He arrived at Shiloh before noon.  He wanted to make reservations.  For tomorrow.  For his honeymoon!  He did mention that he knew we would probably say "no" and he realized it would take a miracle for this to work out.  But we serve the God of the impossible.  It DID work out.  And we said "yes".  While I was consulting with Francis to see if we could provide the meals, he texted his friend who had put him in touch with us to say he was getting the reservation.  His friend of course told him he must have misunderstood me, or I misunderstood him, or something was wrong.  There was simply no way he could get a reservation for a honeymoon at Shiloh at the last minute like that.

We have never taken reservations for a honeymoon just the day before.  In fact we require that people make their plans at least a week in advance.  Two weeks is preferable.  But it was like this:  

• We had reserved the whole house for out-of-town guests who might need to spend the night. As it turns out, there is only one person who has made a reservation for Saturday night.  Of course there could be surprises, but that certainly leaves a room for the newlyweds.
• As for the meals, Francis has made mountains of food, and felt confident that we would have plenty left over to serve to this couple.  We had food on hand for their other meals, too.  It would work out.
• We were so well organized (due in large part to everyone getting sick) that I actually had time to prepare the room for the honeymoon.  We always decorate the room and provide them with a food basket.  We also give them a gift bag of toiletries because every newlywed couple forgets their comb or some other necessary item.  Their heads are in the clouds!

It helped that he talked about a miracle.  We like watching the God of the Impossible doing the impossible around here.  He told me that their wedding preparations had been a whole series of miracles.   This was just one more.