was in Mission Friends [preschool missions group at church] he learned about the needs of the people of Appalachia in Kentucky. We took a quick spring break trip up that way a few months later and his heart was still stirred by the needs he'd learned as he kept repeating phrases like, "the people in Kentucky have no food..."
It's good to know that God has put His people in place to fulfill their purpose to meet the needs of others through the years... While Cora is the real hero in this book, I did enjoy the back story of Lucy as she navigated the hills of Kentucky...
While reading The Moonlight School by Susanne Woods Fisher, I saw Lucy grow into a young women with maturity and principles... realizing that the world is not the same for everyone... Despite the personal tragedy that haunts her [or maybe because it is always, always at the back of her mind] she begins to see that she can step up and be fierce and make a difference in the world. Love that she finds a strong woman role model in her cousin Cora... love that she finds a spiritual mentor who leads her to a deeper relationship with God... and love that she finds love in the end...
As I said before, Cora is the REAL hero with all that she accomplished through the Moonlight Schools and I wanted just a little more about this... maybe there's another book or two where we learn what Finn makes of his life... or about the difference the schools made in one or two of the many, many adults whose lives were changed by them...or maybe how Lucy and Angie's realtionship grows... I know I would enjoy having this story continue...
Side Note: I received a copy of this book from the publisher [Revell / Baker] for review purposes...ALL opinions are my own.
Side Note 2: While the author gives the reader a bit of a glossary at the beginning of the book, I found that many of the words aren't 'new' to me as I've heard them used all of my life... I'm a southerner y'all...
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