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Friday night, and Esther was well enough to help with youth group. She looked across at Nick and he wriggled his eyebrows at her. She grinned and a warmth settled into her stomach. It was wonderful to be back and working in tandem again. The way Nick related to teenagers always stirred something in her heart. It hadn’t been hard to fall in love with him.
Esther had chosen mini-Olympic style competitions for the senior high school youth group. Unlike Nick’s old church, Victory was big enough to have both junior and senior groups. The university group was separate again, although several of their members helped with the younger groups.
Nick blew a whistle. The first member of each of twelve teams turned around and ran to the line of tables. Each person had fifteen paper cups stacked to
