Even though his order of Mennonites was very conservative, much more so than many of the other Mennonite groups, they didn’t hesitate to use electricity and vehicles.

More accurately, he drove a rattletrap of an old truck. Beyond the barn sat Paul’s grandmother’s house, and past that was the paved road used by the English in their cars. She headed for the cattle gate at the back of the pastureland that was lined by the dirt road. Her journey passed rapidly as she listened to birds singing their morning songs and counted fence posts.Īs she topped the hill, a baritone voice sang an unfamiliar tune.

Paul would be at the end of her one-mile jaunt. She took another long look at her homestead before traipsing onward. There was a life out there-one that had elbowroom-and it called to her. Some days the desire to break from her family’s confinements sneaked up on her. Freedom beckoned to her, but so did her relatives. Her Amish heritage was hundreds of years old, but her heart yearned to be as modern as personal computers and the Internet. She closed her eyes, breaking the visual connection to home. Seventeen years ago she’d been born in that house. Her family’s gray stone farmhouse was perched amid rolling acreage. When she topped the knoll and was far enough away so her father couldn’t spot her, she turned, taking in the view behind her.

Early morning light filtered through the broad leaves of the great oaks as she ran toward her hopes…and her fears.Ī mixed fragrance of light fog, soil, garden vegetables, and jasmine drifted through the air. But on the evening of the engagement tragedy strikes, and in one encounter all that Hannah has known and believed is destroyed Member ofĬataloging source DLC Woodsmall, Cindy Index no index present LC call number PS3623.O678 LC item number W47 2006 Literary form fiction Series statement Sisters of the quilt series Series volume bk.Hannah Lapp covered the basket of freshly gathered eggs with her hand, glanced behind her, and bolted down the dirt road.

Hannah accepts, aware that her choice will change her relationship with her family forever. She's been in love with Mennonite Paul Waddell for three years, and before returning to college for his senior year, Paul asks Hannah to be his wife. Language eng Summary Despite being raised in a traditional Old Order Amish family, seventeen-year-old Hannah Lapp desires to break with custom and marry outside the cloistered community. Label When the heart cries Title When the heart cries Statement of responsibility Cindy Woodsmall Creator

When the Heart Cries by Cindy Woodsmall