Laura Has A Happy Reunion With Her Dear Friends... The Davises...!

Still hoping and praying... that Mark would come after her... Laura flew on to Antigua... where she was warmly welcomed... by their very close friends and neighbors... Alfred and Nieves Davis... who invited her... to stay with them...

Nieves had made all the arrangements.. for their wedding... about two years earlier... giving them a lovely reception... in their lovely beach front house...

And when they heard Laura's sad story... having once before... taken her in... when she ran away from Mark... for the first time... sick and tired... of his cold... Red Indian aloofness... and exasperating mood swings... from bouts of dark... morose depression... to childish... petulant sulking... the Davises had harbored her with kindness... and understanding... for two weeks... before Mark finally came across the road... for her...

And they quickly reassured Laura... that Mark would eventually realize... that she was the only woman for him...

When she... as Grazia... first met Spanish born Nieves... she was a newly married... young virgin bride... married to an American... with a baby boy... living next door to them... and spoke no English at all...!

She had had a very strict... Roman Catholic upbringing... closely supervised... and it was quite remarkable... that she was so open to SUBUD...

And in no time flat... after rising from her year long sick bed... recuperating from her complicated hysterectomy... Grazia... wanting a companion... to worship God together with... in her Latihan... had befriended Nieves...

And managed to explain... the Aims and Purposes of SUBUD to her... in a mixture of Spanish and Italian... at the same time... happy to teach her English...

And soon becoming a channel... to Inwardly "Open..." and "Awaken..." Nieves... into SUBUD... they had enjoyed many Latihans... together... for almost two years... sharing a close Inner bond... with each other...

And now being able to speak English... the shy little virgin bride... had blossomed... into a self-confident... charming young woman... who could hold her own... in any company... showing her uniquely Latin intelligence... and a flair for fashion design...!

Teaching has always come easily to this soul... ever since she first started teaching the English language... at the tender age of twelve... to some Swiss adults... who were about to be transferred by their employers... to England...!

And throughout the years... she had also taught French... privately... And her last teaching job... had been at the Pan Am American School... in Antigua... especially for army personnel... where she had taught French... to their children... of all nationalities... and ages... for about two years...

...read more in Chapter 13

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