Letters to Lori

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A Heartwarming Tale of Passion, Sacrifice, and Endurance

 Letters to Lori shares the true story of a courageous woman’s struggle for change in a proud, close-knit community. Opal Myers, who assisted Catherine Marshall in her research for her best-selling novel Christy, describes her passion and sacrifice for the people of remote Cocke County, TN. As Opal recounts the sacrifice attached to her quest, she breaks our hearts as she surrenders all to God amidst severe trials. A war-torn husband. A battle to feed hungry mouths. Despite all odds, Opal keeps her dream—God’s dream—alive to bring hope to her resistant community and a dying mission.

In this beautifully scripted letter to her granddaughter Lori, mission worker Opal Myers leafs through the pages of her family’s history and exposes the struggle of a mission striving for acceptance in a reluctant back-mountain community. Packed with her adventures as a one-room school teacher fighting poverty, as well as humorous anecdotes of the area’s memorable characters, the story reflects Opal’s humor and great love for her people, the mission, and its workers who changed her life.

When Ebenezer Mission closed, Opal single-handedly resurrected the mission to keep her promise to herself and God. As an inspiration to hold fast to your dreams, this book will challenge you to make a difference in the lives of those you love. Share in the laughter, tears, and legacy of her mark on history.

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The inspirational AWARD WINNING Letters to Lori will challenge you to look at life differently.

  • You will laugh. You will cry. You will delight in the mischievous and feisty antics of a poor little mountain girl and love the person she becomes as she sets out to bring change to her impoverished community.
  • Can you imagine waking up on a freezing winter day with a blanket of snow covering your bed and the floor? No running water. No indoor plumbing, not even an outhouse!
  • Miss Marston, the mission worker, told Opal and the other young students, “Just because you’re back here in this little community, don’t you ever think you can’t become something special! God has a wonderful purpose for your life and He will put special dreams deep into your heart to help you discover His plan. Your life work is to listen to God and to do what He says. With His help you can become anything He has planned for you to become.” Opal believed her.
  • Opal’s true stories demonstrate that with God absolutely nothing is impossible!
  • At the end of Opal’s life, her only regret was not being able to rebuild the mission. Opal may not have rebuilt the physical mission, however, her life itself was a beautiful “mission” that goes on today in the lives of the people she touched. That circle will now be expanded to include the readers of Letters to Lori.