Today we begin a new series on – Amazing Stories of Love. Movies constantly bombard us with unrealistic expectations of love. Sometimes Real life, presents some relationships are poor, brutish, and short. But there’s no need to feel bad or be afraid, Read on to restore your faith in true love.
When Irina and Woodford McClellan got married, they never imagined it would be another 11 years until they could be together.
In the early 1970s, Irina was living in Moscow working for the Institute of World Economy and International Relations. It was there that she met an American professor named Woodford McClellan. Irina and Woodford fell in love and married two years later in May 1974. Only a short while later, in August, Woodford’s visa expired and he had to leave the Soviet Union and return home. Woodford tried to visit his wife in Moscow but was repeatedly denied entry. In turn, Irina was denied permission to leave the country, without explanation. The two newlyweds marked their anniversaries with cards, photographs, and phone calls.
Over 11 years later, Irina finally received the green light to move to the United States. In late January 1986, she flew into the Baltimore-Washington International Airport. Her husband, whom she had last seen a decade ago in an airport thousands of miles away, greeted her with excitement and open arms.
Reporters there captured the heartwarming reunion, and Irina further captured the experience in a book—Of Love and Russia: The Eleven-Year Fight for My Husband and Freedom.
You may not be separated from your spouse by circumstances beyond your control like Woodford and Irina, but the question I leave with you is – How much have you put in or Are you still willing to put in to fight for your love. Only faithless people give up their convictions.
Stand up for your Love – Let Love Win
Have a Grace filled day – Good news awaits you.
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Last modified: July 9, 2016
