The Long Promise Kept
In 1999, a farmer named Chester Drummond in rural eastern Kentucky made a promise to his five-year-old granddaughter, Ellie. He told her that one day,...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Acts 13:22-26.
In 1999, a farmer named Chester Drummond in rural eastern Kentucky made a promise to his five-year-old granddaughter, Ellie. He told her that one day, when she was old enough, he would pay for her college education. Ellie forgot about it. She grew up, lost her grandfather to a quiet Tuesday morning in 2011, and assumed the promise had died with him.…
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