Angel of Hope by McDaniel Lurlene

Author:McDaniel, Lurlene [McDaniel, Lurlene]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: General Fiction, Fiction
ISBN: 9780307433107
Publisher: Laurel Leaf
Published: 2000-01-01T07:00:00+00:00

12

“Are you sure your mother approves of this trip, Amber?” Jodene stood at the foot of Amber’s bed while Amber stuffed clothing into a duffel bag.

“I talked to her when we were in Kampala getting our visas. She was perfectly all right about my visiting Rwanda for a few days.” Amber had played down the excursion to her mother, saying that it was a wedding party with a group going to a nearby African village. Was it Amber’s fault that her mother automatically assumed Jodene was also going? “Ruth needs company on the trip,” Amber told Jodene. “She shouldn’t go alone with Patrick and Boyce. Besides, I’d love to take pictures of the wedding for Heather.”

“Any word on your sister?”

“Not yet.”

“I worried about Heather when she took off to Sudan to rescue Alice,” Jodene said with a sigh. “Now I guess I’ll have to worry about you, too.”

“But things are different for me. There was shooting going on in Sudan.”

“Don’t ever assume Africa will remain peaceful. You never know when trouble will boil over—”

“No gloom and doom, please,” Amber insisted with a radiant smile. “We’re going to a wedding. Ruth’s wearing a traditional Ugandan dress, but she’s asking me for details about weddings in the States. Don’t you see, Jodene? At last I have something to share with people. I mean, if Amber Barlow doesn’t know fashion and trends, who does?”

Jodene laughed. “You are irrepressible. Very different from your sister.”

“Is that a bad thing?”

Jodene considered Amber thoughtfully. “No. Heather was very dedicated, but also very idealistic. Maybe too idealistic for this kind of life. You’re more practical, which will serve you better in the long run, I think.”

Amber felt flattered. She hadn’t wanted to be compared to Heather and found wanting. “Well, life around here is different, all right, and personally, I don’t know how you do it. My father always told me that I’d better marry a rich man because I have such expensive tastes.”

“First you have to fall in love with a rich man, don’t you?”

“A small detail.” No matter how much she loved a guy, Amber realized she couldn’t make the kind of sacrifice it took to live in a foreign country without the comforts and modern conveniences she’d enjoyed all her life.

“Well, there are few rich men in the mission field,” Jodene added. “At least, they’re not rich in the conventional sense.”

“No problem,” Amber said, wondering if Jodene’s comment was her way of warning her not to fall for Boyce. “I’m sticking to my game plan. A long and happy life in close vicinity to a mall.”

Jodene cocked her head. “We’ll see,” she said breezily. “Sometimes God has a way of changing our plans whether we’re willing or not.”

The next morning Boyce and Patrick packed the Jeep. Amber sat up front with Boyce while Patrick and Ruth wedged into the back with baggage and sleeping bags, content to snuggle for the two-day ride to the Rwandan village of Ruth’s uncle. They spent the first night in

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