Cramer illustrates the problems of the Amish in Ohio in the 1920's. Caleb Bender takes matters into his own hands, moving his family to Paradise Valley, Mexico after being jailed in Ohio after refusing to send his school age children to public school. Homesteading in a remote mountain valley, dealing with bandits and an unfamiliar language, the Bender family "pioneers" the land, starting from scratch, digging a well, making adobe bricks for their buildings, and preparing the land for their crops.
His daughters, Emma, Rachel and Miriam find they are stronger than they had ever thought, as well as learning they have unexpected gifts and talents. The whole family learns what it means to really put their trust in God by living their faith day by day. A truly inspiring message in this book, fiction based on actual events that happened. Anxious for book two. Sandy Penton.
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