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“You want to be baptized this fall? I didn’t realize you wanted to join the current baptism class.”
    “ Ya , I do,” she said. “Even though I wasn’t born into this community, I feel as if I belong here. My heart is here with my family and my cousins.”
    “Gut,” Matthew said. “I’m very glad to hear you say that.”
    “Danki,” Lindsay said. “I talked to Onkel Daniel about it this morning, and he told me mei aenti Miriam was able to join a class that was already in session by making up the lessons. Maybe I could explain I’ve been away in Virginia caring for my aunt Trisha, and I just got back. Do you think that might work?”
    “Ya,” Matthew said. “I think it’s a possibility. When do you want to talk to him?”
    Lindsay shrugged. “I don’t know. I was hoping maybe mei onkel Daniel would take me to see him this weekend.”
    The back door opened with a bang, revealing Daniel Junior, who was standing in the doorway. He was frowning and covered from head to toe in mud. The mud soaked his clothes, shoes, and hair.
    Emma burst into giggles while calling, “Gegisch bruder!”
    “Junior!” With a gasp, Lindsay stood. “What happened to you?”
    “I fell in a horse stall.” Daniel Junior grimaced. “ Dat told me to ask you to please give me a bath right away.”
    Lindsay swallowed the urge to laugh as she turned to Matthew. “I guess I better say gut nacht. ”
    With a grin, Matthew stood, his chair scraping the linoleum floor. “I guess so.” He swiped a few cookies from the plate and stuffed them in his pockets. “I’ll enjoy these during the ride heemet. ”
    “Okay.” Lindsay turned to Daniel Junior and pointed toward the mudroom by the door. “Go take off your boots, pants, and shirt, and then go straight on to the bathroom. I’ll be right there.” She glanced at Matthew. “It was nice seeing you.”
    “You too. Danki for the appeditlich kichlin. ” Matthew started for the back door.
    Daniel Junior hurried by Lindsay, stopping in the doorway to the mudroom. “Is Matthew your boyfriend?”
    At a loss for words, Lindsay felt her cheeks heat as she stared at her cousin. Could his timing possibly get any more embarrassing ?
    “Not yet, Junior, but I’m working on it,” Matthew said with a smile. “Gut nacht.”
    Her cheeks aflame and her mouth gaping, Lindsay turned toward the back door just as Matthew slipped out, closing the door behind him.
    Chocolate Oatmeal Cake
    Mix and let cool:
1 cup oatmeal
1½ cups hot water
    Blend together:
¼ cup oil
1¼ cups sugar
2 eggs
    Combine both mixtures with the following:
1 cup flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla
½ cup cocoa
Mix together and bake at 350 degrees for 50 minutes.

3
    F riday evening, Katie descended the bakery steps toward the parking lot. Her cousins and aunts hurried toward the van waiting in its usual spot by the sidewalk. When she spotted Samuel sitting in a horse-drawn wagon, she eyed him with confusion.
    “What are you doing here?” she asked, approaching the wagon. “I thought I was riding with Aenti Kathryn like I do every day.”
    “I have to stop by the furniture store for Dat, so he told me to pick you up.” He gestured toward the passenger side. “Hop in.”
    After waving to her cousins and aunts, Katie climbed onto the wagon. “What does Dat need from Daadi ?” she asked as the wagon approached the intersection to Highway 340.
    “ Daadi has some supplies we need to fix the fence,” Samuel said. “He offered to help Dat out so he can save some money.”
    “Oh,” Katie said.
    They drove in silence and soon Katie spotted the familiar business her grandfather, Eli Kauffman, had built with his friend Elmer Yoder before she was born. Samuel guided the horse into the parking lot, and Katie spotted the Kauffman & Yoder Amish Furniture sign displayed at the front of the single-story white building.
    She followed Samuel up the stone path that ran to the steps leading up to the