Chapter 8

In this chapter Mrs. Brende finds out that she is pregnant and is starting to feel homesick. It is funny that when they set out to look for new places to live they weren’t nearly as happy as they were where they already live. Sometimes when you think the grass is greener on the other side of the fence, it turns out that you were mistaken. It is nice to see that when they were looking for a new place they wanted to be able to ride their bicycles around town, be near a church, and also be near an Amish community. This shows that they are impressed with their new community and lifestyle and hope to continue parts of it when their research is over.