The Pastor's Wife by Jennifer Allee

The Pastor's Wife by Jennifer Allee

Author:Jennifer Allee [Allee, Jennifer]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Christian, Romance, Contemporary
ISBN: 9781426713873
Google: MzBtK8Mbq0AC
Amazon: 1426702256
Publisher: Abingdon Press
Published: 2010-02-02T00:00:00+00:00


11

Are you sure these figures are right?”

Looking at the charts and papers littering Rachel's kitchen table, Maura held her excitement in check. So much had been going right lately, she hesitated to believe that the streak would continue and they would finish the renovation on schedule.

“Absolutely.” Rachel looked over her shoulder from where she stood at the counter by the stove. “Do you want me to go over it with you again?”

Through the small window over the sink Maura could see the first snow of the season wafting down, making the bare tree limbs glisten and sparkle. Even the weather was beautiful. Maybe she just needed to relax. She turned back to Rachel. “It's not that I don’t understand it. I’m just surprised there's no crisis to deal with.”

Rachel came to the table with mugs of hot chocolate for each of them and sat down.

“Isn’t it great? Other than that minor hiccup with the seats, it's been smooth sailing. Everybody we hired finished their portion of the job on time. I think that's a minor miracle right there.”

Maura nodded, wrapping her hands around the warm mug. “This is the first time I’ve done any remodeling myself, but on those TV shows the crew always goes over schedule and over budget. Which reminds me, how is our budget?”

Rachel shuffled through the papers until she found the right spreadsheet. “Good.” She pushed the sheet across the table to Maura. “We did go over just a smidge in a few places. But my financial genius husband planned ahead for that and built in some wiggle room. Overall, we’re doing great.”

“Now we just have to keep it that way.” She looked at Rachel over the rim of her mug. “We’ve got to start bringing in revenue.”

Rachel nodded. “I’ve been thinking about that. Since we’ll be ready for business after the first of December, why don’t we have some screenings of old movies with Christmas themes?”

Maura sat up straighter in her chair. “Ooh, I like it. We could show White Christmas and It's a Wonderful Life.” Just saying the titles made her feel nostalgic.

They spent the next half hour talking about contacting film distributors, advertising, and spreading the word about the theatre/meeting center beyond the boundaries of Granger.

“And don’t forget,” Rachel said, “we’ve got to put together that Christmas pageant with Faith.”

How could she possibly forget? “Got it covered. Lainie and I already started working on it. We’ve got the youth doing a couple of skits, and the Sunday school kids singing some carols. I still need to flesh it out a bit, though. You wouldn’t happen to know any people with amazing hidden talents, would you?”

“I’ll give it some thought. But what about Nick?”

“What about him?”

“Just that you haven’t mentioned him. Since this is a joint project with the church, I assumed he’d be involved. Do you have a part for him?”

That was a loaded question. Ever since he came to her rescue with the men's breakfast group, she’d found herself thinking of Nick and what part they would play in each other's lives.



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