In Joyful River, Pennsylvania, the faith-filled Amish community lives side by side with the English world, healing problems and overcoming hardship with compassion, love, and abiding trust in Gotts plan.
 
For Sam Lapp, every day spent working on his familys dairy farm is a reminder of Gotts bounty and goodness. And hes found the person he wants to share that life with. Sam remembers the exact moment he stopped seeing Sadie Beiler as just his sisters best friend, and saw instead the graceful, loving woman shes become. If only he had seen it before Sadie began courting someone else . . .
 
When Sadie first caught the eye of a handsome auctioneer, she felt blessed, hopeful that marriage would provide an escape from her troubled home. But as months stretch on without a proposal, Sadie discovers a worrying new side to her beauand a growing kinship with Sam. Thoughtful, hardworking, kind to his visiting English cousins and to her, Sam shows Sadie that real love is just a stones throw away. But when an unexpected obstacle forces a separation between them, can steadfast faith make Sadie an Amish bride at last?
 
Praise forAn Amish Homecoming
 
Biblical themes of faith and love echo throughout. . . . Lauers fans will be satisfied with the happy endings and eagerly await the next trip to Joyful River.
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