The decision to help St. Mary's Orphanage completely alters Marianne Lewis' plans for the summer. Leaving behind her friends' complaints and her family's planned trip to New York, she plunges wholeheartedly into the work ahead. With her compassion for children, Marianne soon becomes well-loved among the orphans, and begins to win the bitter heart of the orphanage's elderly matron. Little did she know the tr ...Täielik kirjeldus
The decision to help St. Mary's Orphanage completely alters Marianne Lewis' plans for the summer. Leaving behind her friends' complaints and her family's planned trip to New York, she plunges wholeheartedly into the work ahead. With her compassion for children, Marianne soon becomes well-loved among the orphans, and begins to win the bitter heart of the orphanage's elderly matron. Little did she know the trials she would face by making such a sacrifice. Will her faith sustain her when tragedy and sorrow strike the orphanage? Could she learn to place her whole trust under the wings of her Heavenly Father to guide and protect her?
Written by the author when she was sixteen years old, she prays that her readers will be inspired by this heartwarming story--filled with the same principles that she lives by today.