1272: Anastasia Bigun - A Ukrainian Mormon Journey Pt. 3

Mormon Stories Podcast

Dr. John Dehlin

Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 6 March 2020

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Today on Mormon Stories Podcast we are interviewing Anastasia Bigun. Anastasia was born in Ukraine. She and her mother met the Mormon missionaries when she was 10, and she began attending the Mormon church then, though she was not allowed by her father to be baptized until age 18. After joining the Mormon church, Anastasia moved to the United States at age 21 to attend BYU. The themes for today’s interview will include: 1) Learning more about living in Ukraine, and Ukraine’s relationship to Russia, 2) what it is like to be Mormon in Ukraine, 3) Anastasia’s own faith journey, and 4) Anastasia’s perspective on the U.S./Ukraine/Russia news stories this year.

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0:38.9	I think I know enough about you to know that it's not the simple that recently you've
0:43.8	undergone some challenges to your faith and to your belief in the church.
0:49.0	After finally feeling like you were getting answers to your prayers and everything was
0:53.6	going well, is that right?
0:55.2	Yeah, correct.
0:56.2	So what happened?
0:57.2	I feel bad.
0:58.3	I don't want this dream.
0:59.3	I don't want this dream to be dashed.
1:01.3	I feel like I continue to live live that dream.
1:03.9	Okay.
1:04.9	I don't feel like I'm out of it at all.
1:05.9	Okay.
1:06.9	So, but something, but something happened, right?
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