Vera was taken aback when she was suddenly asked to give an impromptu speech as a representative at the welcome party for the new pastor because she was a newcomer to the local church in the suburbs herself.
The reason why Vera was chosen must have been that she had known the Rev. Ford for years, for he had been her pastor when she used to live in a small town surrounded by the mountains a long time ago.
Secretly complaining in her heart that it was inconsiderate of the organizer to ask someone to speak in public without any preparation at all, she stood up anyway and began to say something harmless, desperately trying to improvise a speech in front of nearly forty people.
Then, out of the blue, she remembered that she would often jokingly compare herself to Eutychus (Acts 20:7-12), and the next moment she found herself saying, "I used to fall asleep during your sermon almost every Sunday in those days, but from now on, I will be fully awake and listen to you carefully."
The Rev. Ford nodded, smiling gently.
Since then, Vera has been trying to be as good as her word.
this week's prompt: improvise
