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In book two of Amish fiction author Jerry S. Eicher's new Emma Raber's Daughter series, Katie Raber's journey of discovery continues after her mamm's marriage to Jesse Mast. Drawn back from the Mennonite world briefly by the miracle of Mamm's changed heart, Katie finds she can't totally abandon her new Mennonite friends.Jesse's oldest daughter, Mabel, refuses to accept Katie, creating conflict at home. Ben Yoder, the most popular boy in the community, also begins to attend the Mennonite youth gatherings in his attempt to run away from personal problems.Overjoyed at the attention Ben pays her, Katie pursues the relationship willingly. When an opportunity comes to travel with her Mennonite friends to Europe to explore the roots of the faith, Katie can't believe how much she is being blessed. Especially after a secret donor pays for the trip.While in Europe, Katie learns the truth about Ben when he is arrested. As her world comes crashing down, she finds healing in her visit to the Alps and the land where her forefathers suffered so much. She returns home determined to mend the bad feelings with Jesse's daughter, Mabel, and to continue on the path to healing without Ben.Book two in the Emma Raber's Daughter series.

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Publié par	Harvest House Publishers
Date de parution	01 avril 2013
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9780736952545
Langue	English

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Readers of Amish fiction love Jerry Eicher s books!

As reluctant as I first was reading a Christian fiction/romance novel by a man, I have come to love reading Eicher s books! Not your typical Amish Christian fiction, yet this book is an excellent read. I highly recommend any book by this author!
-Shondra
Mr. Eicher comes from an Amish background, and [his books] are very accurate to the Amish culture and ways.
-Jennifer
I am a huge Amish fiction fan, and Jerry Eicher is quickly becoming one of my favorite Amish writers. He has the ability to pull me into a story and make me feel as if the characters are people I know.
-Brenda
I m a big fan of Amish fiction, and Jerry s books never disappoint!
-M. Fields
Jerry Eicher never lets you down.
-Nancy
Jerry Eicher remains unique among writers of Amish books in his insider s view of this fascinating culture. But that s not the only reason to enjoy his books. He weaves a story that never fails to please!
-Jan
I look forward to the next book and series from Mr. Eicher. All of his books are well written and easy to relate to.
-Lynne
I have read most everything [Jerry Eicher] has written, and he does know how to tell a story-especially about the Amish.
-Edna
I ve been a very loyal fan of Amish fiction for a little over 10 years now. I ve read books about Amish life by many different authors; however, Jerry Eicher s novels continue to be some of my very favorites.
-JJB
Jerry is very careful to portray the Amish lifestyle accurately. That is important to me when reading Amish fiction.
-Karla
JERRY S. EICHER

HARVEST HOUSE PUBLISHERS
EUGENE, OREGON
Scripture quotations are taken from the King James Version of the Bible, and the Holy Bible, New International Version , NIV . Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011, by Biblica, Inc. Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved worldwide. www.zondervan.com
Cover by Garborg Design Works, Savage, Minnesota
Cover photos Chris Garborg / Bigstock / HappyAlex
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, or to events or locales, is entirely coincidental.
KATIE S JOURNEY TO LOVE
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 journey to love / Jerry S. Eicher.
p. cm.-(Emma Raber s daughter ; bk. 2)
ISBN 978-0-7369-5253-8 (pbk.)
ISBN 978-0-7369-5254-5 (eBook)
1. Young women-Fiction. 2. Mennonites-Fiction. 3. Domestic fiction. I. Title.
PS3605.I34K38 2013
813 .6-dc23
2012026067
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means-electronic, mechanical, digital, photocopy, recording, or any other-except for brief quotations in printed reviews, without the prior permission of the publisher.
Contents
Endorsements
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
Chapter Forty-Two
Discussion Questions
About the Author
Chapter One
Katie Raber awoke well before dawn in the stillness of the old Amish farmhouse. Something seemed wrong unfamiliar. Where was she? The question raced through her mind. The familiar shape of her upstairs bedroom was gone. Where the dresser should have been there was a window, and where the dark outline of the dresser was there used to be a closet door. She sat up in bed, listening as a door banged downstairs. The sound was soon followed by the muffled voices of people stirring below. There was also a soft clatter of dishes being moved and Mamm s voice being overlaid with the deeper tones of a man.
Katie lay back in bed and smiled. Of course! Mamm had married Jesse Mast last week. The wedding had been held at Bishop Jonas Miller s place, with all the relatives and friends gathered for the great day. In the evening, the community youth had sung old hymns until after nine o clock.
Today was the Friday after Thanksgiving, and the whole family was together for the first time since the wedding. They had given Mamm and Jesse some time alone, including Thanksgiving Day. The newlyweds hadn t gone off on some honeymoon like an Englisha couple would, so they were entitled to extra consideration-what with children from both sides of the families joining the new union and with a farm to take care of. Katie had also taken the week off from work at Byler s Store and had spent Thanksgiving Day with her Mennonite friend Margaret.
Mabel, Jesse s oldest daughter, had thrown a royal fit about being bossed around by Mamm last night when they d all arrived after supper. And all Mamm had said was It s time for bed, children. But thankfully Mabel had eventually calmed down. She d been a wild card ever since Mamm had accepted Jesse s offer of marriage. At first Mabel had refused to even consider Mamm as her new mamm . It wasn t until Mamm was well into her engagement with Jesse before the feelings between Mamm and Mabel thawed out even a little. And even then Mabel gave in only after her daett brought great pressure to bear on her.
Katie took several deep breaths. The feelings of hope and joy that had been rushing over her at the memory of Mamm and Jesse saying their vows were fast disappearing. She really had to stop letting thoughts of Mabel s bad attitude affect her this way. After all, this should be a wunderbah new beginning for all of them. For one thing, she would no longer be known as odd widow Emma Raber s daughter, the strange girl with a yet stranger mamm . The wedding would surely change all of that.
Certainly Jesse and Mamm were persuaded things would turn out well for all of them. The past was behind them. Even Mamm s past that had caused her to be thought strange by the Amish community-all because of that crush she d once had on Daniel Kauffman, the most popular boy around when she d been a teenager. Mamm had held on to her foolish hope that Daniel would return her affections right up to the moment he said his vows with Miriam Esh. Mamm had dashed out of the services and drove her buggy right past the couple and the astonished eyes of the bishop himself. She d never lived down that action or gotten over the bitterness of the memory of Daniel.
Mamm had frozen her heart. In fact, she d married Ezra without expecting she would ever again feel love for a man. When her heart had opened to Ezra after their daughter s birth, it was made all the worse when he d died suddenly. His early death had driven Mamm back into her shell. That Jesse Mast had been able to break through was a miracle indeed.
Now the joy was coming back. Katie belonged in this family-Jesse s five children and her. Yah , it was still a little unfamiliar, just like the room she hadn t recognized this morning. But she was here, and she was part of this family now. True, it didn t seem quite right that she should have this room that had been Mabel s. But Jesse had insisted. Katie was the eldest, so she deserved her own room. Katie dared not look at Mabel when he d made that announcement.
At the wedding, everything had seemed to fall into place. There had been great love flowing from everybody. Mamm s brothers from Lancaster had all taken time to speak with their niece, and they wished her well in her new life. You re a Mast now, they d teased, even though she really wasn t. She was still a Raber. Mamm marrying Jesse wouldn t change that. Only her own marriage would change her name.
That thought turned her mind to the dashing Ben Stoll, the boy she had her heart set on. He hadn t paid her any attention at the wedding. He d taken Tina Hochstetler to the table at the evening hymn singing. Katie had been left with no choice but to sit with her young cousin James, who lived in Lancaster. At sixteen, he was too scared to take a strange girl to the table. She mustn t think about Ben now, Katie told herself. There were other boys in the world besides him, even though her heart would never be quite convinced of that. Maybe she could get over her crush on him if she tried hard enough. Mamm had found love beyond Daniel Kauffman, had she not?
Right now what she could be thankful for was that all of Jesse s children-except Mabel-had accepted Mamm and her with open arms. The change had been slow at times. Mabel hadn t been the only one of Jesse s children unwilling at first to accept the idea of a new mamm keeping house for them. But they had eventually come around. And Mabel had also-sort of-after she d been told by her daett to straighten out her attitude and accept Emma as her mamm .
Well, even if Mabel made trouble for her, Katie was still much better off than she had been before. She now knew what it felt like to be included in the Amish community and spoken to as if she were a normal human being. Of course, it hadn t been just the wedding that had accomplished that. It had really started when she accepted an invitation to a Mennonite youth gathering. There she d become friends with girls like Margaret Kargel and Sharon Watson. Both girls had come to Mamm s