In New Hope, Nebraska, in late May, Emma Sanders, a widowed grandmother, who is disconnected with her family, finds a small boy, about five years old, sitting alone at the park. In the small town of New Hope, everyone knows each other, no one knows who this child was. Emma takes the young boy into her care, and discovers that he is mute. Due to Emma’s old age, she allows another family in the church, Brian and Amy, custody of the child. This family names the mute child, Davey. Before he arrives and toward the beginning of his arrival, the people of New Hope have different obstacles in their lives, such as a sudden change in the pastor of the church, Pastor Evans. Pastor Evans became harsh and rude, as he preached, and he was extremely mean
