exciting Web site change. My site has been a different place since you stepped in, and along the way the readers have numerous ways to grow in their faith, so much more than a story with this Life-Changing Fiction. Please know that I pray for God’s blessings on you always for your dedication to helping me in this season of writing. And aren’t we having such a good time too? God works all things to the good!
Sue, I believe you should’ve been a counselor! From your home far from mine, you get batches of reader letters every day, and you diligently answer them using God’s wisdom and His Word. When readers get a response from “Karen’s sister Susan,” I hope they know how carefully you’ve prayed for them and for the response you give. Thank you for truly loving what you do, Sue. You’re gifted with people, and I’m blessed to have you aboard.
Thanks also to my forever friends and family, the ones who rushed to our side this past year as we lost my dad. Your love has been a tangible source of comfort, pulling us through and making us know how very blessed we are to have you in our lives.
And the greatest thanks to God. The gift is Yours. I pray I might use it for years to come in a way that will bring You honor and glory.
Forever in Fiction
A special thanks to Julie Nordlund, who won Forever in Fiction at the Life Christian School auction. Julie chose to honor her daughter Sarah Nordlund, fourteen, by naming her Forever in Fiction. Sarah has type 1 diabetes but still wants to be like all her friends. She is five foot two with dark blonde hair, the oldest of two girls. Sarah likes snowboarding, water-skiing, competitive figure skating, and working as a camp counselor. Her favorite food is pizza.
Sarah’s character in Sunset is that of a young teenager looking to find a crowd where she fits in. I chose Sarah’s character to impact Katy Hart Matthews as God uses her to affirm Katy’s decisions and to restore meaning to her life.
Julie, I pray that Sarah is honored by your gift and by her placement in Sunset and that you will always see a bit of Sarah when you read her name in the pages of this novel, where she will be Forever in Fiction.
Also, thanks to John and Marilyn Smits, who won Forever in Fiction at the Central Wisconsin Christian School harvest auction. The Smits chose to honor Marilyn’s deceased father, Andrew Westra, ninety-six, by naming him Forever in Fiction.
Andrew was a tall, handsome farmer who was married to his childhood sweetheart, Effie, for seventy-six years. She preceded him in death by just four months. Andrew worked the same farm for forty years and passed on his love of farming to several of his grandchildren. He knew the Bible well and shared his love of God with the people he and Effie visited—the sick and lonely, the elderly and hurting in their community.
Andrew loved music, and his grandchildren remember Andrew and Effie sitting in the front seat of their car, passing the time on a road trip by singing together. They were spry and healthy, active in the lives of their family until the very end. Andrew loved family, and his best vacations were spent visiting his sister, Harriet, and sharing time with his and Effie’s six children, twenty-one grandchildren, fifty-four great-grandchildren, and one great-great-grandson.
Near the end of Effie’s life, Andrew asked his beloved if she was afraid to die. She held his hand and said, “No, Pa,” and then in a shaky voice she started the two of them in singing the old hymn “Have Thine Own Way, Lord!”
I chose to make Andrew Westra’s character Landon Blake’s grandfather—a man who helped shape Landon and who left behind a legacy that would mark Landon’s life forever.
John and Marilyn, I pray that Andrew’s memory is honored by your gift and by his placement in Sunset and that you will always see a bit of Andrew when you read his name in the pages of this novel, where he will be Forever in Fiction.
Finally, a
Sue, I believe you should’ve been a counselor! From your home far from mine, you get batches of reader letters every day, and you diligently answer them using God’s wisdom and His Word. When readers get a response from “Karen’s sister Susan,” I hope they know how carefully you’ve prayed for them and for the response you give. Thank you for truly loving what you do, Sue. You’re gifted with people, and I’m blessed to have you aboard.
Thanks also to my forever friends and family, the ones who rushed to our side this past year as we lost my dad. Your love has been a tangible source of comfort, pulling us through and making us know how very blessed we are to have you in our lives.
And the greatest thanks to God. The gift is Yours. I pray I might use it for years to come in a way that will bring You honor and glory.
Forever in Fiction
A special thanks to Julie Nordlund, who won Forever in Fiction at the Life Christian School auction. Julie chose to honor her daughter Sarah Nordlund, fourteen, by naming her Forever in Fiction. Sarah has type 1 diabetes but still wants to be like all her friends. She is five foot two with dark blonde hair, the oldest of two girls. Sarah likes snowboarding, water-skiing, competitive figure skating, and working as a camp counselor. Her favorite food is pizza.
Sarah’s character in Sunset is that of a young teenager looking to find a crowd where she fits in. I chose Sarah’s character to impact Katy Hart Matthews as God uses her to affirm Katy’s decisions and to restore meaning to her life.
Julie, I pray that Sarah is honored by your gift and by her placement in Sunset and that you will always see a bit of Sarah when you read her name in the pages of this novel, where she will be Forever in Fiction.
Also, thanks to John and Marilyn Smits, who won Forever in Fiction at the Central Wisconsin Christian School harvest auction. The Smits chose to honor Marilyn’s deceased father, Andrew Westra, ninety-six, by naming him Forever in Fiction.
Andrew was a tall, handsome farmer who was married to his childhood sweetheart, Effie, for seventy-six years. She preceded him in death by just four months. Andrew worked the same farm for forty years and passed on his love of farming to several of his grandchildren. He knew the Bible well and shared his love of God with the people he and Effie visited—the sick and lonely, the elderly and hurting in their community.
Andrew loved music, and his grandchildren remember Andrew and Effie sitting in the front seat of their car, passing the time on a road trip by singing together. They were spry and healthy, active in the lives of their family until the very end. Andrew loved family, and his best vacations were spent visiting his sister, Harriet, and sharing time with his and Effie’s six children, twenty-one grandchildren, fifty-four great-grandchildren, and one great-great-grandson.
Near the end of Effie’s life, Andrew asked his beloved if she was afraid to die. She held his hand and said, “No, Pa,” and then in a shaky voice she started the two of them in singing the old hymn “Have Thine Own Way, Lord!”
I chose to make Andrew Westra’s character Landon Blake’s grandfather—a man who helped shape Landon and who left behind a legacy that would mark Landon’s life forever.
John and Marilyn, I pray that Andrew’s memory is honored by your gift and by his placement in Sunset and that you will always see a bit of Andrew when you read his name in the pages of this novel, where he will be Forever in Fiction.
Finally, a
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