The Teacher (Amish Country Brides) by Jennifer (J.E.B.) Spredemann

Author:Jennifer (J.E.B.) Spredemann
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: christian romance, amish, christian fiction, amish romance, amish fiction, amish book, amish series, amish author, amish nonfiction
Publisher: Jennifer (J.E.B.) Spredemann

TWELVE

“This is my bruder, Jaden.” Josiah introduced him to the community’s leaders and schoolboard members. “Jaden, this is…” Josiah rattled off their names.

Jaden was grateful they’d agreed to a single meeting instead of two separate ones. “Gut to meet you. I’ll try my best to remember your names.” Maybe he should’ve written them down.

The men chuckled at his comment.

“You may have a seat.” The minister gestured to the bench next to the dining table. “Josiah tells us you are single.”

“I am.” Jaden did his best to mask his nervousness.

“Any plans to settle down?”

“Well, seeing as I don’t have a girlfriend or anything, no.” He chuckled. “But I’m not ruling it out entirely. If Der Herr wants me to settle down, I’m sure He’ll let me know.”

The men laughed.

Ach, gut. They seemed to like him. Although, he was nervous as ever. He was thankful his bruder had come along.

“You taught school before?” The bishop asked.

“Yes. Well, briefly. It wasn’t an entire school year, but I substituted for a few months while our teacher was recovering from an accident.”

“And you had a gut experience?”

“I did. I think all the kinner liked me. The teacher had a schedule laid out, so I pretty much just went by that and picked up where she left off.”

The men nodded.

“The children around here enjoy playing basketball and softball at recess. Do you play?”

“Jah. I enjoy basketball and softball too.” He glanced at Josiah, who gave him a thumbs-up that only the two of them were privy to.

“Did you have any challenges or difficulties at the other school?”

“Nothing out of the ordinary, really. One time, we had an Englischer stop by and ask to see the school.”

“And what did you say?”

“I informed them that we were in the middle of class and if they’d like to return after the scholars left, I would be happy to show them the classroom. I also requested that they take no pictures of me or the children.”

They glanced at each other, then at him, nodding satisfactorily.

One of the men slid a small stack of papers toward him. “Those are for you. It is information about the school, how many scholars we expect next school year, your pay schedule, the school calendar, the names, addresses, and phone numbers of the kinner and their families, should you need them, information on ordering books you might need. There’s a catalog in there for the publishers as well.”

“Do you have any questions?”

He tapped the papers. “Not that I can think of at the moment.”

“So, you will start at the school this week, then?”

Jaden frowned. “This week?” Ach, nee. He was going to spend the week with Martha in her classroom. “I was under the impression it was next week. I already made plans for this week because I thought I’d be teaching the following week.”

The men looked at each other.

“Jah, I guess that would be okay. That will give you a week, at least, to help out and get to know the scholars.”

He thought about

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