A PLAIN & SIMPLE HEART

by

Lori Copeland and Virginia Smith

 

ISBN: 9780736947558

Paperback, 296 pages

Harvest House Publishers

 

 



This is the second book in this series "The Amish of Apple Grove" and I did not read the first one, but this one alone is great.  Two great Christian fiction authors got together and I want to thank Lori Copeland and Virginia Smith for their combined stories.  Both are great author on their own.

This story is about Rebecca Switzer who is a seventeen Amish girl, but she thinks she is in love with a cowboy that she had met once.  She stands around and day dreams and forgets what she is doing.  None of the Amish boys that she knows just does not fit the bill to become her beau.

Her sister had married outside the Amish faith so she didn't see why she couldn't also.  Her mother is dead and her grandmother had raised them and she was very strict.

This book will get you hooked within the first chapter and you will not want to put it down.  It is a fun read just to see what Rebecca will come up with next.

I want to thank Harvest house and the two authors for sending me this book in order for me to review.

 

Where Love Grows

by

Jerry S. Eicher

This is another one of Jerry S. Eicher's great works. I have read most everything he has written and he does know how to tell a story, especially about the Amish.

The other two books in this series are: Missing Your Smile, Following Your Heart" so this is the third one and it is such a great ending as Susan had left the AMish for the "Englisha" world, she finished her high school training and even got her driving license.

As she returned home with her friend Teresa, she begin to wonder if she should just stay and not go back out into the world. Teresa was beginning to like the Amish way of life also. She is beginning to wonder if she should give her old boy friend another chance or "what about the hew hand her dad had hired.

You will love the way the story unfolds and the way it ends, thank you Jerry and Harvest House Publishers for sending me book so that I could read and review it.

Susanna's Christmas Wish

by

Jerry S. Eicher

When Matthew left the Amish and went out into the English world to live, he left Susanna with a broken heart, but she had to go on, so when Herman Wagler asked to take her home from a singing, she went and they continued to see each other.  Then they decided to wed, even though she though her heart still belonged to Matthew.

After they had been married three weeks, Matthew showed up at his brother's home and Susanna saw him, then she told him she was married.  That was hard for him to believe. 

Susanna's family celebrated Christmas but Herman's family didn't and there was a disagreement amoung the newely wed on this.  But as his wift Susanna went alone with Herman.  Will this put a wedge in their marraige?  What about the return of her first love Matthew?

As always Jerry S Eicher writes a great book on the Amish as he grew up that way himself.  Thanks so much to Jerry and Harvest House Publishing for sending me this free book in order for me to review.

 

Paper flowers I made this morning, and the links to find how you can make your own.  I didn't have some of the items that was called for but I came up with something that looks just as good, I think.

ENJOY

 http://www.cheekymagpie.com/?p=5057

 http://www.cheekymagpie.com/?p=964

Two new idems I made this week.

Thanks to http://www.etsy.com/blog/en/2009/how-tuesday-elegant-parchment-flowers-with-jeffrey-rudell/

for these beautiful and easy to make little flowers.

Also this blank card and matching envelope.  I got the direction for the flower here  http://akeptlife.blogspot.com/2012/04/folded-flower-tutorial.html

IMMIGRATION and ADAPTATION

Book Tour Sponsored by Tribute Books

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ISBN-13: 9781936782239

Publisher: Langdon Street Press

Publication date: 9/15/2011

Pages: 254

Immigration and Adaptation Book Summary

Adaptation is a must. But how does one go about doing this? It takes great planning, finances, and courage to leave one's homeland; but then finding support and comfort or anything of familiarity in a new land presents a whole new set of challenges. The stress is overwhelming. How do you gain the happiness and success you dreamed of attaining in the new land?

Immigration and Adaptation is here to help you navigate through these challenges. With the information herein, immigrants coming to North America will be prepared to identify and resolve social, family, and personal challenges with confidence. Mr. Edwards' vast professional experience with diverse immigrant families, as well as his own personal journey and genuinely encouraging approach, not only help immigrant families adapt to new surroundings, but grow stronger together in their journey.

This book includes:
- A family wellness test
- Step-by-step guidelines
- Real-life examples
- Inspirational stories
- Family, parenting, and spousal exercises
- Illustrations
- Single-parenting advice

Immigration and Adaptation also includes tips on: building self-confidence, resolving conflicts, tuning communication skills, networking and building social supports, budgeting, parenting, enhancing spousal relationships, helping teenagers adjust, communicating effectively, and more.

Haskell G. Edwards, D. Min. Bio:

Haskell G. Edwards, D. Min. has vast professional experience for more than forty years as pastor, administrator, family therapist, and director of a family therapy center. His extensive experience gained from working with immigrant families in a multi-cultural, multi-ethnic setting, as well as his own personal journey and genuinely encouraging approach, positions him not only to help immigrant families adapt to new surroundings, but grow stronger together in their journey.

He has successfully held immigrant seminars, workshops, and lectures throughout North America. Now a retired pastor, he continues to help immigrant families of a wide cultural heritage transition into their new homeland.

My Thoughts:

This book is special to me as I have done the genelogy of my ancestors.  My Mother's grandparents the Schultzs immigrated from Germany just before the "War between the States" and he was lost in action.  I have heard tales and saw photos of my great-grandmother where her hand were so twisted from so much hard work.  I am so proud to say that if it had not been for the people of America, they never would have made it and I would not have been here.

This book is more for people that have immigrated themselves and I think it would help anyone that came from another country or if one of use immigrated ourselves to another country.  It is a help book and although you may not agree with everything the book says I am sure some of it will help.  So if you are trying to learn how to live in a different place than you were born, just read the pages of this book.

I want to thank Tribute Books for sending me this free book in order for me to review and join this tour.



I like this, it was so easy.  I used 2 buttons at the bottom instead of brads as the direction calls for, enjoy.  Please set up a free account with Google and you can follow me.

find the directions here

http://christmas.yourway.net/paper-ornaments/