"Miriam and Nate's fate is tested when close friends leave on a mission assignment, taking along Dora, who is like a daughter to Mirian. Then Miriam's patience is stretched when she is suspected of child abuse."--Cover.

Though Miriam loves her family and life on her Amish farm, troubles with a friend, with a lodger, and with the book-learned tips on improving her relationship with her husband cause Miriam to value the promises of faith.

Amish Kermit and Joy move to Beechwood Acres only to discover that someone is living in an old abandoned range shelter on their property. Then there is the visit from Joy's great-grandmother who brought an old journal written by her mother when she lived in the Conestoga Valley of Lancaster Co., Pa., in the 1700s.