“Not offensive at all. I’m in the midst of something right now, but how about we set a date to talk more about that in a couple of weeks?” My heart was dancing. I had been hoping to land some work in research to complement my salvaging projects, and here was my first opportunity, and a big one at that.
“Great,” she said with a huge smile. “Now, what did you want to talk about today?”
I handed her a sheet of paper where I’d jotted down the information about Nicholas the Original and Elijah and explained what it meant. Then I told her I was researching the history of Bethel Church and that both Elijah and Nicholas the Fifth had basically gifted land to the congregation over a twenty-year period. “I know it’s a long shot, but do you know anything about a friendship between Nicholas and Elij
