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Sudden tragedy puts their faith--and lives--on the line in this compelling conclusion to the bestselling series from Lauraine Snelling.

In this series conclusion, the Highwood family struggles to build a brighter future, but will the end of the Civil War bring them together again? schovat popis

The characters are faced with the challenge of prioritizing their faith over personal ambitions, as they navigate a journey toward discovering their true destinies. Through this struggle, themes of trust, sacrifice, and the search for purpose emerge, highlighting the importance of relying on a higher power and the collective strength of their beliefs.

Miriam Hastings has her future plans in place... But Trygve Knutson is intent on changing them. Just a few short weeks into her year-long training at the Blessing Hospital, Miriam Hastings is called home to Chicago, where her mother is gravely ill. With siblings to care for, Miriam pleads to be allowed to finish her training in Chicago. Her nursing supervisor grants her a brief reprieve but extracts a promise that Miriam will return to Blessing and fulfill her one-year commitment. While in Chicago, Miriam has tried to get Trygve Knutson and Blessing out of her mind, but his letters make that impossible. Trygve is busy building a house, hoping he can convince Miriam to return to North Dakota and marry him. Torn between Trygve's love and her family's needs, she doesn't know what to do. When Miriam finally returns to Blessing, she buries herself in her work. But no matter how hard she tries to put it off, she has some life-changing decisions to make about her future, her family... and the man who is never far from her thoughts. What will it take to convince her to stay?

After several years of widowhood and hardship, Ingeborg focuses on the good she's been given while she watches her widowed stepson fall in love once again. But not everything is comfortable for Ingeborg; one of her dearest friendships is changing--and she will have to decide if her settled life is worth more to her than a future she hardly dares t

She had promised herself that once they left the fjords of Norway, she would never look back. The promise of free land lures Roald and Ingeborg Bjorklund from their beloved home high above the fjords of Norway, and after three long years of scrimping and saving to buy tickets for their passage to America, they finally arrive at the docks of New York City. This new land promises a rich heritage for their children, and here they hope to build a good life.After a long journey by train and then by covered wagon, the Bjorklunds finally arrive in Dakota Territory, where they settle on the banks of the Red River of the North. But the virgin prairie refuses to yield its treasure without a struggle. Will Roald and Ingeborg be strong enough to overcome the hardships of that first winter?Proud of their heritage and sustained by their faith, they came to tame a new land.

Mona and Ken Sorenson put plans for a peaceful retirement on hold to assume guardianship of their young grandchildren, handle a crisis at Ken's workplace, and manage Mona's depression.

When the Lonely Donkey is sold to a stranger amazing things happen. He is taken to a new town and introduced to the stranger's pregnant wife. How could the little donkey help this young couple? He soon found out. He was to help carry the young woman, Mary, to Bethlehem. The couple treated the Lonely Donkey with kindness, but he still felt alone. When the tired family reached their destination they could not find a place to stay. Thankfully, a kind innkeeper provided room in his stable. That was where the tiny baby was born. Jesus.