Chapter 14 - Page 196 - New Addition To The Family

   As Jim, Rhasha, and Shanha filled their plates with biscuits and gravy, Jackie went to talk to Simbatu. Jim took the opportunity to tell Rhasha about his dream. He didn’t want anyone but Rhasha and Shanha to hear, so as they ate, Jim said in a low voice, “Rhasha, I found out why we were on that rock at the falls yesterday.”

   “OK,” Rhasha joked, “tell me we went swimming and we both bumped our heads on that rock. That’s how we developed amnesia, right?” She was being goofy and she knew it, so she smiled.

   Jim remained serious. “I had a dream last night, and God’s messenger showed me what happened.” He spoke so low that Rhasha and Shanha had to lean forward to hear him. Jim wasn’t sure Rhasha would understand what he had to say, but he knew she was also upset about her memory loss. “In my dream, we were at the waterfalls. The vine the boys swing on every week broke, and one of boys almost died. God sent a beam of light and healed the boy. The beam of light went back into heaven, then it came down again and healed all the people in the hospital.”

   “OK Jim,” Rhasha whispered, “I can understand that, but why did God block our memories?”

   “Because of the situation,” Jim replied. “God knew that the village people would mistakenly worship me for healing the boy, so to prevent that he wiped what happened from everyone’s memory.”

   Rhasha nodded. All her questions had been answered. “So now that all the patients are healed, what are we going to do with our time?”