Authors: Kelly Long
Tags: #Fiction, #Historical, #Christian, #Romance, #Amish & Mennonite, #ebook, #book
Arms of Love
Arms of Love
Also by Kelly Long
The Patch of Heaven series
Sarah’s Garden
Lilly’s Wedding Quilt
Novellas found in
An Amish Christmas
An Amish Love
An Amish Wedding
Arms of Love
Kelly Long
© 2012 by Kelly Long
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Scripture quotations are from the King James Version of the Bible, and from the NEW AMERICAN STANDARD BIBLE
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Publisher’s Note: This novel is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are either products of the author’s imagination or used fictitiously. All characters are fictional, and any similarity to people living or dead is purely coincidental.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Long, Kelly.
Arms of love / Kelly Long.
p. cm. — (Arms of love; 1)
ISBN 978-1-4016-8496-9 (trade paper)
1. Amish—Fiction. I. Title.
PS3612.O497A89 2012
813'.6—dc23
2011051153
Printed in the United States of America
12 13 14 15 16 QG 5 4 3 2 1
For Dad and Gil
And for Ward
Contents
A Novel Bible Study on The Arms of Love written by the author
ach
– oh
broomaing
– roaring
bruder
– brother
buwe
– boy
daed
– dad
danki
– thank you
Derr Herr
– the Lord
dobbelstein
– fine checked fabric
dochder
– daughter
Englisch
– not Amish
fater
– father
fees wesha
– foot washing
freeda
– peace
gens
– geese
glaws
– glass
gorda
– garden
Gott
– God
grossmuder
– grandmother
gut
– good
hartz
– heart
hausfrau
– housewife
herr
– sir
kesselhous
– baking house
kinner
– children
knepp
– traditional Amish fare
kraut
– cabbage
kumme
– come
mamm
– mother
mawd
– maid
mei
– my
messer
– knife
milch
– milk
narrish
– crazy
nee
– no