This week we finished the excerpt Props for Faith by Ursula Hegi. A girl name Hanna which is the narrator has a best friend named Renate. Unfortunately, Renate has polio which is when one leg is taller and skinnier than the other leg. For Renate her left leg is taller and skinnier. They were very good friends until Renate invited Hanna’s enemy over to her house. Hanna called her a gimp and Renate’s face turned red. Renate’s mom told Hanna never to come back to their house. Hanna felt immediately bad after what she had done. She kept on saying sorry to Renate, but Renate just said she wasn’t allowed to play with her. Hanna thought of things she could give Renate. Then after thinking of many things, she remembered that the thing that Renate might want is her left leg to be healed. Hanna went to the cellar and grabbed an empty vinegar. On Wednesday morning before school, Hanna went to St. Martin’s Church. The church was empty because mass was held in the chapel. Hanna quickly got the vinegar bottle and filled it with holy water. That afternoon Hanna asked Renate to come to her house. After persuading her a lot, she agreed. Hanna told Renate to take off her shoe and sock from her left leg. Renate wasn’t so sure. Hanna spread holy water on her leg. Hanna told Renate to just believe it will work. Then Renate suggested they drink the rest of the holy water. During the next weeks, Hanna watched Renate’s leg for signs of change. Weeks went by and Renate started to hang out with Hanna. Hey went to the blessing of the vehicles. Then in July, they went to the fair. Their friendship started coming back together again. Hanna realized that they holy water hadn’t healed Renate’s leg, but their friendship. When you want a plan to go a certain way and it fails, that doesn’t mean it’s the end. That means God might have a different plan and it is even better.
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June 2016
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