Contents
Crazy Quilt
Pieces of a Mennonite Life

Foreword by John Ruth 9

The Beginning 13

Chapter 1: When I Was a Boy • 21

Chapter 2: Material • 39

Chapter 3: The Minister’s Daughter • 51

Chapter 4: Church Planting • 66

Chapter 5: How Did We Get Along? • 75

Chapter 6: Ingrid, Anthony, and Annamarie • 88

Chapter 7: A Fair Trade • 95

Chapter 8: Left Behind • 106

Chapter 9: Red-Hot Pokers • 115

Chapter 10: Under the Whole Heaven • 127

Chapter 11: Electric • 137

Chapter 12: Peace Offerings • 148

Chapter 13: Up the Hill • 161

Chapter 14: The Eastern Gate • 167

Recipes from Betts’ Kitchen 171

Notes on Diary Entries 180

A Note About Mennonites 181

Photograph Captions 183

Acknowledgments 185

The Author 188

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