The Crossroad

T
HE
C
ROSSROAD

By Beverly Lewis

S
EASONS OF
G
RACE

The Secret
    •    
The Missing
    •    
The Telling

A
BRAM
’S D
AUGHTERS

The Covenant
    •    
The Betrayal
    •    
The Sacrifice

The Prodigal
    •    
The Revelation

A
NNIE
’S P
EOPLE

The Preacher’s Daughter
    •    
The Englisher
    •    
The Brethren

T
HE
C
OURTSHIP OF
N
ELLIE
F
ISHER

The Parting
    •    
The Forbidden
    •    
The Longing

T
HE
H
ERITAGE OF
L
ANCASTER
C
OUNTY

The Shunning
    •    
The Confession
    •    
The Reckoning

The Postcard
    •    
The Crossroad

The Redemption of Sarah Cain

October Song
    •    
Sanctuary
^*
    •    
The Sunroom

The Beverly Lewis Amish Heritage Cookbook

www.beverlylewis.com

^*
with David Lewis

The Crossroad

Copyright © 1999

Beverly Lewis

Cover design by Dan Thornberg, Koechel Peterson & Associates

Cover landscape photography by Angus Plummer

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise—without the prior written permission of the publisher. The only exception is brief quotations in printed reviews.

Published by Bethany House Publishers

11400 Hampshire Avenue South

Bloomington, Minnesota 55438

Bethany House Publishers is a division of

Baker Publishing Group, Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Printed in the United States of America

ISBN 978-0-7642-0341-1

The Library of Congress has cataloged the original edition as follows:

Lewis, Beverly, date.

The crossroad / by Beverly Lewis.

p. cm.

Sequel to: The postcard.

ISBN 0-7642-2239-2

ISBN 0-7642-2212-0 (pbk.)

I. Title.

PS3562.E9383   C76     1999

813'.54—dc21           99–6719

          CIP

This book is lovingly dedicated
to my parents,
Herb and Jane (Buchwalter) Jones,
whose zeal and devotion to God
have both inspired and encouraged me
throughout my life.

Together, they pastored
Glad Tidings Temple
in Lancaster, Pennsylvania,
during my growing-up years.

Table of Contents

Title Page

Copyright Page

About the Author

Prologue: Rachel Yoder

Part One

One

Two

Three

Four

Five

Six

Seven

Eight

Nine

Ten

Part Two

Eleven

Twelve

Thirteen

Fourteen

Fifteen

Part Three

Sixteen

Seventeen

Eighteen

Nineteen

Twenty

Twenty-One

Twenty-Two

Twenty-Three

Twenty-Four

Twenty-Five

Twenty-Six

Epilogue

Author’s Note

About the Author

Beverly Lewis, born in the heart of Pennsylvania Dutch country, fondly recalls her growing-up years. A keen interest in her mother’s Plain family heritage has led Beverly to set many of her popular stories in Lancaster County.

A former schoolteacher and accomplished pianist, Beverly is a member of the National League of American Pen Women (the Pikes Peak branch). She is the 2003 recipient of the Distinguished Alumnus Award at Evangel University, Springfield, Missouri. Her blockbuster novels
The Shunning, The Confession, The
Reckoning,
and
The Covenant
have each received the Gold Book Award. Her bestselling novel
October Song
won the Silver Seal in the Benjamin Franklin Awards, and
The Postcard
and
Sanctuary
(a collaboration with her husband, David) received Silver Angel Awards, as did her picture book for all ages,
Annika’s Secret Wish.
Beverly and her husband make their home in the Colorado foothills.