Coming Attractions by Robin Jones Gunn

Author:Robin Jones Gunn
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9780310560883
Publisher: Zondervan
Published: 2010-05-31T22:00:00+00:00

17

And what about this?” Katie said, holding up a fork as she sat across from Eli at Christy and Todd’s petite kitchen table. In front of them was a mess of leftover Mexican food wrappers.

“Tenedor.” Todd jumped in with his answer before Eli had a chance.

“Oh, man, I knew that one,” Eli said.

“Too bad, so sad. You snooze, you lose. Todd wins yet again.” Katie leaned back in her chair and felt contentedly full from the grande chimichanga she had split with Christy.

“Todd definitely remembers more Spanish words than you, Eli. What did the two of you do the whole time you were in Spain, besides not learn Spanish?”

“Surfed,” Todd said.

“We did more than that when I was there with you guys.” Christy cleared some of the mess on the table. “You know what those outreach trips were like, Katie. You were in Ireland while the three of us were in Spain, but we all were doing the same sort of outreach to the kids in the neighborhoods and at the open-air gatherings. Eli did a lot with the older boys. He led most of the morning devotions for the team too.”

Katie looked at Eli. She wasn’t surprised by the outreach skills or that he gave devotions. She had heard him speak in chapel, and he had a commanding presence. His words were steady and intense, the way his staring habit had been when Katie first met him.

None of those pieces of information surprised her. But another piece was surprising.

“You surf?”

“I try.”

“He surfs,” Todd answered for him. “And he rocks at soccer.”

Katie could have guessed that Eli was good at soccer from previous conversations, when he had talked about playing football where he grew up in Africa.

“What about you?” Eli asked Katie. “Do you surf?”

“Ah, that would be a no. Although, I shouldn’t say that. Once I did get to a bona fide standing position on a surfboard.”

“You did more than that. I watched you catch a couple of waves that day at Newport Beach when Doug proposed to Tracy,” Christy said.

“I guess I did catch a couple of waves. But not enough to make me dream of riding the big ones at Waimea, like Todd did. Oh, and Doug taught me how to body surf, and I can hold my own on a Boogie board.”

“Which is more than we can say for Christy,” Todd teased, leaning over and reaching his arm around his wife’s neck. He drew her close and kissed her on the side of her head while she assumed an exaggerated pouting expression.

“It’s not as if I haven’t tried. Many times. My coordination skills in sports have always been a bit lacking. Not like you, Katie. You’re the softball star. And remember the houseboat trip we took to Lake Shasta with my aunt and uncle? You were the star water skier as well.”

“Water skiing is fun. Snow skiing, however… Will we ever forget our high school ski trip?”

“Never.” Christy looked like the memory was painful.

Katie laughed. “We both were pretty humorous on that trip.

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