Bøger af LaRayne M Topp

As the pages of the calendar turned from the 19th Century to the 20th, the family of Louisa Koehlmoos traveled from Coopers Grove, Illinois, to Nebraska, while Ernst Gemelke floated across the sea to America. The two came to meet near Pilger, a small town in Northeast Nebraska. They eventually married, enjoying their life on the farm while raising seven children.This book is their story, along with information about and photographs of their parents, siblings and family.

As the pages of the calendar turned from the 19th Century to the 20th, little Beata Loewe was born. Her family had settled near Wisner, Nebraska, next to earlier homesteads of the ancestors of Edward Hasenkamp, near Beemer, Nebraska. Edward and Beata eventually married, enjoying their life on the farm while raising four children. This book is their story, along with information about and photographs of their parents, grandparents, siblings and family.

From the time when mules pulled the plow until the days when microwaves were used in farm kitchens, the contributions of women have been vital to the development of United States agriculture. "Women at the Reins" contains the stories of these women. Collected as a special "From Mules to Microwaves" project by the American Agri-Women, these stories preserve oral and written histories documenting rural lifestyles from a female perspective.

Eighty-one seconds. That's all the time it took a diabolical tornado to crash through Pilger, Nebraska, on June 16, 2014, destroying more than 40 percent of its homes plus its business district. Eighty-one seconds. That's all the time it took for a tornado to destroy farms of the same size on the same day throughout the countryside near Stanton, Pilger, Wisner and Wakefield, Nebraska. Four tornadoes, intent on destruction, were even more infamous that day because two were twins, spawned simultaneously from the same supercell. One charged through Pilger and its sister dropped down to begin its rampage just east of the community. Eighty-one Seconds: The Attack and Aftermath as Tornadoes Hit Pilger, Stanton, Wakefield and Wisner, Nebraska, gives first-hand accounts of the direct hits and near misses of June 16th, along with the aftermath to follow. With information derived from more than 200 interviews with victims, rescuers and volunteers in hand, you'll see the kind of havoc four tornadoes can produce in 81 swift-but eternal-seconds of time.

Those who have found ways to help others are blessed in return with both the satisfaction and challenges answering such a call can bring. This book, Just Go, suggests eleven examples people have chosen to make a difference in the lives of others. From providing food for the starving to stitching quilts for their warmth; from establishing jobs overseas to providing a place for retirees to do productive work; from collecting comforting stuffed animals for children to ministering to a congregation; from providing a haven in the midst of a storm to providing a haven in nature, the folks who've shared their stories in this book may-hopefully-help you uncover ideas uniquely your own. Ask the fire eater in these pages. He'll suggest that you have a conversation with God and then be prepared to step out in faith to do God's work. To just go.