I told her since it was my fault I would pay for the room. she agreed and I stopped at the first motel and tried to get a room. Being u******e present...d a problem. I tried 3 more hotels and finally one of the clerks said here is an address that will allow you to get a room. I drove there and it wasn't the best motel but it was a motel. Ray and I walked into the room and we had no bags, so I suggested we take a shower and then go to bed. it was large double bed, but it was clean. Ray went into. I didn’t need to use a hymnal; the songs were all ones that I had memorized as a child. The arrangements were all four-part harmony, and I knew the tenor and bass lines. I had been singing with Paula and the girls, so my voice was in fine fettle. I threw back my head and opened up my throat, enjoying myself.Perhaps I enjoyed myself too much. By the third song, I noticed that I was getting sidelong glances from the around the sanctuary. I throttled myself back and concentrated on blending in.. Yeah ... me and Bill and Deena. Turned the test day into an overnighter, so they already knew.Had to take a call from the taskmaster. That’d be Cindy.“How’d you do?”“What do you think?”She chuckled. “No call or tearful text message.”“Passed.”“Knew you would.”We talked about Camila, since she asked.Camila’s fitting in, her English getting better every day, a little bundle of energy now, self-assured, a member of her family first and our community second.She’s mated. Brindy’s word.Conversation. However it was a pretty big barn.While I was there Mary and Sarah came in. I was surprised to see them alone and without a brother to supervise them. They explained to me that everyone was busy preparing the rest of the siding for the barn and that they had been sent over to pick up any pieces of wood, big chips, and tools that they might have left behind in the dark. As I had been looking around I had actually done their work for them. They smiled and said that they could probably stay for an.