About the book: 2019 / This unusual book is an astonishing journey through a series of extreme spiritual ups and downs, designed to show that our narrow understanding of life events - just a fragment of a big mystery. The author visited Africa, Somalia, Russia and Ukraine - the ruins of the Soviet empire, Eastern Europe, China, unnamed but recognizable Muslim countries. There is a lot of “crazy” in the story of Nick Ripken, but his journey through the world of persecution of believers and persecution of dissidents led him from crisis and shock to hope and faith.