Whispers by Robin Jones Gunn

Author:Robin Jones Gunn [Gunn, Robin Jones]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-307-82464-6
Publisher: The Crown Publishing Group
Published: 2012-11-14T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nineteen

As Teri meandered down the Halemauu Trail, the thought crossed her mind that she had no idea where she was going. She had only half listened when the men mentioned the cabin’s name they were planning to stay at tonight.

How hard can this be? I’ll stay on the trail until I come to a cabin. They will be there already, kicking back, and they will tease me for being such a slowpoke. I don’t care; I plan to enjoy this trip.

She thought of how Gordon had stopped to appreciate the eucalyptus fragrance. That’s the way she wanted to experience this adventure, fragrance by fragrance, sight by sight, and sound by sound. The strange thing about the crater was that the deeper in she went, the quieter it became.

How could those guys have gotten ahead of me so fast? I didn’t take a wrong turn, did I? I couldn’t have. There haven’t been any places to turn off. This has to be the right way.

Teri stopped for a drink of water at a curve in the trail. As she stood there, with her foot resting on a pitted volcanic rock, the clouds that had been floating in and out of the center of the crater began to part. The most brilliantly colored rainbow she had ever seen arched before her.

“Oh, Father, it’s beautiful!” she whispered. Spontaneously, Teri put down her water bottle and started to applaud while she laughed aloud. Then she watched as the wind drew the cloud curtain over the valley once more, and the rainbow slipped back into the invisible realm. “That was incredible!”

Hitting the dirt road again, Teri whistled to herself her grandmother’s favorite hymn, “How Great Thou Art.” When she reached the chorus, she sang aloud. Tears formed in her eyes. She couldn’t remember the last time she had felt this in love with God. It filled her like nothing else. As the satisfaction seeped into her soul, she wished she had someone to share the moment with.

Then she realized she needed to know that someday Scott could enjoy such a spiritual moment with her. Either Scott had to start showing clear evidence that he was committed to Christ, or she would end their relationship, fireworks or no fireworks.

As the last switchback led to more level, grassy ground, Teri saw a cabin and quickened her step. She could see the guys sitting on the grass, eating and shouting out their “turtle” comments to her as she huffed and puffed their way.

“Tease me all you want,” Teri said, unstrapping her pack and lowering it to the ground with a thump, “but I saw a rainbow, and I bet you didn’t!”

They all glanced at each other as if to say they had seen so many rainbows in their lifetimes why would one more make a difference?

“This wasn’t just any rainbow. It was the rainbow of the day, of the week, maybe of the whole year!” She dramatically tossed her hands into the air. “And you speedy burritos missed it.

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