In 1991, Vickie J. Blair embarks on an adventure to the USSR. She is the first foreigner to teach in the English Language Department at the University of Kyrgyzstan. Shortly after arriving, the Soviet Union collapses. Caught in the middle of the birth of a country, Vickie seizes opportunities to help in the struggling economy. She forms a humanitarian organization, assisting the country with medical, educational, and social concerns. As the work grows she faces one obstacle after another, including surveillance by the police and threats from Islamic followers. Even so, she has a powerful reason to endure - God has led her to this land.