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moment looking up at Grace Community Fellowship. Now, if she were a writer of fiction, rather than a copywriter, she would include the church in a story. Better yet, if she had the ability to paint, the colors this morning would lend themselves well to the canvas.
    The property was located a mile up the mountain from Laurel Ridge. A winding road led to it, but when you least expected, the ground leveled and opened up to reveal a lush valley. The church sat atop a small hill, in the center of that valley, with mountains as a backdrop.
    The church itself was over one hundred years old. It had white shingle siding, tall stained glass windows and the old tin roof had been replaced with a new, dark-green, metal one. If God did indeed choose a place to meet with His people, Megan couldn’t think of a more inviting one than this.
    It was nearly time for the morning service to begin and several other cars pulled up next to Megan. Penny Phillips was getting out of the mini-van. She rushed around to open the back door and unstrap the twins from their seats. The twins had been born to the Phillips after years of trying to conceive, when the couple was in their late thirties.
    While many in the church community held that their conception and birth was a miracle, the Phillips themselves certainly thought so and spoiled the living daylights out of the two. As a result, the five-year-olds could be quite the handful, albeit, an adorable, lovable handful.
    Megan smiled as Penny attempted to straighten Laura’s unruly corkscrew curls while simultaneously trying to get her brother to tuck in his shirt; both were nearly hopeless cases.
    “Good morning, Megan,” the twins called in unison, smiling and showing identical sets of missing front teeth.
    “Good morning to the two of you.” Megan returned their greeting with a wide smile of her own.
    “Morning, Megan,” Penny greeted in one breath, while in the next she instructed, “Stand still, son, and let me help.”
    “Good morning, Penny.”
    Penny nodded, smiling as best she could while holding Laura’s ribbon in her mouth. “Mornin,” she mumbled around the ribbon, while tugging at Lucas’ shirt.
    Megan paused before walking on. “Can I be of any help?”
    Penny began to shake her head no but paused and nodded her head vigorously, pushing Lucas toward Megan. She took the ribbon out of her mouth, breathing, “Thanks, Megan.”
    “Not a problem.”
    Megan tucked Lucas’ shirt into his dress pants while the little boy grinned from ear-to-ear, displaying the gap he now had between his front teeth. Meanwhile, Penny wrestled the ribbon into Laura’s curly locks.
    “I’m running late this morning, for obvious reasons. I didn’t want to make Dan late as well, so I sent him on. I’m sorry to hold you up,” she explained and apologized.
    With her task complete, Megan stood and glanced at her watch. “You’re not. We’ll still make it before service starts.”
    Penny finally had the ribbon in Laura’s hair and stood as well. “I appreciate the help, Megan. You go on; I’ll take these two to their class.”
    “Okay. See you inside.” Megan smiled and walked up the grassy slope to the steps of the church and stepped inside the double doors of the church thinking how impressed she was by the Phillips family. The twins, though adorable, were a high-spirited duo who could be quite ingenious with their mischief. However, the Phillips took it all in stride, with good-natured humor. Megan heard them comment more than once that their children were a long-awaited answer to prayer, a double blessing from God. With resolve, she ignored the familiar twinge of longing for a family of her own.
    When Megan stepped from the foyer into the Sanctuary, she found it was already full. She sighed, realizing she would have to take a seat in the front. Her heels clicked softly on the uncarpeted floor as she made her way down the aisle and several heads turned in her direction, one of which belonged