Lubos Paul Kresina was born four years after the end of WWI to Christian parents in newly formed Czechoslovakia. His father dedicated his whole life to the Lord as a missionary in Europe, mainly in central and southeast Europe. The author lived in Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia during WWII and was forced to work in a German military factory. After the war, Kresina was able to study Hebrew, Greek, and English at a Bible Institute in Glasglow, Scotland. He added these languages to those he already had mastered: Czech, German, French, and Latin. This enabled him to preach the Word in many different languages. He lived in Communist Czechoslovakia from 1948 until 1967, when he and his family defected. The author has been married for over 63 years with a daughter and a son. They also have three grandchildren.