Paper Heart

In the first book, Julie befriends a homeless family but finds they are not a family.Matthew is seven but there is no one for him. He wants Julie to adopt him but she istoo young.. Jedidiah can and after he marries Julie, Matthew is adopted.Jedidiah discovers he has a disease that will cripple him and wants to send Julieaway so she will not get this disease but she refuses to go. Later they have three sons,but the third son has this same disease. He will never walk and is in a wheelchair.Jedidiah is captured by rebels rescued by the Wild Tribe and nearly dies beforehe is taken to the mission hospital. Julie and Matthew go to Guatemala to bring himhome, but find that he is given a girl from the wild tribe who cannot return home untilshe is pregnant. Jedidiah refuses her. The book ends with Jedidiah and Julie returning home with the Wild Tribe girl, butthere is drama at home.Then in the second novel about the missionary Barrington on and off the mission fieldin the rain forest of Guatemala. Senor Barry tells Julie Ann his true name is Jedidiahand is such in the rest of the story.Read the book to find out the ending.The authors parents were missionaries to Tibet before it became part of China. Itwas a family of six that went to Tibet but their four cousins plus their parents were alreadyestablished there. The eight cousins had many and varied exciding adventures.Back in the States to finish school, this author met and married and together wentto the mission field in Africa., There they served their Lord for 47 years, mostly withBible lessons and Biblical printed matter. They retired at the end of 2000.After retirement, this author had time to write. There are now three books with more to come.