41-3136

Bread upon the Waters

  • Paper cover
  • 332 pages
  • 1.19 lbs

Item #41-3136

  • $13.99
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The story of an ordinary woman with a BIG heart.

A house to build in tropical Belize. Babies. Piles of food and piles of dirty clothes. Caring for aging parents. More babies. Added to the duties over the years was a husband who worked hard but also fostered harmful habits. Although Gertel was grateful for her family, sometimes she had to cover her eyes and sigh with exhaustion. As her family grew, her responsibilities changed‐but still there was little rest in sight. Children who were not her own needed Gertel's care, and her husband became an invalid.

Gertel reflected. The Bible said, "Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days." She had to wonder if this would be true for her life. Would the results of her hard work ever come back to bless her?

Table of Contents

  • Author's Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. A Summons
  • 2. The River
  • 3. Grandma
  • 4. Riverboat Journey
  • 5. Belize City
  • 6. School
  • 7. St. Mary's Church
  • 8. Turtle Soup
  • 9. Home for the Holidays
  • 10. City Life
  • 11. Hurricane
  • 12. School Days
  • 13. Religion
  • 14. Life Lessons
  • 15. Home to Stay
  • 16. Locusts
  • 17. Year of Reprieve
  • 18. New Hope
  • 19. Ramie
  • 20. Ernest
  • 21. The Wedding
  • 22. William Alexander III
  • 23. Against the Flow
  • 24. Alvan Codwell Godfrey
  • 25. New House
  • 26. Robert Linsford
  • 27. Two Louises
  • 28. The River Flows On
  • 29. Hurricane Hattie
  • 30. Robert Walks
  • 31. Ernest and Andrew
  • 32. The Curse of Liquor
  • 33. Wildfire
  • 34. A New Prayer
  • 35. Sandra Cooks
  • 36. Michael Anthony
  • 37. Answered Prayer
  • 38. Those Girls!
  • 39. Mr. Peters
  • 40. Robert Goes to School
  • 41. Paul Emmanuel
  • 42. Postmistress
  • 43. Churchgoers
  • 44. Selia's Children
  • 45. Change of Church
  • 46. Spreading Wings
  • 47. Sickness
  • 48. Losing the Children
  • 49. Spanish Teachr
  • 50. Jenita
  • 51. Not My Mommy
  • 52. The Nest Empties
  • 53. Generations
  • 54. The Burdens Mount
  • 55. Gertel Wagner, JP
  • 56. Lessons in Trust
  • 57. The Eleventh Hour
  • 58. Traveling
  • 59. He Always Comes Through
  • Epilogue
  • About the Author
    • Weight
      1.19 lbs
    • SKU
      41-3136
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