Every so often, first love lasts a lifetime-and what seems impossible is made possible with God.

Mattie Beller is confident God's plan for her life does not include marriage-ever. Her poor health has kept her an outsider, even in her close-knit Amish community. And her self-conciousness of being over-weight has prevented her from considering any kind of courtship.

But when a visitor comes to the New Hope church district for the Christmas season, Mattie's ideas about her future are turned upside down.

Amid a growing concern over her twin brother's choices, even as her own heart tugs in two very different directions, Mattie learns that love comes in unexpected ways and can be a truly wonderful thing.

This is an expanded second edition, previously published as The Christmas Visitor by Amy Grochowski