Faith: Amish Romance by Ruth Hartzler

Author:Ruth Hartzler
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Amish Romance Books

Chapter Eleven

Nettie woke up an hour earlier than her usual time. She tossed and turned, unable to get back to sleep. The bishop’s words were still ringing in her ears. Sure, it was the right thing to do to surrender her will to Gott and have faith that He would provide for her, but what if Gott wanted her to be homeless and go live with a familye? She didn’t think she could cope with that. Then again, she realized that not trusting Gott, even if He did want her to live with a strange familye, was showing a lack of faith and was not submitting to Gott’s will.

Nettie pulled the quilt over her head, but her thoughts were still swirling around in circles, around and around in her head. Finally, she threw the quilt aside in disgust and got out of her bed. She made her way to the bathroom stealthily, until she remembered that her mudder had gone to be with Gott. Her mudder used to yell at her to bring her breakfast the second she heard Nettie awake.

Nettie stretched and yawned, and then hurried to the kitchen, with kaffi on her mind. She sat down and looked up at the old, oak mantle clock, an engagement gift from her vadder to her mudder. It was sitting in the kitchen, on a little wooden bench. It used to strike loudly every half hour, but Nettie stopped the clock after her mudder died. The noise had always grated on her, as had its loud tick-tock. Still, there was another clock in the living room, a much quieter clock.

Nettie shook her head and attended to the kaffi. Soon she was sitting back down with a mug of hot kaffi in her hands. Nettie took a sip and smiled.

As the sun was already up, Nettie walked outside to feed the chickens, but to her dismay, noticed at once that Blessing was in the herb garden. He had his head down, munching away. She was sure she had secured his gate properly, and her retired horse, Harry, was still in the field, grazing.

Nettie sighed. After scolding an indifferent Blessing for being a naughty boy and opening two gates, she led him back to the field and made sure the gate was securely latched, and then returned to the herb garden to inspect the damage.

Most of the herbs were untouched, but Blessing had eaten all the sage and the basil. Nettie used both herbs heavily. She used sage tea for sore throats and coughs as well as stomach upsets, and used to wrap her mudder’s ankles in it when they swelled. Her mudder had also found a steam inhalation of sage helpful with her spring allergies. Nettie also used sage in cooking, in chicken casseroles, in meatloaf, and in stuffing.

As for the basil, Nettie was fond of using it too, especially in pesto, which was a favorite of hers. It was also wonderful in salads. Apart from cooking, Nettie used basil medicinally. Basil

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