Chapter 3: Asia's Story

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Chapter 3: That evening at dinner, Asia told her father and mother about the experience with the man on the street. “Oh, the nonsense some people will believe.” came the sweet voice of Asia’s mother, Raviel Shultz. She was still very young and elegant looking for her age. She wore an ice blue t-shirt with khakis and some grey slip on shoes to match. Her almost grey eyes sparkled on a face with a perfect complexion. A few tousled strands of her thick, wavy, dark brown hair, which she had tied up in a bun, came loose and draped over her face. Even though she worked hard throughout the day, she still managed to look beautiful. “I can’t believe how far some people will go to spread that nonsense.” The voice belonged to her father, David Shultz. He was a tall, kindhearted fellow. He stood about 6’3” tall and had broad shoulders and finely toned muscles from working with horses his whole life. His green eyes perfectly matched with his dark brown curly hair, which Asia had inherited. Asia helped her mother with the dishes after dinner and then went up to her room to do her research on Christianity. What she found astonished her. She researched the events proposed in the bible, from the Great Flood to Jesus’ birth and Resurrection. She saw a bunch of words and phrases she didn’t understand and made a choice to ask someone about it… someday. It could all wait right? She had all the time in the world. It didn’t really matter if she did it now. But one question gnawed at the back of her mind… If Christianity was just a big hoax, then why would so many people be willing to die such terrible deaths for it? She laid in her bed for a while and then decided to call Noah and ask him to meet her on the bluff the next day. They had things they needed to talk about. The following day, as she approached the cliff, she could see that Noah had not arrived yet. So she sat down to think. She was lost deep in thought when soft footsteps from behind her jerked her out of her daze. She turned to see Noah approaching. He had a calm expression on his face, which Asia welcomed, opposed to his gruff and steely eyed demeanor from the previous day. Asia offered him a warm smile which, to her delight, he smiled back. He came to sit on the rocks beside her. “Beautiful isn’t it.” He stated without diverting his gaze from the sunrise. Asia didn’t respond but just stared contentedly on the horizon. In a few moments, the two of them were showered in vibrant rays of pink, fresh sunlight as it rose above the crest of the hills. Majestically it gave light to where the shadows were only moments before. Asia held her breath as the glory of the moment seemed to happen in slow motion. “How on earth could all of this have happened just by accident?” Asia thought out loud as she gestured at the sunrise, still in awe. What on earth do you mean?” Noah stared at her, perplexed. She met his gaze with a firm stare.