Fearless Hope: a Novel
“They were having church at Hans and Missy’s house, and even though the couple had a house large enough to fit in all the benches from the church wagon, it was still a tight squeeze for thirty-eight families. They were crowded together, women on one side, men on the other, facing one another as usual, so it was no trick for Abimelech to stare at her.
She sat with face averted when the preacher stood in the middle of the group. When he moved to one side or another, it was possible for her to look... up and allow her black bonnet to block her gaze just enough to avoid Abimelech’s eyes.
As she wrestled with her discomfort at being stared at, she felt rivulets of sweat roll down her back. She didn’t know if it was nerves or the moist heat being thrown off by so many bodies.
Like many Amish houses in Holmes County, Hans and Missy’s had a wraparound porch that provided acres of tin roof for the rain to ping against. Adam squirmed beside her and she patted his leg as the rain increased to a roar against that roof.MoreLess
She sat with face averted when the preacher stood in the middle of the group. When he moved to one side or another, it was possible for her to look... up and allow her black bonnet to block her gaze just enough to avoid Abimelech’s eyes.
As she wrestled with her discomfort at being stared at, she felt rivulets of sweat roll down her back. She didn’t know if it was nerves or the moist heat being thrown off by so many bodies.
Like many Amish houses in Holmes County, Hans and Missy’s had a wraparound porch that provided acres of tin roof for the rain to ping against. Adam squirmed beside her and she patted his leg as the rain increased to a roar against that roof.MoreLess
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