Epilogue Summary

For the rest of their lives, Michael and Sarah live in the Valley, along with Miriam and Paul. Both couples are blessed with children, and their valley grows into a small settlement complete with church and school. The House of Magdalena continues to help young prostitutes find better lives, and Susanna Axel works at that ministry until her death. Sarah herself continues to return to the House of Magdalena yearly, talking to prostitutes on the docks about her life and encouraging them to change theirs. She said it reminds her of where she has come from and all that God has done for her. After sixty-eight years of marriage, Michael and Sarah die within a month of each other and are buried next to each other in graves marked with simple crosses. However, an epitaph is soon scratched into Sarah's grave marker: "Though...