Although it means that Willie and Missie hardly ever see each other, Willie realizes that they are in desperate need for money, and that the loss of Missie's teaching income will not leave them with enough, so he accepts Sam Doros's original offer as sheriff, leaving the ranch in the hands of his ranch hand Scottie and adopted son, Jeff ( Drew Tyler Bell). Missie returns to teaching, but discovers that being with children is too much for her so soon after her loss. Grief-stricken, the couple bury their daughter, but find that emotional turmoil is shaking their faith.

When Missie's father, Clark Davis ( Dale Midkiff), comes out to visit and help out for a few weeks, the happiness of the family is cut short when the morning after he arrives, Missie going to get Kathy up, finds that she has stopped breathing. In spite of the need for money, Willie turns down mayor, businessman, and land baron Samuel Doros ( John Laughlin) when he offers him a job as sheriff. They also have a teenage boy called Jeff who they took in when he was eleven-years-old, when his older brother Sonny had been shot dead in the previous film, Love's Long Journey, and Jeff didn't have any other family. They have a young son Mattie, and a baby daughter Kathy. It is the fourth movie in the Love Saga, which includes Love Comes Softly (2003), Love's Enduring Promise (2004), Love's Long Journey (2005), Love's Abiding Joy (2006), Love's Unending Legacy (2007), Love's Unfolding Dream (2007), Love Takes Wing (2009), and Love Finds a Home (2009), as well as the 2011 prequels, Love Begins and Love's Everlasting Courage.īetween drought and a cattle plague, Missie LaHaye ( Erin Cottrell) takes up a teaching position to help support her husband Willie ( Logan Bartholomew) and their two children.

and stars Erin Cottrell and Logan Bartholomew. Love's Abiding Joy is a 2006 made-for-television Christian drama film based on a series of books by Janette Oke.

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