The next few days passed by in a flurry of activity. Melody worked with the crew during the day and helped James entertain the three men from Japan in the evenings.
Wednesday, James and Melody attended a special prayer meeting at their church, praying for the coming year. Melody held onto James’ hand as she sat next to him on the pew, then knelt with him during prayer, enjoying ending the year worshiping with him in their church, knowing that the coming year would have them going in so many different directions.
Thursday morning, they had breakfast with Mark Knight, who had returned from Savannah. He entertained them with stories of his nieces’ and nephews’ antics at Christmas, and they brought him up to date on the investigation. He spent some time in prayer with them, praying for Melod
