An Amish Gathering (Three Amish Novellas)

by Beth Wiseman

2 (16 ounce) cans creamed corn

  1 (10 ¾ounce) can cream of celery soup

  4. Mix rivvel (dough ball) ingredients in bowl:

  1 cup flour

  1 egg

  ½ teaspoon salt

  ¼ teaspoon baking powder

  5. Rub mixture between your fingers and drop into bubbling soup a little at a time. Rivvels should be pea-sized. If they’re larger, you have dumplings! When rivvels are cooked, serve the soup in bowls.

  AMANDA GRABER’S MONSTER COOKIES

  1. Cream together:

  1½ sticks butter

  1 cup white sugar

  1 cup brown sugar

  2. Add:

  4 eggs

  1 pound crunchy peanut butter

  3. Mix until blended. Add:

  2½ teaspoons baking soda

  ¼ up flour

  4½ cups quick oats

  4. Mix in:

  ½ pound M&M’s

  12 ounces chocolate chips

  5. Dough will be stiff. Form teaspoon-sized balls and roll in powdered sugar.

  6. Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes. Do not overbake.

  Acknowledgments

  BETH WISEMAN:

  Special thanks to my husband, Patrick, and my family and friends. I’d never make it without your support and encouragement. To Barbie Beiler, thank you yet again for reading the manuscript to verify authenticity. You’re the best! Thanks also to nurse Melissa Gips for verifying medical accuracy. Much appreciated!

  To my fabulous fiction team at Thomas Nelson, you guys and gals are awesome. Kathy and Barbara, such an honor to work with both of you on this project. And special thanks to LB Norton for your editorial assistance. Thanks to my agent, Mary Sue Seymour.

  My most heartfelt thanks goes to God. Without Him, there would be no books.

  BARBARA CAMERON:

  I’m so grateful for my family and my friends for their love and their support of my writing. Thanks to Linda Byler and Dr. Beth Graybill, agent Mary Sue Seymour, Natalie Hanemann, editor at Thomas Nelson, and to LB Norton, who along with Natalie helped make When Winter Comes a stronger story. And most of all, thank You, God. You heard the desire in my heart to write when I was a teenager and have blessed me with so many opportunities to write.

  KATHLEEN FULLER:

  My deepest thanks to Natalie Hanemann and LB Norton for helping me bring this story to life. Their expertise and insights were invaluable. As always, thanks to my family for their patience and understanding, especially during deadline time!

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  Table of Contents

  A CHANGE OF HEART

  WHEN WINTER COMES

  A PLACE OF HIS OWN