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(Maia shakes her head and sighs)
My friends, once again, I am not able to understand this message from Joe. What is this talk of fish on Friday and meat? Are these rules from the Jews or from some other god’s requirements? What is this thing called a diet?

I do not have any of these things that are listed tormenting my life. Instead, what I do have is something much worse that I cannot explain clearly or even work out in my own head even with my years of education in logic. I am sitting here in the worst situation possible, away from home, with people from several different beliefs, some who drink much (Maia glares at Alexander), some who enjoy arguing it seems for the sake of argument and in the dirtiest state I have ever been in. Oh, how I miss my daily hot bath and the sweet smell of herbs and spices to calm me…..

And yet, I feel I am at the point of understanding. I do not have struggles or many regrets, I have not suffered but rather led a somewhat charmed life…. And when I think of it, I feel empty. There is an emptiness in me that I was never aware of before and I want it to be filled. I think that it was this emptiness that was calling me to meet with you that first night, to travel to the river and to be washed with that water by the Baptist.

Hope and Levi seem to know what it means to feel fulfilled, your faith in this Jesus makes me want to know Him more. Will praying truly help me to know Him and fill this void within me? I do not want to go back to my life as it was, I desire something more, what that is I still do not know but I believe that Jesus is a part of the answer. Can someone teach me how to pray?

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