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In book 3 of the Emma Raber's Daughter series, Amish fiction author Jerry Eicher brings the faith-filled journey of Katie Raber to its happy conclusion. Katie Raber is trying to put her life back together after Ben Stoll's devastating betrayal of her love. When she is baptized into the church, she receives a surprising offer that will keep her close to her Amish community-much to her mother's delight. But soon Ben is back in her life again-and at the same time she finds interest from another young man, though his bumbling efforts at winning her heart show him to be a far less desirable suitor than the more polished Ben Stoll.Readers who have followed the saga of Katie and her attempts to escape the stigma of being just "Emma Raber's daughter" will be charmed by her new look at life as a young woman with important decisions to make. Book 3 in the Emma Raber's Daughter series

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Publié par	Harvest House Publishers
Date de parution	01 octobre 2013
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9780736952576
Langue	English

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Previous Books in the Emma Raber s Daughter series
Katie Opens Her Heart

The touching story of an awakening young Amish girl, Katie Raber, who finds she wants more from life than to be known simply as Emma Raber s daughter. Considered odd by the Amish community, Emma has remained single since her husband died soon after Katie was born. When the widower Jesse Mast calls to ask for her mamm s hand in marriage, 20-year-old Katie hopes to move into a new, less eccentric phase of life.
But Emma isn t receptive to Jesse, and sparks fly when his children learn he s interested in Emma instead of their beloved schoolteacher Ruth Troyer. Katie struggles to keep her hopes alive that Mamm s bitterness will change and someday the popular Ben Stoll will notice her. When Katie attends a Mennonite youth gathering, everything changes
Katie s Journey to Love

Katie continues to work at Byler s Store, and her self-confidence grows as she spends time with the Mennonite youth. When her mamm makes a surprising decision, Katie realizes she doesn t want to give up her new friends even if it means going against her mamm s wishes and sets her apart from the Amish community.
Embracing new relationships and transitions, Katie finds the future looking bright. She joyfully responds when love comes knocking. Offered an amazing opportunity to travel, Katie is awed by the way God provides the needed funding. But while in Europe, shocking news calls into question everything Katie had thought was God s leading. What will she do now?
A checklist of Jerry Eicher books from Harvest House Publishers
The Adams County Trilogy
Rebecca s Promise
Rebecca s Return
Rebecca s Choice
Hannah s Heart
A Dream for Hannah
A Hope for Hannah
A Baby for Hannah
Little Valley Series
A Wedding Quilt for Ella
Ella s Wish
Ella Finds Love Again
Fields of Home Series
Missing Your Smile
Following Your Heart
Where Love Grows
Emma Raber s Daughter
Katie Opens Her Heart
Katie s Journey to Love
Katie s Forever Promise
My Dearest Naomi
Susanna s Christmas Wish
Nonfiction
The Amish Family Cookbook
(with Tina Eicher)
My Amish Childhood
HARVEST HOUSE PUBLISHERS
EUGENE, OREGON
All Scripture verses are taken from the King James Version of the Bible.
Cover by Garborg Design Works, Savage, Minnesota
Cover photos Chris Garborg; Bigstock / hendersd, xrrr
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are products of the author s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
KATIE S FOREVER PROMISE
Copyright 2013 by Jerry S. Eicher
Published by Harvest House Publishers
Eugene, Oregon 97402
www.harvesthousepublishers.com
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Eicher, Jerry S.
Katie s Forever Promise / Jerry S. Eicher.
Pages cm.-(Emma Raber s Daughter ; Book 3)
ISBN 978-0-7369-5255-2 (pbk.)
ISBN 978-0-7369-5257-6 (eBook)
1. Amish-Fiction. 2. Young women-Fiction. 3. Love stories. 4. Christian fiction. I. Title.
PS3605.I34K35 2013
813 .6-dc23
2012047629
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Contents
Previous Books in the Emma Raber s Daughter series
A checklist of Jerry Eicher books from Harvest House Publishers
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Eighteen
Chapter Nineteen
Chapter Twenty
Chapter Twenty-One
Chapter Twenty-Two
Chapter Twenty-Three
Chapter Twenty-Four
Chapter Twenty-Five
Chapter Twenty-Six
Chapter Twenty-Seven
Chapter Twenty-Eight
Chapter Twenty-Nine
Chapter Thirty
Chapter Thirty-One
Chapter Thirty-Two
Chapter Thirty-Three
Chapter Thirty-Four
Chapter Thirty-Five
Chapter Thirty-Six
Chapter Thirty-Seven
Chapter Thirty-Eight
Chapter Thirty-Nine
Chapter Forty
Chapter Forty-One
Epilogue
Discussion Questions
About Jerry Eicher
About the Publisher
Ready to Discover More?
Chapter One
Katie Raber sat on the tall, swivel chair with a smile on her face. She was now mistress and queen of this one-room Amish schoolhouse for the term. Her hiring had been reaffirmed this morning by Enos Kuntz himself, the chairman of the school board. Enos had paid her a special visit, leaving with a friendly nod and a quick comment. I think you ll do just fine with your new job, Katie. Let us know if you have any problems.
Katie swept the top of her teacher s desk clean with a shaky hand, pausing to replace the small plastic pencil holder she d knocked over. On the other side of the room, pushed up against the window, sat a table loaded with the year s supply of schoolbooks. She was a little scared, but she told herself there was nothing to worry about. This world of learning called her, just as she was certain it would also beckon eager young students once school began next week. And then, in less than two months, she would be twenty-one, considered an adult in her Amish community. Her wages would be her own to spend how she chose instead of sharing them with her parents- Mamm and her new husband, Jesse Mast. How blessed Katie felt. It was still hard to comprehend all the changes that had occurred in the last few years.
Katie stood and looked out the window. Enos was driving away in his buggy, his bearded face still visible through the open door. Calm was flooding over Katie now. There could be only one reason he would take the time to drive all the way over here this morning, the week before school officially begins. And it wasn t because he harbored any doubts about her teaching abilities. The vote to hire her had been unanimous and given with pleased smiles on the faces of all three school board members.
No, Enos had stopped by to emphasize his approval one last time. Likely he thought she needed it-this being her first year teaching. But it was more than that. Enos knew the details of her past, as did all the Amish community. And they wished her well as she continued to put her life back together after the awful situation with Ben Stoll. Even now Ben was sitting in jail, serving out the last few days of his sentence.
Katie had survived that disastrous time because Da Hah had been with her, just as He d been with Mamm and her after Katie s daett died. And just as Da Hah had been with the two while Emma Raber raised Katie alone. Katie s mamm had an awful reputation for a long time. After a love gone wrong in her teen years, a marriage to a man she learned to love, and then being widowed at an early age, Emma had chosen to remain a single mamm , raising her daughter on the land her husband had left her. She d gone against usual Amish practice by refusing offers of marriage until, by Da Hah s grace, she d accepted a marriage proposal by a local farmer named Jesse Mast. That marriage had created a new atmosphere of change and acceptance, and Katie s reputation had improved along with her mamm s. After Katie fell in love with Ben and he d turned out to be involved in the drug trade, part of her acceptance in the community came from how much she was admired for the way she d handled herself since Ben Stoll s arrest and imprisonment.
She d loved Ben with all of her heart. And he had broken and smashed her trust beyond repair. Now he was no longer part of her life. That had all happened over a year ago, when the news of Ben s arrest had reached Katie while she was in Europe with her Mennonite friends Margaret Kargel, Sharon Watson, and Nancy Keim. Only Da Hah s healing touch a few days later had kept her from spending years in bitterness and sorrow. The miracle had happened the morning they d gone up in a cable car high in the Alps to Schilthorn, where she d seen the mighty works of Da Hah s hands displayed in the mountain range around her. The tears had flowed freely that morning, washing the deepest pain from her heart. Afterward, she d returned home and continued mourning her loss for a time, but without the crushing hopelessness that had first gripped her heart. Then last fall she d made application to join the instruction class to officially join the Amish church, and this spring the wunderbah day had arrived. She d been baptized by Bishop Jonas Miller himself! She was now a member of the church.
If anyone had entertained doubts about her, they d been answered in how Katie had lived her life the past year. She still stayed in touch with her Mennonite friends Margaret and Sharon, but she saw them infrequently. The invitation to Margaret s wedding had arrived in the mail yesterday, and Katie would certainly attend. Beyond that, Sharon and Margaret understood that Katie had made the best choice for her-to stay within the Amish faith. And it was, Katie told herself. Her heart was settled on the matter. The Amish were her people, and this was her home. She d seen the land of the church fathers in Switzerland, and now she d chosen this faith for herself. This community in Delaware was the place where her heart could rest for whatever time Da Hah had for her on this earth.
Enos s buggy was already a black speck just before disappearing around the curve in