Pastor Valentin Sinyi was born in the city of Kherson, in southern Ukraine, to a Baptist Christian family, during an era when faith was not only banned but also closely monitored. It was a time when his family lived on the edge between hope and fear. From childhood, Valentin remembered evenings when his parents would gather in the living room to read the Bible. These quiet moments were filled with awe, but also anxiety. His parents often paused, listening to see if anyone was eavesdropping behind the door. When the Soviet Union collapsed, the author was studying at a polytechnic college. In 1995, the Lord led him to a conscious faith. This was a turning point in his life. That same year, after graduating from college, he went to work in Salekhard, Siberia, where he worked in construction in extreme cold. A few years later, he entered the Tavria Christian Institute (TCI). This marked the beginning of a new stage in his life. There, he not only received a theological education but also met his future wife, Lyuba. The young couple married in 2000, and later the Lord blessed them with two beautiful children: a son, Kirill, and a daughter, Sonya. He never imagined he would write books. But the war, and then life as a displaced person, compelled him to record his experiences. The book, "The Man Whose House Was Stolen," is a memoir of the first months of full-scale war. This book, several chapters of which we present to our readers, is perhaps the confession of a grown man, something so difficult to utter out loud...