Makin' Miracles by Lin Stepp

Author:Lin Stepp [Stepp, Lin]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Kensington
Published: 2014-11-10T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 13

Zola finished sprinkling the last of the coconut on her layer cake and checked the sausage-cheese balls in the oven. She was bringing dessert and appetizers to the potluck dinner at Spencer’s tonight.

She looked at the list stuck on the refrigerator with a magnet. Spencer had ordered a baked ham and was providing the drinks. Rachel Lee and David were bringing fresh green beans and a potato salad, Stacy chocolate brownies for a second dessert item, and Clark nacho dip and tortilla chips. Aston was cooking a baked beans dish and Carole bringing spiced, cooked apples. They certainly wouldn’t have any lack of food.

She heard a tap on the door and wiped her hands on a cloth before heading to answer it.

To her surprise, it was Perry Ammons from the church.

“Hi, Zola,” he said. “I was visiting Maude Gardner down the road and got an impulse to stop by. I hope it’s okay.”

“It’s fine, Perry.” Zola opened the door to let him in. “Come on back to the kitchen. I’m getting ready to take something out of the oven. I can fix you a glass of iced tea and we can visit while I keep an eye on what I’m cooking.”

“Mmmm, smells good.” He sniffed the air appreciatively as he followed her back to the kitchen.

“It’s the sausage-cheese balls that smell so good. I’ll give you a few when they come out of the oven.” She gestured to a chair at the kitchen table. Then she took two glasses out of the cabinet to fill with cold tea already prepared in the refrigerator.

Perry took a long sip of his iced tea after Zola sat it down beside him. “I hear I may have you to thank that I was asked to take the interim position as pastor at Highland.”

Zola sat down at the table across from him. “Not really. I only planted a little seed idea with Reverend Madison one day. I’m sure he’d have asked you regardless of that. You’re a good minister, Perry.”

“That’s Reverend Ammons to you now, Zola.” He grinned at her boyishly.

She laughed. Zola had known Perry since they were kids. They’d gone to the same high school together.

Perry toyed with a set of palm tree salt and pepper shakers on the kitchen table. “Actually, Vernon Madison told me he probably wouldn’t have thought to ask me to fill in when he moved if you hadn’t suggested it. He said he assumed I’d be too busy with the Creekside Wedding Chapel to carry a pastoral load.”

“And are you?” Zola asked candidly.

He smiled. “I might have been, except a retired minister, Henry Wheaton, moved in near Tracie and I a few months ago. Henry was already filling in for us at Creekside when we needed someone to do ceremonies. He’s handling most everything now that I’m at the church full-time. It’s working out great.”

Zola remembered something Spencer asked her earlier. “What denomination are you ordained through, Perry? I don’t think you ever said.”

“When I got converted

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