Where Do I Go? (2010)
“chapter 25 My ears pricked up as the grandfather clock in the front room bonged five thirty. Sunday Evening Praise at Manna House was at six . . . Mabel had said Pastor Stevens’s church would be there, and he was the one board member I hadn’t met yet. As for the shelter residents, I might as well face the music tonight and get it over with. Aida Menéndez and the rest deserved a personal apology from me, if nothing else. Never could tell who’d be around tomorrow.
Suddenly determined, I pulled on... a sweater, grabbed my purse and the carry-all bag with my Bible, and headed for the front door. “I’m going to church!” I yelled into the living room, loud enough to be heard over the TV but not waiting for an answer. Like I’m really dressed for church, I thought wryly on my way down in the elevator, looking at my jeans and loafers. But I didn’t care. And I knew the “church” at Manna House wouldn’t care either.
Lively gospel music could already be heard clear out on the street by the time I’d waited thirty minutes for an elevated train on its weekend schedule and walked to the shelter.MoreLess
Suddenly determined, I pulled on... a sweater, grabbed my purse and the carry-all bag with my Bible, and headed for the front door. “I’m going to church!” I yelled into the living room, loud enough to be heard over the TV but not waiting for an answer. Like I’m really dressed for church, I thought wryly on my way down in the elevator, looking at my jeans and loafers. But I didn’t care. And I knew the “church” at Manna House wouldn’t care either.
Lively gospel music could already be heard clear out on the street by the time I’d waited thirty minutes for an elevated train on its weekend schedule and walked to the shelter.MoreLess
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