Adriana stayed in Switzerland to try to nurture the new community that had spring from the rejects from L'Abri."
"Why do you say rejects", says Sarah.
"Because they really weren't welcome. They were, as you said, Sarah, too wild. They were joyous, spontaneous and really weren't about to take very seriously the intellectual struggles of evangelical eggheads trying to make sense of God through science and philosophy. For them, God became real and immediate in a way that the leaders found scary and subversive. So they found a big house outside of Zurich, which became a retreat and a refuge for homeless adults and people struggling with addictions. It also took on a certain international cachet as a retreat centre for those who really wanted to discover the love of Jesus.
"I was born, then five years later came Melissa, and already Mom was struggling to reignite her faith in Jesus. On the pretext of wanting to see her mom, she began taking us to Switzerland with her. Dad tried to oppose, but relented, and just went on with his dark practices..."
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