“I’m so sorry to be the bearer of bad news,” Felvin felt a pit in his stomach as the voice on the other end of the phone continued. “Don Roste’s mom has died and your name is the only one listed in her emergency contacts…the boy has nowhere else to go.” Middle-aged Felvin Gorchuv faced a decision that would change his life forever. Don Roste, the ten-year-old recently orphaned boy, stood at the same crossroads.

Will unlikely friendships be the start of a new family? And can a few pieces of forgotten driftwood be transformed into valuable works of art, reminding us all that our faithful Creator has a purpose in life for all things? The answers lie in the uniquely creative and endearing written story for young readers, Driftwood Lanterns