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Far Away From Home

My father marched to the Russian front with a gun, but returned home with a Bible

by Josip Kavur with Clive Nash

As World War I raged across Europe, an 18-year-old machine gunner waited for a Russian attack.

He promised God that he would follow Him if he didn’t have to kill anyone. His gun jammed! Later captured and taken to a prisoner-of-war camp, Mirko met his first Seventh-day Adventist—a fellow prisoner—and challenged him about the Bible Sabbath.

He lost the debate but what he won changed everything. Far Away from Home tells the remarkable true story of the Kavur family from the perspective of Mirko’s youngest son, Josip.

It traces their missionary work in Macedonia, the military service of Mirko’s sons in World War II, and the risky escape of three sons—one with a new bride—from post-war Communist Yugoslavia to religious freedom in Australia. Filled with stories of danger, determination and faithfulness, this book will strengthen your resolve to stand for God until He comes to take us home.

Contents:

  • World War II comes to our house
  • God's protection recognised
  • The war intensifies
  • Missionaries to Macedonia
  • After the war
  • New regime, new dangers
  • Ivica and the Commissars
  • Childhood memories
  • Crossing the border
  • Not quite freedom
  • Future Australians in Austria
  • Ocean voyage to Australia
  • Our new home far away
  • Dreams fulfilled
  • Not so far away from home
$22.95

Publisher: Signs Publishing

ISBN: 9781922373083

Format: Paperback

STATUS: AVAILABLE TO ORDER (item is either in stock or quickly/soon obtainable from supplier)

Pages: 148

Reviews and Endorsements

Michelle
This is an amazing story of the way God rewarded the faithfulness of Joe and his family. Well worth reading. It's an inspiring story for children to read as well.
[ Bookshelf review ]
“This is my family’s story,” explains Joe Kavur in the note to his readers that opens Far Away From Home, “but it is also God’s story—the story of how God took care of us through His providence, as we tried to remain faithful to Him no matter the cost.”
By the time we have read this opening page, we have the basic details of his story. In one sense, it is an epic that spans the 20th century with its two World Wars, the spread of Communism and migration out of eastern Europe. It also spans half the globe, from Croatia to the strange new land of Australia. And it is a story of mission, including pioneering church work in Macedonia and a building project in Papua New Guinea.
In another sense—as Kavur’s introduction points out—this is simply the story of one family, buffeted by history but guided by faith. There are the small details of his boyhood experiences, memories of his father telling stories of being drafted into the army and sent to the Russian front in 1915, and his older brothers in turn standing up for their Sabbath beliefs during compulsory military service in the Yugloslav army. It was this faithfulness to God that prompted Kavur, two of his brothers and a sister-in-law to try to escape to a life offering freedom to live, work and worship.
And, Kavur is quick to add, this is also God’s story. Far Away From Home describes God working in remarkable ways to protect the Kavur family from danger but, more than that, to share His truth and love with others, even amid those dangers, tragedies and other seemingly unlikely circumstances.
So read Far Away From Home because it is an adventure story of people and places far away, but read it—more importantly—as a story of the God who is close to each one of us, as we seek to serve Him and others, amid the challenges of our own lives. The story of Joe Kavur’s family reminds us of the real difference this makes.
—Nathan Brown, Book Editor, Signs Publishing

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