Miriam Stoltzfus is tired. She is happy to finally be home with her family in Lost Creek. Miriam is known as a caregiver and before she hardly has time to take a breath she is asked to care for her neighbor, Matthew King, whom she has known since childhood. Matthew was severely injured in an accident that killed his brother. And to say Matthew is a difficult patient is an understatement.
Month: January 2022
Runaway Mail-Order Bride and the Mayor
Heather’s mother died and her father is not only a drunk but is abusive. It is not a surprise that Heather runs away by becoming a mail-order bride. Her future lies in the town of Daisy Creek, Nebraska where Joshua is Mayor who has placed an ad for a mail-order bride. But this story has more than “girl meets boy, boy meets girl, big sigh!” Heather withholds certain information from Joshua and when that “information” arrives in Daisy Creek. Oh boy…
Love in Unlikely Places by Linda Byler
Emma resigns from teaching school and leaves her Amish neighborhood to take a position of nanny to two children of an English couple. Living on the beach in their rental home while their house is being built next door. And surprise, Amish men are doing the construction and one of them is single and very handsome. And he seems interested in her. But are things what they seem? What happened to the sweet little girl she met initially? Can she keep her faith living in a completely English world?
38 Family Tree Research Resources: Free Resources for the Frugal Genealogist
The resources in this 15-page publication are all FREE and focus almost exclusively in CANADA. The description states the reader will be “… getting information from Birth or Baptismal Certificates; Marriage Certificates; Death Certificates; Census Records; Ship’s Manifests or Logs; Military Records and more.”
Courting Caleb
Abigail Mast advertises for an “Amish Mail-Order Groom” just like her best friend did. Caleb King responds to the ad after another abusive encounter with his fater. He appears in the open door at Abigail’s pottery without writing ahead. Startled at his sudden appearance, Abigail drops the mug she was working on. Then — Abigail informs Caleb that there is another groom already there. Phillip Miller. Two grooms, one ad.
An Amish Baby for Christmas by Vannetta Chapman
Abigail Yutzy is a new widow whose husband died with no warning. The bishop of her district talked to Ezekiel and now Thomas finds himself knocking on Abigail’s door. Expecting an older person, after all — she is a widow, he is surprised to have a young and quite pregnant Amish woman answering the door. She is also quite a stubborn pregnant woman who tells him she will manage. And says “Good riddance” to herself when she closes the door. But she didn’t know the situation her husband had left her in — yet. What Thomas sees is that she most definitely needs help.