A Mom's New Start (Love Inspired) by Daley Margaret

Author:Daley, Margaret [Daley, Margaret]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Harlequin Enterprises
Published: 2012-09-01T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

Two Saturdays later, Cody finished hammering in the last piece of vinyl siding and took a swig from his water bottle, then mopped his forehead and neck with a towel. “Now that I’m through, I’m finally getting the hang of hitting the nail instead of my thumb.”

Zane stepped back from the addition they’d built to hold classrooms at a church in a neighboring town. “I’m glad you could fill in for Gideon at the last minute. I didn’t want to postpone this mini-mission trip to Victory Christian Church. The kids needed it.”

“I needed this.” Cody joined Zane and surveyed the work the youth group had accomplished in the past four hours. After nine months the addition now stood where the old set of classrooms had been destroyed by Hurricane Naomi. The congregation had barely repaired their place of worship and had no funds for the rest of the construction. “I’ve been involved in a lot of disasters, but I’m usually wrapped up in helping the people pull themselves together—not the physical structures.”

“They can often go hand in hand.”

Cody scanned the smiling and laughing congregation assisting the Hope Community Church’s teenagers. “I agree.” In his head he’d known that, but seeing it in practice reinforced its impact.

“I didn’t know if Brady would participate much, but he seems to be getting into it. I’ve heard about your couple fishing trips with him.”

“From him?” Cody asked.

“No, from Kim who learned about them from Maggie.”

“Speaking of Maggie and Kim, when are they bringing lunch for all of us?”

“At any moment.”

“Good. I haven’t done this much physical work in a long time. I need fuel.”

The sound of tires crunching the gravel road that led to the church in the midst of a pine forest sliced the air.

Cody spied his sister in the car with Kim and Maggie. “Hannah didn’t mention she was coming out here.”

“Yeah, she asked me about it when I visited the hotel project in Biloxi. I told her she was welcome to come. That I was sure there would be some wiring to be done.”

When Hannah had first come to Hope, she’d told Cody everything that was going on in her life. Now he rarely saw her. She’d become involved in the shawl ministry at the church while learning to knit from Maggie. She’d gone out with some of her coworkers. About the only time he got to see her was when they happened to be working on the same project, especially now that she had bought a used car and didn’t even need him to drive her to work.

“Maybe I should check with you to see what my sister is up to.”

Zane cocked his head and stared at him. “That almost sounds like jealousy.”

“She’s not living with me, then all of a sudden she is. Now I never see her, and I’m beginning to wonder if she’s sharing the apartment or not.”

“She fits in great with the crew and their wives. I think the women have taken her under their wing since she’s expecting.

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