The Orphans

By Lisa Kaye Presley

There was something strange about the man who was being attacked by the angry mob of villagers in the streets of Jerusalem that day. Timothy, an orphan living on the streets, couldn’t put his finger on it before he was whisked away by Rachael, a kind villager. Rachael and her husband Samuel offer Timothy and his little sister Sarah a place to live and earn their keep, teaching them to be thankful to God for all they have.

Months later, the new family takes a trip to see a mysterious man that Samuel calls “Master.” Timothy is stunned by the thousands in the crowd who are there to hear the man speak. This “Master” seems to be able to make the blind see and the lame walk. It is then that Timothy realizes that the “Master” is the same man he met among the angry mob in the streets of the village that day, a man who turned out to be a teacher and a miracle worker.

The Orphans is a walk with Timothy as he goes on a journey from questioning who this “God” and “Master” is to finding a joy and peace he had never known.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Two Peas Publishing
• Release date: Apr 3, 2012
• ISBN: 9781938271052

Lisa Kaye Presley

Lisa Kaye Presley is a writer living in Donelson, Tennessee. She has lived in Nashville for more than 30 years and considers it home. Her work has been published in The Tennessean and Nashville Banner newspapers.

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the

ORPHANS

by Lisa Kaye Presley

published by Two Peas Publishing

Franklin, Tennessee

THE ORPHANS

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ISBN-13: 978-1-938271-05-2

Copyright © 2011 by Lisa Kaye Presley

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Title Page

Copyright

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

The End

Kindness

is not something

you are born with,

it is a way

in which you

choose to be.

~Lisa Kaye Presley

chapter one:

RACHAEL MEETS TIMOTHY

Timothy stood on the outskirts of the market, just as he always did, begging from those who carried bags overflowing with mouthwatering ingredients for their evening meals. However, he wasn’t having his usual luck at finding food for himself and his little sister Sarah. So he walked farther, desperate to find something for them to eat, some nourishment. Soon, he wandered into a part of the village he had never seen