The Great River AdventureTom Austin, Paul Ford and Vera Smith are looking for an adventure. A story told by Gramps inspires them to build a raft and float it down the river; in search of buried treasure. Finding stolen money and being held captive by bank robbers was the last thing they were looking for. When they’re forced at gunpoint to take the bank robbers downriver, things get real exciting. Knowing there’s a water fall not to far beyond Waterville, Tom tries to convince the two bank robbers their idea is a bad one. The bank robbers think he’s trying to pull a trick on them and force him to continue downriver right towards the falls and certain death.Join the Mill Creek kids in The Great River Adventure and find out how they learn to trust God with their lives.Tom resides in upstate New York with his wife Vera. They have worked together in children’s ministries for the last twenty-four years. Tom has written several Mill Creek Kids short stories for the children he and Vera teach in their children’s church class. The children have enjoyed the short stories so much that Tom decided to write a collection of full-length Mill Creek kids stories.