Bogota Blessings by E. A. West

Author:E. A. West [West, E.A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: christian Fiction
ISBN: 9781611163063
Publisher: Pelican Ventures Book Group
Published: 2014-10-15T04:00:00+00:00

6

Mateo sat on the steps leading to the second floor of the partially renovated house, his thoughts in the main room with Kayla. Seeing her for most of every day was killing him. He grew closer to her all the time through their mutual concern for the street children and through their determination to help the mission. She’d quit worrying so much about him, and she didn’t seem to care that he walked with the aid of a prosthetic leg. In fact, ever since he told her about it and about his past, she’d seemed warmer toward him, as though she was interested in one of the romantic flings neither of them ever participated in.

Yet he couldn’t deny the strong urge to include this woman in his life. If only he could figure out what to do about the fact that she would be going back to the United States in a week. Living on two different continents didn’t bode well for any kind of romantic relationship, but Mateo didn’t want to let her go. Not when his heart told him to pursue her.

Carlos came downstairs and sat beside him. “You want to tell me about it?”

“About what?” Mateo asked.

“Whatever it is that’s bothering you.” Carlos laid a hand on Mateo’s shoulder. “You know I will help you however I can.”

“I know.” Mateo combed his fingers through his hair and sighed. “I feel like I’m being pulled in two different directions, and I don’t know what to do.”

“Have you prayed about it?”

Mateo remembered the number of times he’d gone to God for guidance. “Repeatedly.”

“And what do you feel God is leading you to do?”

“That’s just it. I feel like He wants me to go in both directions, but I don’t see how it is possible.”

Carlos remained silent for a moment, and then spoke in a thoughtful tone. “Perhaps if I knew what directions you feel compelled to go in, I could help you figure out where God wants you to be.”

“I suppose I can tell you. You probably already know anyway.” Mateo glanced toward the archway leading into the main room. “But let’s take a walk. I don’t want to risk anyone overhearing.”

“That bad, huh?” Carlos said as they stood.

“No, not really.” Mateo rose and led the way down the stairs. He waited by the front door while Carlos told one of the mission’s regular volunteers they were going out, praying for the strength to admit his dilemma to the man who had become his father.

Ever since a misguided attempt at a relationship that had almost ended in disaster when he was twenty, Mateo had avoided becoming romantically involved with any woman. Carlos had agreed that he would be better off waiting for the woman God intended to come along rather than dating multiple women in an attempt to find her on his own. After seven years of waiting, Mateo had begun to wonder if God intended for him to remain single forever. Then Kayla arrived and turned everything he thought he knew about God’s plan for his life upside down.

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