Amish Romance BOXED SET: Amish Days: Hope's Story by Brenda Maxfield

Author:Brenda Maxfield [Maxfield, Brenda]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Tica House Publishing
Published: 2015-05-19T04:00:00+00:00

Five

Two weeks later, Hope stood in the middle of the living room and glanced around. Everything was tidy. She’d long ago washed the dishes and put everything away in the kitchen. The laundry was done. Dinner was partially prepared. She considered fetching the quilt pieces she’d stuck in her suitcase almost as an afterthought. She hadn’t brought enough for a full quilt, but she did bring enough to get a good start.

Restlessness filled her. Perhaps she should start packing up the house. There were some boxes in the garage. She could use them. But then, Pastor Rankin said they’d have a yard sale. And what would Sally and Jack want to bring to Indiana? She could hardly make those decisions for them, nor would they welcome her sorting through their rooms.

She walked through the kitchen and stepped outside onto a small patio. The entire yard was barely as big as their chicken coop back home. Hope took a deep breath, relishing the outside air. Inside, the air-conditioned coolness felt unnatural. She admitted that she welcomed a fan during the hottest months, but the air conditioning was too much. She considered turning it off that morning when Sally and Jack had left, but she’d done that once before and Sally hadn’t liked it.

A robin landed in the dirt near a small clump of daisies and set about poking for worms. Hope smiled and a pang of yearning for home swirled through her heart.

Abram, she whispered, what are you doing right now? Are your morning chores finished? How is the house coming? I miss you. I miss you dearly.

She pulled his letter from the waistband of her apron and read it for the hundredth time. She was pleased that he’d written so soon. It hadn’t taken long for his letter to arrive. Of course, she’d written back immediately, and Sally had given her a stamp and shown her how to balance the letter half-in and half-out of the mail slot in the door. The postman had whisked it away that very afternoon.

Hope closed her eyes and fought the homesickness. Dear Gott, give me a grateful heart. Give me contentment. I miss my family so much. I miss Abram so much. Help me to be what my cousins need, and help me to do my service here in a way that pleases you.

Hope tried with all her heart to mean it. She felt compassion and even a growing love for her cousins, but she couldn’t erase the desire for her time there to be over.

Her stay had been going fairly well. Sally seemed resigned to the massive changes in her life. Hope worried that an explosion might be building, but she had no idea how to help Sally beyond loving her and praying for her. And pray she did. Morning, noon, and night. Sally did appear relieved to confide in Hope, and day by day, they were growing closer. But still, Hope couldn’t stifle the fear that too much was brewing deep inside Sally—a place where neither she nor Sally could find it.

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