Keeping the faith
Subtitle: a collection of short stories
By: by members of Amish Bishop Eli Nisly family ; compiled by Elsie Nisly Bliler
Publisher: E.N. Bliler
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Akron, Ohio (1493 Indianola Ave., Akron 44305)
Language: eng
Number of pages: 357
ISBN-13: 9780557020232
Subjects: Family; Amish; Biography; Biographies; Families
Description: "Keeping the faith: a collection of short stories by members of Amish Bishop Eli Nisly family" presents a nostalgic and powerful look into the lives of an extended Amish family growing up in midwestern America during Depression years and beyond. In "Keeping the faith", this family's rich history and faith is revealed through the stories and lives of its decendants.
Notes: Last 2 pages chiefly blank for "Notes."
Table of contents: title: Grandmother (Mrs. Eli) Nisly / Verna Mast; title: Grandpa's fall / Lovina Yoder; title: Traveling from Kansas to Oklahoma via wagon and horse team / Elsie Nisly Bliler; title: The lean years of prosperity / Wilma Joan (Mast) Haskins; title: Growing up during the depression / Lovina Yoder; title: From the dustbowls of Oklahoma to the jungles of Africa / Elsie Nisly Bliler; title: Salmoa shares her memories / Salmoa (Hochstetler) Stutzman as told to Elsie Nisly Bliler; title: Jerry and Clara Miller family / Maynard Miller; title: Experiences of Edna / Edna Blough-Miller; title: Oklahoma sojourn / Ellen Nisly King; title: Early memories of Nowata and Garnett with Grandpa Nislys / Esther (Yoder) Coblentz; title: Alma returns to her roots / Alma Miller; title: Amish pony express / Elsie Nisly Bliler; title: Memories from the Masts / E. Lloyd Mast; title: Birth of a jewel / Elsie Nisly Bliler; title: The night raiders / Elsie Nisly Bliler; title: The board that flipped / Elsie Nisly Bliler; title: Eli and Alma Nisly family / Teresa Miller; title: The skittish chicken / Elsie Nisly Bliler; title: The Enos and Nora Shrock family story / Nora (Yoder) Shrock; title: The sea cowboys / Alvin Nisly as told to Elsie Bliler; title: My Kentucky mission / Frances Nisly; title: A journey of faith / Fannie Mae Yoder as told to Elsie Nisly Bliler; title: A few of my favorite things / Susie (Miller) Boyd as told to Irene Marquart; title: Traveling miles and miles with God at the helm / Lorene (Nisly) Coblentz; title: Leo Yoder's story / Leo Yoder; title: Serving God in Costa Rica; title: Remembering Kevin / Clara Mae Miller; title: A physician who blends old with new / Tom Schaefer; title: A sorrow is shared, a dream is born / Beulah Nisly; title: A quilter's legacy / Beulah Nisly; title: Journey to Botswana / John Henry Yoder; title: Botswana mission / Joe and Ruby Schrock; title: Miracles in Africa / Lorene (Nisly) Coblentz; title: In memory of Ruth Nisly / Elsie Nisly Bliler; title: Our miracle children / Norma Schlabach; title: Tragedy strikes, faith triumphs / Marilyn Miller; title: Revenge on the crows / Emma Miller as told to Elsie Nisly Bliler; title: The zeedonk whisperer / Amy Bickel; title: Why I come to the Nisly campout / Delores Blough; title: 1950: the year for romance in Stark County / Elsie Nisly Bliler; title: My Nisly life experience / Sheri Stoll; title: Reading for Edna's 80th birthday / Delores Blough; title: Embracing our Amish childhood / Elsie Nisly Bliler; title: Christina defining diversity / Delores Blough.