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The Pablo Yoder family, Beachy Amish missionaries in Nicaragua, were robbed repeatedly but continued to work with the growing church in Waslala.

From the time he was little, Pete Lewis' parents took him to church and taught him how to live an upright life, instilling in him a love for his country. Following in his father's footsteps, he volunteered for the navy and service in Vietnam showed him a very different side of life. Upon his return home, he studied at Oregon State University. Becoming a game warden, sheriff's deputy and ranger in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado was a dream come true but he couldn't forget Gary, his Mennonite friend from Oregon. Their camping trips and lengthy conversations about nonresistance and other biblical principles had stirred Pete's curiosity. Now reading the Bible for himself during the long evenings in Colorado, he faced a decision: Would he stand on what the Bible said and yield himself to God in unconditional surrender? Or would the cost prove too high?

The author relates stories from his youth when his family lived in the Blue Ridge hollows near Faith Mission Home.