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They came up with a long list of donors as well, and then, after looking at each other since neither one of them was looking forward to doing it, they split the list in half, and each of them started making phone calls.
It was discouraging at first, since her first three phone calls produced absolutely nothing, but then she called a doctor from Blueberry Beach. Dr. John. He pledged a large amount of money.
That made things feel real. And it also made her start to think about taxes and setting up some type of financial windfall, and they spent an hour on the phone talking to an accountant before they made an appointment for the next week.
Two hours later, they had more than three million dollars pledged.
“I don’t know why I was resistant to that idea to begin with, but it was brilliant,” Pam said.
Mark volunteered to go get food while she finished up and called her mom.
She figured she might as well get the call out of the way, and then they could truly relax for the rest of the day. Maybe it wasn’t what people traditionally did on their wedding day, but she felt like it had been one of the best days of her life.
Her idyllic life of being a schoolteacher had blown up not that long ago, but it was tantalizingly close now, and she had Mark to thank for it.
Of course, she put work in it too, but if he hadn’t come up with the idea, she’d still be depressed and thinking about her students and wondering if she had done the right thing.
Thank you, Lord. It feels so good to move forward and to know that this whole thing has been orchestrated by You.
Even down to their marriage. Which was crazy. No one got married the way they did. But no one parted the waters of the sea and allowed a million people to walk through on dry ground, either. No one allowed His son to be crucified so that all of mankind could be saved. God was a God of doing things that no one else thought to do.
It was kind of fun to serve a God like that. A girl never knew what He was going to have in store next for her.
She smiled, smiled at the peace in her soul and how she felt light and not just weightless, but bright, like when God was around, the darkness disappeared.
She wished she could hold that feeling close, but she had a feeling that it was going to go away as she picked up her phone, took a breath, and dialed her mother’s number.
“Pamela, two calls in the same week. I feel like maybe you missed me.”
“I just wanted to let you know that I got married. I thought you’d be happy for me, and excited.”
She didn’t figure there was any point in beating around the bush. Sometimes her mom could be brief, and if she thought that she was just calling to chitchat, she would rush off. Pam didn’t want to get off the phone without telling her her news. It was hard enough to pick up the phone and make the first call. She didn’t want to have to struggle to do it again.
“You got married.”
“I sure did.”
“To who? And why didn’t I meet him? And why did I not even know about this?”
“Well, first of all, Mom, you have met him. It’s Mark, my neighbor. And I did kind of warn you. I called you last week.”
“You called me last week to ask about your inheritance and to try to get me to give it to you without you getting married.”
“Well, maybe Mark and I wanted to wait a little bit, but we also want to get started on a project, and the money will definitely come in handy.”
“I’m sure it will. Five million dollars comes in handy to a lot of people.” Her mother’s tone dripped with disbelief. “He must’ve married you for your money.” She made a tsking sound, and then she said, “I don’t believe he really cares for you.” She sighed. “I’m going to have to make a trip there. Get my room ready, I’ll be there tomorrow.”
Her mother hung up.
Well, that wasn’t what she was expecting.
Now her mother was coming, and they’d made plans to meet with one of the building firms and an accountant next week... She got married, and all of a sudden, her social calendar had filled up.
She wanted to laugh, but that was probably just a stress relief. After all, she was going to have to tell Mark when he came back with the food that her mother was coming to make sure that he didn’t marry her for her money.
She dreaded that, because not only that, she had to tell him that her mother was going to visit. And she would be watching to see that Mark and she had an actual marriage.
She hadn’t considered that they might actually have to pass a test like that. With someone staying in their house.
