Callie discovers that Uncle Roman has been hiding letters from her and kept vital information about her parents from her. There is a card from a Jean Morgan, a friend of her parents, along with a photograph of a young Callie. Just before her twenty-third birthday, Callie happens to be at home to receive the mail. However, her uncle and their religion are holding her back. Now that she is an adult, Callie wishes to do more. Callie has spent the years working alongside Aunt Rhoda cooking, cleaning, and assisting others. Callie was taken in by her aunt and uncle after her parents passed away in a fire. They lack electricity, running water, and a vermin free house. Uncle Roman is conservative Mennonite minister working in the mission field. Callie Zimmerman lives with her Uncle Roman, Aunt Rhoda and cousins in Haiti. Tremors of Doubt by Lael Harrelson takes us to Laminasse, Haiti in April 2009. Is one of these things the answer to her prayer? Would exploring her parents' past mean losing a future with Noah? Is the exploration worth the risk? Devastated, Callie cries herself to sleep, only to be awakened a few hours later by her uncle with the startling news that Noah Koehn has asked permission to court her. The prayer has barely left her mouth when she finds a stack of letters with secrets about her parent's lives and their excommunication from the Mennonite church. On the eve of her twenty-third birthday, struggling with hopelessness as another year passes, Callie pleads with God to open a door for her. She longs to do more to alleviate the poverty and sickness that surrounds her, but tradition and her uncle forbid her. Raised by her aunt and uncle after the death of her parents, Callie works beside her aunt cooking, cleaning, and sewing each day as the men head off to serve the community.
Devastated, Callie cries herself to sleep, only to be awakened a few hours later by her uncle with the startling news that Noah Koehn has asked permission to court her.For a young Mennonite woman who wants to make a difference in the world, growing up on the mission field in Haiti should be the perfect fit.
For a young Mennonite woman who wants to make a difference in the world, growing up on the mission field in Haiti should be the perfect fit.
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