While her mother and father are away in the mission field, Kate Rau lives with her cousins, Johanna and Jacob Werner, and their three sons. Life is peaceful in the Moravian town of Bethlehem until the War of Independence breaks out. Then Congress orders Bethlehem to house prisoners of war. The General Hospital of the Continental Army is set up there. When the British occupy the capital city of Philadelphia, 700 supply wagons arrive in Bethlehem. Although the Moravians do not believe in war, they want to help their country in peaceful ways. They cheerfully give up their buildings to house wounded soldiers and give food and clothing to the hungry army. Paperback. 160 pages. 1991.