Mountain Man Mike: And Other Stories

By Daniel Braun

Mountain Man Mike is a collection of delightful short stories by Daniel Braun, illustrating that in spite of this world's difficulties, we should trust in God. These stories serve as parables for the modern age in which we now live. As you read, remember that the Lord will never leave you or forsake you. Even in the midst of tough times, God is still with you and has your best interests at heart. May God bless you.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Word Alive Press
• Release date: Jan 4, 2015
• ISBN: 9781770694798

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Mountain man mike and other stories

Copyright © 2011 by Daniel Braun

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Table of Contents

Two Friends

Broken Promises

On a Mission for God

Mountain Man Mike

In the Lion’s Den

The World Won’t Stop Because

We Grumble and Complain a Lot

A Trip to Heaven

A Rebel Such as I

Acknowledgements

I would like to thank Jack Van Luyk for encouraging me to take my writing a step further and to continue writing.

A big thank you to all of my family and friends who gave me the encouragement that God gave me the gift of writing. A big thank you to all from the bottom of my heart.

~ Daniel Braun

TWO FRIENDS

The Williams family was a large family of eleven people that lived in Warman, Saskatchewan until they moved to Alberta in 1960. They started in Fin Castle, about seven miles east of Taber, Alberta, and worked for a sugar beet farmer by the name of Alan Reed, who had cattle, too.

Benjamin Williams, the father, was born on a farm in Warman. He knew what farming was all about. He’d had a hard upbringing. Everything had to be done just like his dad told him. For example, if he left a stripe of grain behind on the fields, he would get just as many stripes on his behind. His parents would not allow him to have any kind of music or radio to listen to. He never went to school because he had to stay at home and work. His mother taught him how to read and write in German, and math as well. His sisters could go to school, but only in German.

He grew up in a Christian home and his parents would take him to church on Sundays. It was strict. Through all of this, he learned a lot of carpentry skills and how to fix machinery. He was so good at everything he did that people came to him to get things fixed up or to have new things made. After his parents passed away, he helped his sisters work the farm. Between his own life and helping out his sisters, he was always busy. Woodworking was one of his hobbies during the winter when it was not quite so busy for him.

Alexa, Benjamin’s wife, was also born into a Christian family. She was the oldest of two girls and had two brothers. Their names were Jacob and Cornelius Hied. Jacob had a farm and Cornelius worked for the Canadian Pacific Railway. They were brought up by parents who loved them. Their upbringing was not quite as strict as Benjamin’s, but they were not allowed to speak English at home—only to their friends at school.

At one time, Alexa’s family moved to Alberta, but it was so rainy for her dad that they moved back to Saskatchewan, and that’s where they stayed. As for work, Alexa cleaned houses for people who had a hard time doing it for themselves. She didn’t have much in life, like money, but through her parents she learned how to love, and that was worth more than having a lot of money.

When Benjamin and Alexa got married and started to raise their own children, they would sometimes sing to their children until they fell asleep. Or Alexa would read a Bible story to them until they drifted off.

This was my mom and dad, but this does not mean we all got along without arguments. Occasionally children do disobey their parents, and disobedience meant getting a strap on the behind. Mom and Dad did their best to bring us up with love for themselves and God. They also took us to church as we were growing up—that meant everything to us. Mom and Dad did a wonderful job bringing us up.

Leila was the oldest of eight children. Mom and Dad put the love of God into her, but she was not a healthy child, because she was born with a hole in her heart. She was sick a