Description:
Soon after Columbia Basin Project irrigation opened new possibilities, logger Wayne Lingscheit moved his family to the Pasco, Washington desert. In Surviving the Sand, his daughter Helen shares their hardscrabble yet heartwarming story. Like many who were part of the project, it is full of arduous work and incredibly tough times, but also love and laughter as they chase her father's seemingly impossible dream.
Brief description:
Helen Lingscheit Heavirland holds a B. S. in Nursing from Walla Walla University, and eventually served as a director of nursing. She also worked with her husband at his business, and has travelled internationally to help build new schools and assist with free medical clinics. Because written words inspire her, she began to write, and now has published five books as well as hundreds of stories, devotions, poems, songs, and articles in magazines and anthologies. Her writing has won multiple Cascade Awards and an honorable mention from Writer's Digest. Currently she teaches ordinary people to write inspiring stories, and in her spare time enjoys hiking, biking, birding, and skiing.
Review Quotes:
"Helen Heavirland has given us a gift of grit and wit wrapped in Inspiration in Surviving the Sand. Her memoir reads like a novel with its passion and pace. It's a treasure of history and a family's faith-filled hope that you'll long remember. I know I will."
--Jane Kirkpatrick, New York Times best-selling author of Homestead