It’s the 1920s and the prosperity seems as if it will never end.Then, suddenly, the stock market crashes and the banksclose, followed by strong winds called the Dust Bowl. Soonthe Matthews’ family farm will no longer produce, and thebankers foreclose on it, leaving them nowhere to live excepttheir old car. Paul, who is fourteen, has heard that thebankers actually cheated them out of their farm, and hewants revenge. Mary, thirteen, wonders why they are goingthrough such severe trials, since they are Christians whohave tried to serve God. Slowly they make their way westward,where their father hopes to find work. On the waythey must stay in smelly transient camps, and encounterthieves, deceivers and even religious hypocrites. They havenever had such a severe test of faith—and many times theywonder what God is doing in their lives.JOHN LIFFLANDER is a Christianauthor who also teaches the Bibleat www.pursuingtheword.com. He mayalso be contacted by e-mail atjohn@liffland.com...
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