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<blockquote data-quote="Old Drew Id" data-source="post: 961881" data-attributes="member: 12175"><p><strong>Session 1 (5/07/2003) In This Together</strong></p><p></p><p><strong>Session 1 (5/07/2003) In This Together</strong></p><p></p><p>“So, let me get this straight, just to make sure I’m not missing anything,” Brother Cooper was a natural when it came to speaking to crowds. It was just a gift he had been given by the Father, and he used it as the Father guided him.</p><p></p><p>“Last Wednesday, some vandals broke into a church. That might be unrelated, but it might somehow be connected to what happened to us, based on general intuition. Then last night, five men, who got their clothes from a shelter for the homeless, attacked us with knives. Then, as we were being treated in the hospital, the police closed the case without any investigation, and the press never mentioned it either… and then the thugs that survived the attack started vomiting up bugs. Is that the extent of the story as we currently understand it?”</p><p></p><p>The group was silent for a minute. Their story certainly sounded preposterous, when laid out in its entirety. But they were quite certain about each piece, and none doubted the deadliness of what they had seen so far.</p><p></p><p>“Well…there may be a little more to it,” Joe admitted.</p><p></p><p>Brother Cooper raised an eyebrow and coaxed Joe on, “Well, what do you have, Joseph?”</p><p></p><p>Joe unzipped his backpack and removed the coin book he had taken from the library. He flipped it open to the yellowed photograph he had found earlier. </p><p></p><p>The group all gathered around the book (as much as Willie and Brother Cooper could lean in from their beds) and looked at the photograph. The Ward Numismatic Society of 1924 smiled back at them. A dozen faces from eighty years ago, and yet they each saw their own likeness from within that crowd. As the looked on, Joe related all that he had learned about G.B. Ward and the founding of the library and of the Society and of the suburb of Vestavia.</p><p></p><p>“Where did you get this, son?” Brother Cooper demanded, his voice stern but not angry.</p><p></p><p>“The library---”</p><p></p><p>“That’s a library book! You stole a library book, fat boy! You took books from library!”</p><p></p><p>“Hey, now, easy there, Tae-Bo! I borrowed this book from the library. That’s what libraries are for.” Joe shoved the book back into his backpack and zipped it up again.</p><p></p><p>“You didn’t check book out! You stole book!” Taylor’s accent was back again and thicker than ever. She apparently took the library thing pretty seriously. </p><p></p><p>“Please, Ms. Taylor, I’m afraid I have to agree with Joe here for a moment. I agree he should not normally take things that don’t belong to him, but I would say he should hold onto that book until we figure this thing out.”</p><p></p><p>The others nodded assent, and Joe smiled. </p><p></p><p>“Joe?” Willie spoke up. “Why, specifically, did you go to the library looking for coin-collecting books last night?”</p><p></p><p>Joe paused and looked nervously around the room. He took a deep breath and began, “I had a weird dream last night.”</p><p></p><p>Joe then filled everyone in on his dream about the coins and the comic book. When he was done, everyone looked shocked and somehow more deeply afraid. One by one, they each related their own recent dreams. Willie and the coins on his grandfather’s dead eyes. Crystal and the evil cowboy with the silver dollar badge. And Taylor, with her dream of reading a book in the library, but the book was about coins, and the coins flew out of the book and attacked her. Brother Cooper finished by telling his dream of the coin with the Bible quote in his collection plate. As the group listened to the end of his tale, he picked out the page from his Bible, and quoted it back to them:</p><p></p><p><span style="color: red"></span></p><p><span style="color: red">Genesis 42:28</span></p><p><span style="color: red">"My silver has been returned," he said to his brothers. "Here it is in my sack." Their hearts sank and they turned to each other trembling and said, "What is this that God has done to us?"</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Old Drew Id, post: 961881, member: 12175"] [b]Session 1 (5/07/2003) In This Together[/b] [B]Session 1 (5/07/2003) In This Together[/B] “So, let me get this straight, just to make sure I’m not missing anything,” Brother Cooper was a natural when it came to speaking to crowds. It was just a gift he had been given by the Father, and he used it as the Father guided him. “Last Wednesday, some vandals broke into a church. That might be unrelated, but it might somehow be connected to what happened to us, based on general intuition. Then last night, five men, who got their clothes from a shelter for the homeless, attacked us with knives. Then, as we were being treated in the hospital, the police closed the case without any investigation, and the press never mentioned it either… and then the thugs that survived the attack started vomiting up bugs. Is that the extent of the story as we currently understand it?” The group was silent for a minute. Their story certainly sounded preposterous, when laid out in its entirety. But they were quite certain about each piece, and none doubted the deadliness of what they had seen so far. “Well…there may be a little more to it,” Joe admitted. Brother Cooper raised an eyebrow and coaxed Joe on, “Well, what do you have, Joseph?” Joe unzipped his backpack and removed the coin book he had taken from the library. He flipped it open to the yellowed photograph he had found earlier. The group all gathered around the book (as much as Willie and Brother Cooper could lean in from their beds) and looked at the photograph. The Ward Numismatic Society of 1924 smiled back at them. A dozen faces from eighty years ago, and yet they each saw their own likeness from within that crowd. As the looked on, Joe related all that he had learned about G.B. Ward and the founding of the library and of the Society and of the suburb of Vestavia. “Where did you get this, son?” Brother Cooper demanded, his voice stern but not angry. “The library---” “That’s a library book! You stole a library book, fat boy! You took books from library!” “Hey, now, easy there, Tae-Bo! I borrowed this book from the library. That’s what libraries are for.” Joe shoved the book back into his backpack and zipped it up again. “You didn’t check book out! You stole book!” Taylor’s accent was back again and thicker than ever. She apparently took the library thing pretty seriously. “Please, Ms. Taylor, I’m afraid I have to agree with Joe here for a moment. I agree he should not normally take things that don’t belong to him, but I would say he should hold onto that book until we figure this thing out.” The others nodded assent, and Joe smiled. “Joe?” Willie spoke up. “Why, specifically, did you go to the library looking for coin-collecting books last night?” Joe paused and looked nervously around the room. He took a deep breath and began, “I had a weird dream last night.” Joe then filled everyone in on his dream about the coins and the comic book. When he was done, everyone looked shocked and somehow more deeply afraid. One by one, they each related their own recent dreams. Willie and the coins on his grandfather’s dead eyes. Crystal and the evil cowboy with the silver dollar badge. And Taylor, with her dream of reading a book in the library, but the book was about coins, and the coins flew out of the book and attacked her. Brother Cooper finished by telling his dream of the coin with the Bible quote in his collection plate. As the group listened to the end of his tale, he picked out the page from his Bible, and quoted it back to them: [COLOR=red] Genesis 42:28 "My silver has been returned," he said to his brothers. "Here it is in my sack." Their hearts sank and they turned to each other trembling and said, "What is this that God has done to us?"[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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