Chapter 8
CHARLIE
"Stay here. I’ll come back for you when it is time to come in ok?" Karen says then smiles and walks away.
This place is kind of weird. I don’t know exactly what I got myself into but hopefully everything will turn out right. Karen had to get here an hour early because she is the singer for the praise team. So I sat outside of the sanctuary on a couch waiting because Karen didn’t want me to hear her before everyone got there. Slowly people came trickling in. There were about 25 people here when this random guy opened the doors for everyone to go in. Everyone started walking in through the door. I'm going to stay here and wait for Karen. The next thing I know this guy is walking towards me.
"Hey are you Charlie?" he says
"Uh yeah why?" Why does this guy know my name?
"Karen sent me out here to get you. She said for you to grab a seat in the sanctuary". I thank the guy and then head down into the sanctuary. I grab a seat in the last row. The room is kind of small and it’s filling up really quickly. After a few minutes of everyone one standing and talking to each other a guy went to the front on the platform and started to pray. I don’t know. What should I do? Should I pray with them? Slowly I put my head down and put my hands together. This brings back a lot of memories. Dad always made us pray before dinner. It was awkward then too because mom didn’t pray with us; just dad and Lucy and I. Amen fills my ears.
"Amen" I whisper. Then the people on the platform start singing. I don’t really focus on what they are saying but it obviously means a lot to the people here. They are holding up their arms and their eyes are closed. I don’t sing along. I just focus on Karen. I am here for her anyway not for all of this. Even though this might be what I am looking for. What if it is? What should I do? Focus on Karen, focus on Karen. I am about to fall asleep when I hear Karen’s voice, jolting me awake. This is it.
"Hey friends! Is God wonderful or what. I want to dedicate this next song to my friend here tonight. Alright well here it goes" Karen says. She smiles at me and I wave back at her. Then she closes her eyes and grips the microphone in front of her. I don’t really pay attention to what exactly she is saying. But she does sound good.
CHARLIE
"Stay here. I’ll come back for you when it is time to come in ok?" Karen says then smiles and walks away.
This place is kind of weird. I don’t know exactly what I got myself into but hopefully everything will turn out right. Karen had to get here an hour early because she is the singer for the praise team. So I sat outside of the sanctuary on a couch waiting because Karen didn’t want me to hear her before everyone got there. Slowly people came trickling in. There were about 25 people here when this random guy opened the doors for everyone to go in. Everyone started walking in through the door. I'm going to stay here and wait for Karen. The next thing I know this guy is walking towards me.
"Hey are you Charlie?" he says
"Uh yeah why?" Why does this guy know my name?
"Karen sent me out here to get you. She said for you to grab a seat in the sanctuary". I thank the guy and then head down into the sanctuary. I grab a seat in the last row. The room is kind of small and it’s filling up really quickly. After a few minutes of everyone one standing and talking to each other a guy went to the front on the platform and started to pray. I don’t know. What should I do? Should I pray with them? Slowly I put my head down and put my hands together. This brings back a lot of memories. Dad always made us pray before dinner. It was awkward then too because mom didn’t pray with us; just dad and Lucy and I. Amen fills my ears.
"Amen" I whisper. Then the people on the platform start singing. I don’t really focus on what they are saying but it obviously means a lot to the people here. They are holding up their arms and their eyes are closed. I don’t sing along. I just focus on Karen. I am here for her anyway not for all of this. Even though this might be what I am looking for. What if it is? What should I do? Focus on Karen, focus on Karen. I am about to fall asleep when I hear Karen’s voice, jolting me awake. This is it.
"Hey friends! Is God wonderful or what. I want to dedicate this next song to my friend here tonight. Alright well here it goes" Karen says. She smiles at me and I wave back at her. Then she closes her eyes and grips the microphone in front of her. I don’t really pay attention to what exactly she is saying. But she does sound good.
