120: From Orphanage Despair to Miraculous Hope: Lilia’s Journey

In this special two-part conversation, I sit down with Lilia Klaczynski, whose story carries us from the silence of a Soviet orphanage to the freedom she found in Christ. Born premature and abandoned in Moldova, she spent her first 15 years in an institution with no family, no faith, and no knowledge of God. Adoption into the United States opened a new chapter—one filled with both challenges and blessings. Through it all, Lilia’s journey reveals the miracle of survival, the reality of pain, and the beauty of redemption. Today, she is a wife, mother, and speaker whose testimony shines with resilience and hope.

Part 1 takes us inside the orphanage where Lilia spent her earliest years—an environment defined by scarcity, reverence of the state, and the absence of love. She recalls formative memories of those years, including a moment of supernatural intervention that she could not explain at the time.

As her story unfolds, we hear how, at 14, she was introduced to the idea of God for the first time. The following year, her life changed dramatically when she was adopted into the U.S. She describes the emotions of leaving everything she knew behind and stepping into a future that felt both uncertain and full of possibility.

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