This story of an Amish maiden is second in the Brides of
Lancaster County series. Sarah Mast and her lively
young
twin brothers are off to the market in Dover, Delaware.
They have farm produce, herbs and baked goods to sell.
Pennsylvania man Jedidiah Lapp is trading wooden products
like bird houses and side tables at the market. He's
travelled further because Englisch people like to buy at
this market. The two meet when Jed narrowly manages to
stop the twins from running in front of a car.
JEDIDIAH'S BRIDE has not yet appeared in his life, he
thinks, though he likes the nice girls in his home town of
Happiness. Accordingly he shaves his beard like the other
single men. Early marriages and large families mean that
a crowd gathers for Sunday services at the Millers' barn;
Jed is staying there with friends and helps Sarah's ill
mother down out of her buggy. He had assumed Sarah was the
mother of the twins, as there is a big age gap. Jed learns
the true situation and over a bounteous home-cooked meal of
sliced meats, potato salads and dried corn casserole, he is
filled with elation that this lovely girl is single. As the
elders today decreed that men and women may eat together,
Jed provides Sarah's mother with a plateful of food, and
his thoughtfulness delights the girl. They live a long way
apart however, and both have family responsibilities.
Her mother's upcoming heart surgery terrifies Sarah, but
shepherding the twins out of the way to relatives in
Lancaster County brings an unexpected benefit - that's
where Jed lives. Could the Lord have worked to bring them
together? There's a girl called Annie here however, and
she appears more than a little friendly with Jed. Looks
like Sarah got her hopes up too early.
These people don't count calories, taking a slice of
cobbler and another of chocolate-cream pie, because they
burn so much energy working and playing. There's a lesson
there for all of us. A singing evening provides a social
event for young people to meet. While there is no great
drama, rather scenes of quilting, cooking and family life,
Rebecca Kertz captures her situations beautifully and
JEDIDIAH'S BRIDE is a pleasant change from tension-filled,
fraught relationships in more hectic lifestyles. I
recommend it to ladies who want a gentle read and to learn
about the Amish people.
When handsome stranger Jedidiah Lapp saves her twin
brothers' lives, Sarah Mast offers him her heartfelt thanks.
And a cherry pie! But she never expects to see him again.
When they meet once more at Sunday services, Sarah begins to
feel something special for him. Jedidiah is eager to know
the blushing beauty, and asks permission to court her. Soon,
he can see Sarah as part of his future. But her family is in
Delaware, his in Pennsylvania. Dare he ask her to leave all
she knows behind for him and build a life in Happiness,
Pennsylvania?
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