Yet when circumstances throw Amy and Tim together, they form a friendship that surprises them both. Tim left the Mennonite faith years ago and doesn't want any reminders of his former life. But her new neighbor, Tim Roper, is not pleased to have an Old Order Mennonite family living next to his apple orchard.
Will this tentative relationship blossom into something more?From the Inside FlapAmy Knackstedt hopes a new start in Weaverly, Kansas, will help heal the pain of losing her husband and provide a better future for her three children. Yet Amy and Tim find their paths colliding far more than either could have foreseen. When the children try to befriend him, he resists. But her neighbor, Tim Roper, is not pleased to have a Mennonitefamily living next to his apple orchard. Sweet Contemporary Story Set in an Old Order Mennonite Community Amy Knackstedt moves with her children to Weaverly, Kansas, to escape the speculation surrounding her husband's untimely death.She hopes the new location will provide a fresh start for them all.
Kim and her husband make their home on the beautiful plains of Kansas, the setting for many of Kim's novels. An active speaking ministry assists her with her desire. But Kim's passion lies in writing stories of hope that encourage her readers to place their lives in God's capable hands. Added to this, the town elders will soon decide if Katy can continue on in the secular high school next year-soon, Katy may be forced to decide what world she really belongs in.About the AuthorBestselling, award-winning author Kim Vogel Sawyer wears many hats besides 'writer.' As a wife, mother, grandmother, and active participant in her church, her life is happily full.
Finally, parts of her world are coming together! But when Shelby is in Schellberg full-time, things with Katy's other best friend, Annika, once again become strained, and Katy's issues with Caleb Penning get worse. Unable to travel, Shelby decides to stay with Katy on her farm, which delights Katy to no end. Shelby Nuss, Katy's best friend outside of her sect, breaks her ankle right before leaving with her family on a mission trip. In the final book of the Katy Lambright Series, Katy's worlds collide. Can Daisy look beyond her own insecurities to embrace a young man with great affection for her, and a God who calls her 'beloved'-just as she is? Daisy heads for the safe harbor that is his friendship, but the outside world doesn't offer the friendly welcome that Daisy dreams of and Robby faces unique challenges of his own in the form of an eager co-worker bent on sending Daisy back to Brambleville. Nervous about leaving the farm, she turns to the one connection she has out in the world-Robby, a friend who left the asylum before her and is now employed in Sinclair, Kansas at Dinsmore's World Famous Chocolate Factory. However, she is coming up on her sixteenth birthday, and it will soon be time for her to make her own way in the world. As she has watched younger, more appealing orphans come and go on to new families, Daisy has spent years becoming a valued helper for Ma and Pa Jonnson, as the orphans call them. In this romantic 19th century-set short fiction follow-up to What Once Was Lost, while setting the stage for Sawyer's next novel, Echoes of Mercy, a young woman must let go of past rejections to find hope in the meaningful future God wants for her.Daisy Forrester has been raised in Brambleville, Kansas at Dunnigan's Orphan Asylum by Levi and Christina Jonnson. And when an old adversary challenges Christina, will she find an unlikely ally - or more - in the aloof Levi? Can Levi reconcile with the rejection that led to his hermit-like existence and open his heart and life to something more, especially a relationship with a loving God? As obstacles to repairing the farm pile up against Christina, she begins to question her leadership ability and wonders if she can fulfill the mission to which she's dedicated her life. Levi agrees with reluctance but finds himself surprised by the bond that quickly grows between him and Tommy. But when a fire breaks out in the kitchen leaving the house inhabitable, she must scramble to find shelter for all in her care, scattering her dear "family."With no other options, Christina is forced to approach Levi Jonnson, a reclusive mill owner, to take in a young blind boy named Tommy Kilgore. A woman meant to serve, a child in the dark, a man standing apart - can these three souls embrace a God with new plans for them?On a small Kansas farm, Christina Willems lovingly shepherds a group of poor and displaced individuals who count on her leadership and have come to see the Brambleville Asylum for the Poor as their home.
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