The Postcard (2 page)

T
HE
H
ERITAGE OF
L
ANCASTER
C
OUNTY
The Shunning
The Confession
The Reckoning

The Postcard
The Crossroad

The Redemption of Sarah Cain
October Song
Sanctuary
*
The Sunroom

The Beverly Lewis Amish Heritage Cookbook
www.beverlylewis.com

*with David Lewis

BEVERLY
LEWIS

T
HE
P
OSTCARD

The Postcard
Copyright©1999
Beverly Lewis

Cover design by Dan Thornberg, Koechel Peterson & Associates

Bird-in-Hand, Pennsylvania, is a village located in central Lancaster County; however, with the exception of Bishop Jacob J. Hershberger, the characters in this novel are fictional, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

Most Scripture quotations are from the King James Version of the Bible.

Other Scripture quotations are from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION.
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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, photocopying, recording, or otherwise—without the prior written permission of the publisher. The only exception is brief quotations in printed reviews.

Published by Bethany House Publishers
11400 Hampshire Avenue South
Bloomington, Minnesota 55438

Bethany House Publishers is a division of
Baker Publishing Group, Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Printed in the United States of America

ISBN 978-0-7642-0340-4

The Library of Congress has cataloged the original edition as follows:

Lewis, Beverly.
The postcard / by Beverly Lewis.
p. cm.
ISBN 0-7642-2224-4
ISBN 0-7642-2211-2 (pbk.)
1. Amish—Pennsylvania—Lancaster County Fiction. I. Title.
PS3562.E9383 P67 1999
813'.54—dc21

99–6378
CIP

To Dave,
my beloved helpmate and husband.

To the memory of my dear aunt,
Gladys Buchwalter,
who, along with her co-worker in the Lord,
Dorothy Brosey,
led many souls—young and old—
to Calvary’s Cross.

Contents

About the Author

Prologue: Rachel

Part One

One

Two

Three

Four

Five

Part Two

Six

Seven

Eight

Nine

Ten

Eleven

Twelve

Thirteen

Fourteen

Fifteen

Sixteen

Seventeen

Eighteen

Nineteen

Part Three

Twenty

Twenty-One

Twenty-Two

Twenty-Three

Twenty-Four

Twenty-Five

Epilogue

Acknowledgments

About the Author