Upon hearing of this, Alexay Sergaich and his wife, Maria Filipivna, sold their possessions and were ready to leave within three months. With them was his other son, Petro, and his son-in-law, Pavel Michalovich Popoff. With them were others that were also migrating to America. They were among the last to leave Russia, as soon after World War I started and the migration stopped. 

Shortly before leaving Russia, Alexay Sergaich was moved by the Holy Spirit. He went to Telegins home and obtained the manuscripts which were written by Maxim Gavrilovich while in prison. He brought them home and his wife took a loaf of partially baked bread from the oven, hollowed out the center, and placed the booklets into the bread. She then put the broad back into the oven to conceal the opening. It was necessary to take the writings in secret, because if the authorities would have discovered them, they would have been taken away. 

The[y] arrived in Galveston, Texas in the spring of 1912, some of the group went to Los Angeles, but Alexay Sergaich and those with him went directly to Arizona.