It was finally Wednesday. After school, Arnold ate supper early. Today was his first Bible study and Wayne's as well. It was also the same day that they were going to talk about Sunday's message. He'd heard this was something new that the Church had never thought of before. Arnold always liked being up – to – date on certain topics, this one included. He saw Laura there. She looked like she was waiting for him.

"Hello, Laura," he greeted her.

"Hello, Arnold. How are you?"

"Fine, thank you. So have you thought of becoming a member of this Church or is it still too early to figure it out?" Arnold asked.

"A bit too early to think about it. What about you?"

"Same."

"I'm sure we don't need to stay the entire time Bible study is on tonight, would you think?" Laura asked.

"I have no idea how to answer that, Laura. I'm new to this too, you know," Arnold reminded her.

"I forgot about that, but thank you for reminding me."

"No problem. How was your day today?"

"It went well. What about yours?"

"It went okay. I had school today," Arnold told her.

"How was your school day?"

"Fine. My friends are starting to tease me since I'm starting to be a Christian."

"That's how people think, I guess."

"Could be right. I was thinking of inviting my friends when the baptism service is here. Maybe you could meet Rhonda I've mentioned," Arnold told her.

"That would be wonderful, Arnold. I'd like to meet her."

"Did you try calling her?"

"Yes, but it didn't seem to work out," Laura answered.

"That happens."

After they had their conversation, Pastor Wayne looked in their direction. He walked over.

"Thank you for coming tonight, Laura and Arnold. Have you thought about becoming a member of this church yet?" Pastor Wayne asked.

"We're still thinking about it, Pastor Wayne," Arnold answered for both of them.

"I hope you can. We can come up with more ideas to add to the church activities."

"Such as?" Laura asked.

"I'm not so sure what they could be, but we'll work on this one step at a time. Bible Study is about to start," Pastor Wayne told them.

That's when Laura and Arnold took their seats.

Before doing so, Arnold asked, "I have a question, Pastor Wayne. Do we have to stay for the entire hour?"

"If you're not a member, I'm sure you could leave at anytime."

"Thanks, Pastor Wayne. I have homework to catch up on."

"Then you can stay for a while. What are you studying?" he asked Arnold.

"I'm not in college yet. I'm a sophomore," Arnold answered.

"Oh. My bad," Pastor Wayne said.

Arnold decided to stay for fifteen minutes and then he'd return back to the boarding house and hit the books. When fifteen minutes arrived, Arnold whispered to Laura, "Tell Pastor Wayne good – bye for me. I have homework to do."

"I'll pass this on," she whispered back.

"Thanks. See you Sunday."

"You too, Arnold."

Then she watched him leave the Church.