Bearing Fruit

Résumé du livre

This is a memoir by Chester and Sara Jane Wenger, two twentieth-century Mennonites, told in alternating voices. They describe their families of origin and their experiences growing up pre-World War II; their years as missionaries in Ethiopia; their lives in their Chesapeake, Virginia, and Lancaster, Pennsylvania, communities; their relationship with their beloved Mennonite Church; and their joy as parents of eight children. Their experiences have shaped their faith. Their faith has shaped their life experiences. Even as their theology evolved over the years of their life, their belief in God and God's all-encompassing love has been an internal gyroscope that has not wavered. Their influence on Mennonite institutions in both Ethiopia and the United States will outlive them. This "collection of memories" includes family stories, as well as historical details from their near-century of life.