52 The Opening of the New Russian Baptist Church in Bryte
Chapter 53 Satan Tests Father
Chapter 54 The Beginning of the Russian Baptist Mission in Sacramento
About the Amegin Family Today
A Personal Word from George Amegin
Author’s Biography
Notes
Illustrations
 
 
 
1. Photo of my grandparents
2. Photo of my grandmother on my mother’s side, many years later
3. Photo of the ministers who were ordained in Siberia in 1926 and were present at the Siberian Convention in 17
4. Old photo of father by himself
5. Photo of my parents after they were married
6. George and Alex, who are about five years old
7. Photograph of Mother, Anna, Tava, and Tony in the potato field
8. The certificate
9. English translation of certifica
10. Photo of lady cooking in front of her yurt
11. Photo of samovar
12. George Hunter Protestant Christian missionary from Scotland
13. Sand dunes
14. The type of terrain we encountered
15. A Lanchow City Wall Adjacent To The Yellow River
16. Typical dust storms in that region of the world
17. Camels going through the break in the wall near Jiayuguan pass
18. Photos of coins given to my little brother, Alex, by the soldiers in January 1947
19. The Schoerner family taken in front of their home in Lanchowd
20. My older sister Lida holding Bill Shoerner in her lap in Lanzhou, China
21. Shelohvostoff family in Lanchow, China, after we were cleaned up and had new clothes
22. Mrs Schoerner’s letter
23. Photo taken in 1946, in Bryte Clifornia, of the Russian Baptist church band
24. Mrs. Vera Chernovaya traveled with us on the ship from Shanghai to America
25. Photo of Shelohvostoff (Amegin) family in Shanghai
26. The letter that father carried in his pocket for two weeks
27. Photo of Amegin family all dressed up and ready to board the ship—America bound!
28. Photo of receipt from American President Lines for Lubov Shelohvostoff
29. Letterhead of the church with Father as the pastor and family standing in front of the church that sponsored us
30. Photo of USS General Gordon, the last ship to leave free China
31. Letter from Attorney
32. The night bloomers here blooming and wilted ten hours later
33. INCOMPLETE LIST list of the people in Philippines wanting to come to America
34. Photo of people sponsered by Pastor Shelohvostoff
35. The VFW hall where we met
36. New Church constructed on the corner Solano & Hobson Bryte, CA.
37. Celebration with many people attending
38. Dr. Posey, president of the Southern Baptist Association of California, congratulating father on opening the new church in West Sacramento (Bryte)
39. Photo of the house located on 1625 26th St., where the Sacramento Mission started
40. Photo of letter Father wrote to Lydia and Dale
41. Photo Of Father And Mother
42. Photo of baptistery scene
43. Photo of Brother Garin, the professional artist that did the painting
44. Original members taken in front of the church on Franklin Boulevard after the completion of the building
45. Photo of the Granchukoff family
Foreword

“A journey of a thousand miles,” it is said, “begins with one step,” and this is true, but so does the movement of a hamster’s wheel. Most of us humans are more like the hamsters: steps upon steps, millions of steps, ’round and ’round the squeaky wheel, ever faster, going nowhere until we plop out the side and another hamster takes over. “Vanity of vanities,” says the Preacher, “all is vanity.” It is not a modern refrain.
Our heart longs for a real journey—one that transforms the soul—and so we read about it and we write stories: Homer’s Odyssey, Dante’s unforgettable trek ever downward through the seven circles of Hell and onward up to Paradise, Gulliver’s Travels, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader from Narnia to the edge of the world, Frodo’s harrowing journey into Mordor in The Lord of the Rings. The heroes in these stories always end up changed, and their authors seek to move us to seek the same change! A few do. Most of us keep running in our wheels and dream.
But occasionally a hamster (er, human) gets a vision or a calling and really does change. His steps take him somewhere. His Creator pulls on his heart—sometimes through joy, sometimes through suffering—and he or she finds a direction and a purpose. At the end those people are changed, and the world with