The next day, Charlie was doing music lessons for 2-4 year olds. Usually it was just Eleanor, but ever since people started coming over to learn from David and bringing their children, she had a class size of at least ten kids. Four of those, not including Eleanor, were regulars. And one of them was an alien child. Charlie loved it as much as she loved when it was just her and Eleanor.

Sara was watching from the doorway of the music room. She was in awe of Charlie. This woman who had just lost her daughter, but somehow was still so full of life and genuinely happy. A part of her couldn't understand it.

Nora walked up standing beside Sara. She always came during Eleanor's music hour. She loved watching her daughter dance, sing and make music.

"Pretty amazing. Huh?" Nora said

It didn't sound like much now because Eleanor is only three, but she was improving all the time. She was growing up so fast and Nora didn't want to miss any of it.

Sara glanced over to her left, "Oh...yeah. I'm...you know...how is Charlie so happy? I mean, her daughter's dead and she's sing praises to God."

"Well, we believe that He's good. Because He is good, and we know that Halle is in His hands. She's with Him right now, and we're waiting for Him to come back. For the second coming of Christ. We know that we'll see her again. That we'll all be together again." Nora explained

She was so glad that she and Ray had made the decision to stay at Mount Carmel seven years ago, otherwise she could have missed all this. She could have missed the family bonds she had made with these people, the friendship her son has forged with Zion. She could have missed it all, and above all, she wouldn't know the truth.

Sara hummed, "Oh..yeah...that makes sense. It's still pretty amazing though."

"God's amazing." Nora corrected, "Philippians four verse thirteen. I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me."

The day progressed just like any other normal Monday. It was still hard on David's wives not being able to see him much all day as he has been giving pretty much nonstop sermons all day, every day for the last few weeks ever since Hallelujah died.

It was especially hard on Lorraine, who had been separated from her legal husband Stan when the legends had rescued them and brought them to Earth-38. Stan Sylvia hadn't been at Mount Carmel during the siege. He had been at the La Verne Home in California, and was supposed to return in the fall. She knew that she would be seeing Stan again, but losing one husband was hard enough. Feeling like you're losing another one, the one that God had actually designed for you, and was written about in prophesy, was the hardest thing of all.

Lorraine was in the backyard with her daughters Rachel and an almost fifteen year old Hollywood Sylvia.

Rachel was Stan's daughter, while Hollywood was fathered by David.

And the siege didn't just cause Lorraine to be separated from her legal husband, but from her son Joshua as well. He was one of the children who was released early on during the siege. Joshua was seven. He was also fathered by Stan. Hollywood was the only child that Lorraine had by David.

Rachel didn't feel the same way as her mother did about her father and brother. It was hard for her only really seeing David on Saturdays, but she was strong in her faith in God. She knew that the time was coming soon. That she would be seeing her father and brother again soon, and David's mission would be coming to an end soon. They would all be reunited together in the new Heaven and new Earth.

Hollywood was just sitting quietly beside her sister with her headphones on as she read her Bible and enjoyed the fresh air.

Meanwhile with 32 year old Jennifer Andrade, who was sitting in the gym with Sage Summers. He may only be 9 years old, but he's like a little wise old man. He can carry on conversations with grown adults very well. Sometimes Jennifer didn't even understand what Sage was talking about. But Sage wasn't like his dad or even his sister Hallelujah. It's wasn't divine understanding that he has. It's more just like general wisdom that a child his age doesn't usually have. And ever since Hallelujah's death, he has gained even more knowledge about life and his understanding about how short it is. But that's not what he was talking about with Jennifer right now.

"Did you know that my knowledge doesn't come from God?"

Jennifer did a double take as she whipped her head to the side to look at Sage, "What? What do you mean?"

"Well, it does, but he doesn't just give it to me. It's not like planting a seed in the grow. You gotta water it."

Jennifer still looked confused, "Huh?"

"It's like this. I don't just get the knowledge like a present. I get it because I'm looking for it. Because I'm asking for it. Because I'm wanting and yearning for it." Sage explained

"Oh...Okay." She replied in her moment of clarity, but still trying to figure out what brought that out. She couldn't believe that he was only nine years old. She wanted to ask if he was sure that he was nine, but she knew that he was nine. He had just turned nine in April on the thirteenth.

Sage often says the most profound things, so it wasn't often that anyone was shocked by what came out of his mouth, but as he was talking, he uttered something that made Jennifer question everything about life and the age of this little boy sitting beside her. The one who she was watched grow up since the day he was born.

While everything was booming and everyone on Earth was starting to learn the Seven Seals - it was what the prophecy described as 'a rise of education' - on the planet of Athos, the Beebos were growing in number and evolving somehow in speech and knowledge. Their vocabulary was expanding day by day.

"Mayanah." One of the elder Beebos uttered

"Must find our creator." Another Beebo added


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