The Amish Doll: Amish Knitting Novel (Bonus Knitting Pattern Included) Read Online Free PDF Page B

come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am. You know the way to the place where I am going.”
    God was preparing a permanent home?  She read down further. Thomas asked where he was going to make this home, but Jesus never answered but only said, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” Comfort stirred in her, but she did think Jesus seemed a little arrogant. How could he say he was the only way to God?  Raven read the whole chapter again, and a gentle peace waved over her heart. What was wrong with her? She felt like crying again, but why? She never cried… She thought of Susanna who was dying unless she got a kidney. The hug she gave her made her feel like God was wrapping his arms around her. 
    ~*~
    Joshua sat at his mamm’s side. She complained of pain and had a fever of 102. He took more ice and placed it on her forehead; she looked up at him with thankful eyes, though her teeth were gritting. He hoped his daed would come back from the phone shanty soon to let them know the Rowes’ could drive. The sound of charging feet came up the steps. “Raven will drive and she said she’ll be her soon. I’ll bundle your mamm up and you watch for her car.”
    Joshua did as he was told. He grabbed his black wool coat and hat and waited on the porch. Raven was driving? Why not the Rowes’? Were they sick? He always felt bad calling people in the middle of the night, but this could not be avoided. He looked up into the inky black sky. The stars looked like sparkling diamonds. Christ’s light shines brightest when all is dark around us. He bowed and prayed his mamm would make it through the night. Soon he saw headlights pull into the driveway, and Raven darted out of the car. “Is she alright?” she yelled as she slid on the ice. Soon she was lying flat on the drive way.
    He ran to her and helped her up. “Are you okay?” He scooped her up and helped her into the house. “Are you hurt? “
    “I’m fine, really,” she said, her face beet red. “I was so afraid for your mother; I sped over here as fast as I could.”
    Joshua looked at her massive curls falling over the sides of her face and down onto her white coat. But such fear in her eyes. “God won’t take Mamm one minute before her time.”
    “You really believe that?”
    “Well, we’ve had three years to meditate on it…”
    Joshua heard one set of loud footsteps coming down the steps and knew his daed was carrying his mamm . This wasn’t good. He went to the bottom of the steps and gathered his mamm into his arms, as he watched his daed gasp for air. He looked down at his mamm to see her eyes were closed. Dear Lord, not tonight!
    ~*~
    When they were told to take Susanna back to one of the rooms, they asked Raven to come. She protested, but they treated her like she was part of the family. Did they treat all drivers like this? She sat in a chair next to Joshua while Rueben took a seat on the other side of the exam table where Susanna lay sleeping.  She saw their faces were twisted in grief yet their hands where folded in prayer. Soon a nurse came in to take Susanna’s vitals and draw vials of blood. Rueben followed the nurse out of the room as he asked questions.
    Joshua looked at her and tried to smile, but his eyes were full of grief. Moved with compassion, she took his hand and held it. When she realized what she did, she squeezed his hand and smiled at him, and then nervously put her hands in her lap.
    “ Danki , Raven, for everything. You have a caring heart.”
    She grinned. “Most people don’t thank me for driving them anywhere; usually they complain that I drive too fast,” she said, heat rising in her cheeks. “A caring heart, though? No one’s told me that in a long time.”
    “Maybe they don’t see the real you. When I first met you a few weeks ago, you seemed, well, mean, but then I realized you were in pain.”
    She tried to compose herself. Why did she