Saint Behind Enemy Lines

by Olga Kovarova Campora

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1573452270
• ISBN13: 9781573452274
• Release Date: May 1997
• Publisher: Deseret Book Co
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 1.0" x 6.5"

Customer Reviews

Anything but Ordinary

I loved every page of this book. Reading it felt like opening the window and letting the Sunlight in. If there could only be more people in this world like Olga Campora it would be a much better place. One thing I can say for sure is that she is anything but an ordinary person. I first purchased and read this book after meeting Olga. I have actually taken Yoga classes from Olga. I loved every single class. She teaches with such wisdom and joy. I think of anyone in the last five years, she has taught me the most. Not only through Yoga, but through knowing the kind and caring person that she is. We could all use a little more of this influential light in our lives.

A great read!

Olga Kovarova was a university student in Communist Chechoslovakia when she contacted Otakar Vojkuvka to learn more about yoga. As she entered his home and began an acquaintance with his family, she felt inspired to ask him more about his religious philosphies After many months of friendship, Mr. Vojkuvka confided to Olga that he was a member of the Mormon church. Olga felt an overwhelming feeling to join the church and was secretly baptized in a nearby river.Here is the passage describing her baptism:"Brother Holcman, who would baptize me that night, entered the water first, and then he walked back toward the water's edge where I was waiting and took my right hand, walking with me as we went deeper into the water. I felt a that very moment that everything was changed in my life. I strongly felt the power of the priesthood for the first time in my life--it felt like a safeness and an unshakable authority to act in the name of God. Brother Holcman offered the baptismal prayer, and when I heard my name I felt in my whole body and spirit that I had ended one lengthy chapter of my life. While walking back out of the water, I felt a complete joy in every pore of my being. I knew that this baptism was recorded in heaven. It was a real act, not only a ceremony to enjoy and see...I was confirmed that same night. I had never seen before the laying on of hands. As soon as the brethren laid their hands upon my head and pronounced me a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Letter-Day Saints, I knew that the old spirit of loneliness and confusion was gone, and I felt fully accepted by God into his kingdom as one of his daughters. Receiving the Holy Ghost brought me a most beautiful assurance that I didn't have to be lost in the confused world. The companionship of the Holy Ghost felt like the sweet embrace of a best friend. My whole body felt completely cleansed and renewed to a life of happiness and joy. Above all, I was awakened in my spirit, and I felt on my baptismal day as if I had renewed a lost connection to the eternal part of my being.The most amazing thing to me was when I heard in the prayer of confirmation that I would be able to bring multitudes into the Church. I thought about this all the time from that day on. This sentence particularly became my personal Liahona for my direction and activity in the Church for the coming years while living in Czechoslovakia."Olga was the first young convert in Czechoslovakia for decades. Because her affiliation with the church was not known by the Communists, she was able to influence and convert dozens of young people through yoga classes and camps. This book details her conversion process and the ways in which she was protected from discovery by the Communists.I found this book fascinating--I loved learning about life under Communism, and of the ways Olga and her fellow members conduct covert missionary work. _Saint_ is well-wri