Kit Matthews has a wonderful life in Ventura, California. Her social life is active, her home life is predictable and that is the way she likes it. This way she doesn't have to think about God or about the fact that her birth mother threw her away in a garbage can. Life is the way Kit wants it to be, uncomplicated. When her Dad gets a new job teaching at Utah State University, that all changes.
With the move to Utah she is dropped into a new culture with its own set of words and phrases. Kit feels very out of place and is experiencing major culture shock. As Kit begins to make friends with Janet, life starts to smoothe out. Then Janet's older brother (Adam) the cutest boy EVER helps even more.
As Kit and Adam get to know each other and become closer, Kit is unsure of how Adam's religion will impact their relationship. She begins to learn more about his faith and what he feels like he needs to do. Adam is preparing for a Mission and is hoping that Kit will support him in this time. Kit has a hard time understanding why Adam wants to go in the first place.
Adam is on his Mission and life falls into a pattern where life is comfortable for Kit again. She learns more about God and embraces the LDS faith. As life goes by and she waits for Adam, Kit is faced with the hardest trial of her life. Will she have the strength to rely on her faith and on God? Can she come to grips with the reality that someone important to her is gone from her life?
This book is a coming of age love story that shows how fragile faith can be and how important it is in life. Faith can be a great source of strength and comfort, when it is available. There is nothing as sweet as first enduring love and the way that love helps a person to grow and mature into a loving individual that is stronger than expected. This is a great book for closet romantic teenagers and their Moms. It was a quick read that was fun and fulfilling.
"Finding Faith" is the first novel for LDS author Terri Ferran. We read of Kit Matthews, a girl who has grown up in Ventura, California. When her father announces that he's gotten a new job in Logan, Utah, and the whole family will be moving, Kit is less than enthusiastic. She's even less excited to discover that everyone in Utah speaks a strange language, full of things like "ward" and "stake." When she finds out that she's branded as different because she's a non-member, she comes to the conclusion that Utah has nothing in it for her.
But that was before she met Janet. Janet Bridger brings warmth, friendship and acceptance into Kit's life, and along with all that comes Adam, Janet's brother. The more Kit comes to know Adam, the more she's smitten, and it's not long before the feeling is mutual. But Adam's just two months away from turning in his mission papers, and Kit has no idea what that means.
When Adam gets his mission call, Kit is surprised to hear that he's going to Ventura, her old hometown. She's tempted to go back for a visit so she can see him, but realizes that's probably not the best idea. Adam has a plan up his own sleeve, though - he's asked his brother, newly-returned missionary Justin, to teach Kit about the gospel while he's gone.
While Adam is out teaching the gospel, Kit is at home learning it. She finds a lot of the concepts confusing, but she wants to keep at it, for Adam's sake. Before long, though, everything falls into place and she realizes that she wants to be baptized, and that Adam isn't her only reason.
A tragic accident challenges Kit's new beliefs, and she comes face to face with her need to know. In her hour of greatest need, Kit receives a testimony of her own that God lives, loves us, and is there for us in every circumstance.
Author Terri Ferran has constructed an entertaining and interesting story, using creative turns of phrase. I did find some of the dialogue to be a bit repetitive and rambling, and felt that it could have been thinned out. Overall, however, the story held my attention and I found myself caring about the characters.
-Tristi Pinkston
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