Book 4 of the Little Eli Series. A sequel to Harvest Boy of White Hill.

Goose bumps rise on Eli's arms as he follows his friends into the anteroom for instruction for baptism at the Amish church in Stuarts Draft, Virginia. At fifteen, he is still Little Eli, and he sincerely wants to be a child of God. But his struggles after becoming a church member take him by surprise. Where is the peace and confidence he longs for?

Experience with Eli the excitement of joining the youth group, turning a battered old buggy into his own transportation to the Sunday evening singings, and serving at the many weddings that occur in the rapidly growing Amish community.

Will Eli have enough courage to win the friendship of Ruthie, the demure, brown-eyed girl he so highly admires? When change ripples through the Amish community, creating unresolved differences among church members, how will Eli find God's will for his life?

In this fourth and final book in the Little Eli series, the author completes the story of her father's life.

Contents

• Dedication
• Map
• Acknowledgments
• The Ben Yoder Family

• 1. Brave Enough to Follow
• 2. To the West
• 3. The Decisive Trip
• 4. One Month Too Late
• 5. Baptism
• 6. Harvest Trade
• 7. Amish High School
• 8. First Singing
• 9. Romans 7 Man
• 10. A Filling Station and a Sheriff's House
• 11. From the Weed Patch
• 12. First Time to the Table
• 13. Rebuilding the Buggy
• 14. No Harder Than a Davenport
• 15. A Matter of the Hair
• 16. Buggy Debut
• 17. Good Friday Horse Ride
• 18. Ideal Girl
• 19. Buggy Ride to the Dam
• 20. Unpredictable Frisco
• 21. It's Gonna Hit Us Dead-On
• 22. Never a Horse of His Own
• 23. I'd Rather Not
• 24. Hired Man for Preacher Eli
• 25. The Adjoining Farm
• 26. Hired Man for Five Weeks
• 27. The Cook's Secret
• 28. A Hundred Miles With a Pig
• 29. A Room Under the Stairs
• 30. Independent Field of Corn
• 31. Revival in a Tent
• 32. Register as a Man
• 33. No Ride Home
• 34. That I May Represent Thee
• 35. Help Me Find the Right One
• 36. The Two Davids
• 37. Squeezed in for a Ride
• 38. The Preacher Wants to See You
• 39. To Get a Buggy Whip
• 40. Too Timid to Ring the Bell
• 41. A Chance to Apologize
• 42. Only One Question
• 43. A Deep Breath
• 44. The Answer
• 45. Buggy Wheels in May
• 46. A Gift He Had Never Known
• 47. Hardly Anything to Offer
• 48. A Nail in the Roof
• 49. Music Box for Christmas
• 50. Outline of His Face
• 51. O Love That Will Not Let Me Go
• 52. Bus Ride to Roanoke
• 53. Wedding Day
• 54. Delayed Honeymoon
• 55. The Call Answered

• Epilogue
• Historical Notes
• Stuarts Draft Amish Youth Group (1950-1954)