I reviewed "When Hope Blossoms" by Kim Vogel Sawyer for Bethany House Publishing. This was an exceptional book and I would recommend it to anyone. It is about a Mennonite family, the mother and her three children, that have moved to a Kansas for a new start. Amy's (the mother), husband was killed in an accident that has been questioned whether it really was an accident or suicide. She and her children move to place that they don't know anyone. She buys a house just outside of town. Another group of Mennonites from a different Order from Ohio also move into the area.
Amy's neighbor, Tim Roper, is a former Mennonite, who walked out on his faith as a young man. He lost his wife and son in a car accident, and has become bitter and is pretty much of a loner. However, Amy and her family begin to work their way into his heart. God uses multiple things to soften Tim's heart and eventually he ends up contacting his parents and being restored to his faith.
This book is a book on faith, love, and restoration. It shows how friendship goes out of its way to help others in need. If we all began to work together as those in this story did, the world would be a much better place. This book was an inspiration and an encouragement to my faith. In fact, I felt healing in my own life during reading this book. The writer, Kim Vogel Sawyer, is an annointed writer and I hope this book ministers to all who reads it. It ministered to me.
