Priscilla Herschberger and Elam Gingerich, a childhood friend from her Amish community, have been courting for a while, but a marriage proposal still seems to be in the distant future. David Morgan, an outsider raised in the modern world, often visits his grandparents in the area. He and Priscilla become fast friends, and David starts to research more about the Amish faith. Elam would do almost anything to convince Priscilla that David would never fit into the Amish way. Then on the eve of Elam's planned proposal, a tragedy occurs that could make a way for Elam to have Priscilla all to himself.