Jennifer Spredemann seeks to pen compelling stories that captivate readers and bring glory to GOD. She has authored over two dozen Amish fiction titles in her can't-put-down writing style, three of which have won awards. She resides in Indiana Amish Country with her family on a former Amish farm where the documentary Breaking the Silence was filmed. "...Spredemann weaves a thread of love and intrigue into a quilt of faith and values." - reader review 

The following transcript is a shortened version of the original recording.

Tracy:    Hey there. Welcome to another episode of Buggy Talk. I'm your host, Tracy Fredrychowski, where each week, I bring you the story behind the stories along with the storytellers. For this week's episode, we have Jennifer Spredemann on board to talk about her latest Amish Country Bride Series, along with her part in the Amish Christmas Miracles Collections.

Good morning, Jennifer. How are you today?

Jennifer: I'm doing well. How are you, Tracy?

Tracy: I am doing wonderful. Thank you. And thank you so much for joining us. We have lots to talk about this morning. One being your part in the Amish Christmas Miracles Collection that we're both so excited about. And what about the new series that you just launched. However, before we get started on talking about that, I have to ask you to go ahead and tell our listeners about the cool story you have about your house that you live in Indiana. 

Jennifer:   Okay. First of all, I want to say thank you, Tracy, for having me here today. And I hope our chat is a blessing to our readers. Okay. About my house. 

So, we started looking for houses in this area, and we saw this one house, and it was a white two-story house.  And it had a porch that went around the front and, Oh goodness. My dream was to have a house with a wraparound porch. You know, it's just one of those things. And anyway, I'm like, man, that looks really like a big house that would fit our family because we had six kids. And so there's eight of us all together. So a pretty large family for English. I was just, just going through all the photos and things. And I'm like, honey, I think this, this is an Amish house for sale. And, you know, I looked, I saw the clothesline and saw cows in the background and then implements and, you know, horse-drawn things and basically wheels that didn't have rubber on them. And so I was, I was certain that it was probably an Amish home, but the listing did say that it had a bathroom, which it did not, it had out outhouse. 

So anyway, it was 17 acres, and I fell in love with the place, and I'm like, Oh Lord if there's any way, this place is awesome. Actually, there were two different Amish homes that we looked at, but this was the one that I really liked. It had sold.

You know, we, we kept on going back and looking at this house because we just, we just fell in love with it, you know? Um, it reminded my husband, uh, uh, when he grew up, he grew up in Brazil, and it was like really there are trees everywhere. And it just reminded him so much of the atmosphere. We both wanted the property. I don't know; God just worked it out to where it didn't go through, the sale ended up not going through. I think it might've, might've sold like twice during that time they didn't go through, and then the price dropped again, which was a blessing for us. And we ended up buying the place. Yeah. So that's basically the story with our house.

Tracy: That is a God thing. It just has to be a God thing because you were meant to be in that house. Why else, would all those things line up like that.

Well, that is, that is really cool. And one more question about your house. I know that your house was included in a documentary about the Amish. An