Sunrise

This is another one of those grab bag stories - three random photos and two random names.


It was a long walk from the center of  town, but William and Stacey enjoyed the cool air of the pre-dawn shadows. The road wound between hills, bringing new views every fifty feet or so. The trees here were so many colors as fall finally descended. Some trees remained green, while others burst into every shade between bright yellow, rust red, and pale brown.

"How long do you think it will take?" asked Stacey, breaking their thoughtful silence.

Shrugging, William answered, "With us doing the work, we'll have that old barn fixed up in no time."

Stacey laughed. "Well if I take into account your general bravado, that'll still only be a few weeks - I'm so excited to see it done." He laughed as well, but valiantly defended his plans of finishing all the work within the next couple of days.

Finally they arrived at the old, broken-down barn at the end of the road. The sun rose from behind one of the hills and bathed the area in light. That light showed the barn in every creaky detail. The hinges on the open doors were rusting off, the large puddle on the floor pointed out a leak or two in the roof, and one of the windows was cracked while all of them were caked with grime.

"Okay," William said, his bravado still behind his words, "a week tops." Stacey laughed again.

"If you want to get this done in a week, we won't be able to sleep. Just let it take time, and we'll get it done eventually." They both walked closer to the barn, envisioning it clean, bright, and full of people.

"This is going to be wonderful," sighed Stacey. "We should have it done in time for Christmas morning."

"We should have a sunrise service," cried William, running around the puddle to the back of the main area. "The altar will be here, and once those windows are clean, the sun will come straight in there."

Walking slowly in William's wake, Stacey looked around, seeing everything this space could be. "It's going to be a beautiful church. I can't wait for all our neighbors to be able to join us."

Together they walked back to the doors to get started. "It will be beautiful, and we'll be done in less than two weeks," announced William, bounding ahead to grab their tools.


-Kat