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Keeping the faith

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An edition of Keeping the faith (2008)

Keeping the faith

a collection of short stories

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"Keeping the faith: a collection of short stories by members of Amish Bishop Eli Nisly family" presents a nostalgic and powerful look into the lives of an extended Amish family growing up in midwestern America during Depression years and beyond. In "Keeping the faith", this family's rich history and faith is revealed through the stories and lives of its decendants.

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E.N. Bliler
Language
English
Pages
357

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Table of Contents

Grandmother (Mrs. Eli) Nisly / Verna Mast
Grandpa's fall / Lovina Yoder
Traveling from Kansas to Oklahoma via wagon and horse team / Elsie Nisly Bliler
The lean years of prosperity / Wilma Joan (Mast) Haskins
Growing up during the depression / Lovina Yoder
From the dustbowls of Oklahoma to the jungles of Africa / Elsie Nisly Bliler
Salmoa shares her memories / Salmoa (Hochstetler) Stutzman as told to Elsie Nisly Bliler
Jerry and Clara Miller family / Maynard Miller
Experiences of Edna / Edna Blough-Miller
Oklahoma sojourn / Ellen Nisly King
Early memories of Nowata and Garnett with Grandpa Nislys / Esther (Yoder) Coblentz
Alma returns to her roots / Alma Miller
Amish pony express / Elsie Nisly Bliler
Memories from the Masts / E. Lloyd Mast
Birth of a jewel / Elsie Nisly Bliler
The night raiders / Elsie Nisly Bliler
The board that flipped / Elsie Nisly Bliler
Eli and Alma Nisly family / Teresa Miller
The skittish chicken / Elsie Nisly Bliler
The Enos and Nora Shrock family story / Nora (Yoder) Shrock
The sea cowboys / Alvin Nisly as told to Elsie Bliler
My Kentucky mission / Frances Nisly
A journey of faith / Fannie Mae Yoder as told to Elsie Nisly Bliler
A few of my favorite things / Susie (Miller) Boyd as told to Irene Marquart
Traveling miles and miles with God at the helm / Lorene (Nisly) Coblentz
Leo Yoder's story / Leo Yoder
Serving God in Costa Rica
Remembering Kevin / Clara Mae Miller
A physician who blends old with new / Tom Schaefer
A sorrow is shared, a dream is born / Beulah Nisly
A quilter's legacy / Beulah Nisly
Journey to Botswana / John Henry Yoder
Botswana mission / Joe and Ruby Schrock
Miracles in Africa / Lorene (Nisly) Coblentz
In memory of Ruth Nisly / Elsie Nisly Bliler
Our miracle children / Norma Schlabach
Tragedy strikes, faith triumphs / Marilyn Miller
Revenge on the crows / Emma Miller as told to Elsie Nisly Bliler
The zeedonk whisperer / Amy Bickel
Why I come to the Nisly campout / Delores Blough
1950: the year for romance in Stark County / Elsie Nisly Bliler
My Nisly life experience / Sheri Stoll
Reading for Edna's 80th birthday / Delores Blough
Embracing our Amish childhood / Elsie Nisly Bliler
Christina defining diversity / Delores Blough.

Edition Notes

Last 2 pages chiefly blank for "Notes."

Published in
Akron, Ohio (1493 Indianola Ave., Akron 44305)

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
920
Library of Congress
CT274.N57 B55 2008

The Physical Object

Pagination
357, [2] pages
Number of pages
357

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL38234425M
Internet Archive
keepingfaithcoll0000blil
ISBN 10
0557020239
ISBN 13
9780557020232
OCLC/WorldCat
416481008

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