That's why God...

Chapter One: Meeting the Father

Chapter One: Meeting the Father    

   

    The young children of the small village found in the Mongolian border rushes towards the tent prepared by the missionaries. The missionaries came from United Kingdom and are on the mission to spread the words of God to the villagers. One of the missionaries, Kelp Stanford, guided the children inside the tent. And in no time, the place was noisy. The missionaries can't help but smile that there vision and mission for the place would be achieved easily. Suddenly, one of the villagers get their attention, giving them a warning that a group of bandits are on their way towards the place. Panic arose to the place. Then in a blink of an eye, the seemingly peaceful village is covered with bullets and blood. 

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    "Andrew, aren't you going to eat your breakfast?" asked his grandmother, Elsa, as she slowly observed the weird expression of the young lad while washing the dishes in the sink.

    "I'm not hungry, besides Granny, I'm going to a party. I want an empty stomach for the great feast later on," Andrew answered in Mandarin and stood up from his chair.

    He went near to Elsa and kissed her on the cheek and said goodbye. But before the young man could even walk out of the kitchen, Elsa spoke.

    "It's been a year. You still wear that rosary in your neck," Elsa utter as she wipes the plates.

    "Yeah," Andrew could only reply and softly walks out.

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    A noisy room welcomed Andrew. His friend, Lin Xiao, invited him at the party. He has a heavy heart going to the party. He wasn't interested at first, but he was bored and has nothing to do. So he agreed to tag along in Lin Xiao's party. Lin Xiao led him to a grey sofa near the large LCD TV. Because of the noise, Andrew can't hear Lin Xiao. He would only smile on every thing Lin Xiao said. Then a woman in red tight dress approached them. Andrew knew in his mind that the woman coming has something to do with them. 

   And he doesn't like it.

    Finally, Andrew heard Lin Xiao when the volume of the speakers played by the disc hockey, lowered.

    "Here she is, Andrew. She's willing to sleep with you for just a cup of beer, interesting, right?" Lin Xiao said as he let the woman sat on his lap.

    "Disgusting," Andrew huffed as he drink the whole glass of beer in front of him.

    "So," the woman spoke, " Are you taking me?" and she press her breast towards Lin Xiao's face, which made more Andrew to feel disgusted to the woman.

    "I'm just going to the rest room," Andrew excused and leave them. He just can't bare what he's actually seeing. And he actually lied on what he said to Lin Xiao about him going to the rest room. Without further thinking, he immediately rushes out of the house. 

    Lin Xiao is a great friend of his, but he's never interested on his friend's interest, especially women. A loud siren suddenly distract him. As he was standing alone in the sidewalk, an ambulance rushes at the highway, making everyone to look at it. It is actually unusual to see ambulance present in the place. It is because the nearest hospital is almost 30 kilometers away. He let go off a sigh. But for some reason, he felt he need to follow the ambulance. Suddenly, the image of the dying old woman he saw a year ago, who actually saved his life, flash in his mind. With that powerful thought, he chased the ambulance with his new brand Harley-Davidson bike.

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    "Is he going to be fine?" asked Divine as she watched the doctor put the apparatus on the man lying in the bed.

    The doctors were so busy that they can't reply immediately to her. They are giving all their attention to the patient. Without a second thought, they decided to enter the patient in the operating room. Divine could only cry, thinking that his brother is on a life and death situation. She sat alone in the hallway, still crying. She buried her face in her palms, not knowing to control the unexplained feeling deep inside her heart. Suddenly someone tapped her on the shoulder. For her surprise, it was someone whom she doesn't know. The man has this fine soft-looking brown hair and lovely grayish eyes. The man offer his handkerchief to her. She accepted it thankfully and immediately wiped away her tears.

    "Are you okay?" the man asked and sat next to her at the hallway.

    "No, my brother is there, dying. And... and I can't do anything..." Divine replied and crumpled the handkerchief in her hands.

    "It will be alright, just believe," the man encouraged.

    Divine looked at him, "Who are you? By any chance, do you know my brother?"

    "I don't know him. And my name is Andrew Henderson," he smiled.

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