HappenstanceâŠor Godâs Great Plan?
Sheâs the bold, free-spirited type. Sheâs cute, sheâs fun, and sheâs following God. Sheâs Sierra Jensen, Christy Millerâs good friend, ready for her junior year of high school! All twelve books in the popular Sierra Jensen series come together in four volumes to reveal the ups and downs of Sierraâs incredible God-led journey!
Volume Three: An exciting trip to Europe challenges Sierra to Open Your Heart to loving others without expectations. At the start of her senior year, only Time Will Tell the truth about Sierraâs friendships. And in Now Picture This, she wonders if her relationship with Paul is as picture perfect as she thinks!
Christy Miller knows a good friend when she meets her,
and so will youâSierra Jensen is at it again!
Open Your Heart
What an adventure! Having Christy Miller invite Sierra on an all-expenses-paid trip to Europe was amazingâbut that was just the beginning. Sierra never imagined sheâd meet someone like Alex, a dark-eyed Russian college student whoâs a Christian. Or that theyâd all come face-to-face with disaster. Through it all, one question haunts Sierra: c an she learn to love others without expecting anything in return? Will she finally be able to open her heart to othersâand to God?
Time Will Tell
Sierraâs senior year of high school is here, but after the great summer she just had, how can it be anything but a letdown? Sure enough, the year tanks big-time when the school issues her buddy Randy an ultimatum. Stuck in the middleâSierra wonders, whatâs right? Her friend or the rules? She longs to talk it over with Amy, but Sierraâs best friend still isnât talking to her. Whatâs worse, she hasnât heard a word from Paul! No doubt about it, this school year is totally frustrating! Will Sierra ever understand her friendships or Godâs plans for them?
Now Picture This
Why canât everyone just leave Sierra alone? All she wants to do is find a place to read the letter she just received from Paulâto soak in every word and memorize the photo he sent herâbut Thanksgiving at the Jensen house means relatives everywhere! Sierra hides out, immersed in her ideas for Paulâs birthday and Christmas gifts, especially his requested gift: a photo of her. Sierraâs determinedâthe photo has to be spectacular! But a small voice of doubt nags at her. What does God think of her ignoring her family and friends this way? Is her picture-perfect relationship with Paul really all she thinks it is?
Story Behind the Book
âAfter writing the twelve-book Christy Miller series for teens, a new character showed up on the pages of the final novel. Her name was Sierra Jensen, and she was so compelling as a teenage character that readers began asking for a series about Sierra in order to hear more about her life choices. Our family had just moved to Portland at the time, and I found it easy to picture a sixteen-year-old like Sierra shopping at the local vintage clothing stores, hanging out with friends at a garage band concert, and serving at the homeless shelter on weekends.â
âRobin Jones Gunn