The Seekers by Wanda Brunstetter



While peace and love of life always seem to surround the life of the Amish, there is also room for danger in this Ohio town. In "The Seekers" by Wanda E. Brunstetter, It happens at the house of Heidi and her husband, Lyle. He is a stranger with RV problems who stops at their home. He is invited to remain on the premises until the RV is ready to move him forward again. How nice of these busy, kind people to give such an invitation. However, what is the stranger really like? You have to wonder if the time of acting as a good Samaritan has come and gone during an earlier era. Sadly while God still works miracles and still answers the prayers of those who pray in the novel, there is the fact that people are led by their fleshly temptations. Those who call themselves God's lambs must suffer in unexpected way. It is time to grow vigilant.

There is also another question to ponder. If life has hurt one person, have they the right to harm others? For example, there is a Vietnam vet in the novel, he has been torn apart with war scars and afterwards, family problems. Perhaps, his sacrifices give him the right to take the heaven of someone else and make it hell. Wanda Brunstetter's book brings to mind the words boundaries, please. People who love God, family and the small pleasures of life like cooking, quilting and visiting your neighbor. do not wish to limit their way of giving.

In some way while there are troubles suffered among the community, there are always the glistening rays of hope and love. Therefore the novel is not dreary. It is exciting and adventurous as we learn about the lives of a widow and widower. These two were my favorite characters. I wondered how is it possible to go on after a wife or husband dies. What makes a person want to get up and cook or do anything else in a given day? Each day, for them, is a new journey.

These lives caused me to come away wanting to visit the small towns in Ohio like Sugar Creek and and Mt. Hope. Kendra and other character like Eli seem like friends. The author in some simple and wise way shares how to become a good neighbor and how to become a problem solver by praying to the Good Lord above. "The Seekers" is a quilt made by the needle of words. In my mind, it is a patchwork quilt. You never know what might happen along the way as you share take a breath in to share a laugh and a little bit of Haystack.wandabrunstetter.com

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