Santiago was on his way to pick me up for church but I couldn't find nothing to wear that looked church appropriate. I wasn't one of those church goers so I didn't own any cute dresses. I decided on a pair of black slacks and a white dress shirt with a nice collar piece (necklace) and red pumps. I let my twists down and applied my make up. Suddenly, i heard the doorbell ring and I knew it was Santiago. At first I wasn't gonna even go to church but he convinced me to. When I was done I answered the door and found his handsome self in front of my porch. I pulled him into a hug and he kissed me on the cheek. "I'm happy to see you too",he said smiling.

"Is this how you normally dress for church?",I said my eyes followed him from head to toe in his all red suit with a all white shirt underneath and his gold watch on his wrist. "Yeah pretty much",he said smiling. Gosh he looked so fine I couldn't deny it.

"You look gorgeous",he told me.

"Sorry i don't own a dress or anything."

"It's okay baby don't stress yourself out. You make anything look good. Let's get going cause we about to be little late."

"Okay", I said grabbing my house keys and my wallet. On the ride there, Santiago put on some gospel music and before we knew it we was in the church parking lot. He opened the door for me and took my hands into his as we walked inside of the church. We came just in time because worship was about to start. All eyes were on us as Santiago led me to the very first pew to the front. This church was huge so it was definitely a walk. He spotted his family and waved at them. I did the courtesy of waving too. Santiago sat at the end and allowed me to sit next to him on the inside of the pew. I was really nervous and i think he could tell because he smiled at me a warm smile to make me feel better. Although there were some songs I was not familiar with, I still clapped my hands and recognized the songs that were in English. Santiago peeped me and he looked happy. I tried to keep myself from lusting after this man while we was in church. After church, I had the pleasure of speaking to his parents and they looked so welcoming but everyone is welcoming in church. Then Santiago allowed me to meet his pastor and his pastor was pretty laidback. Not what I expected at all.

"I'm tryna get him to come out of his shell and lead a the young men's ministry here at our church but he keeps running from God's calling",the pastor said causing us both to laugh.

"Maybe somewhere in the future I'll think about it, Pastor Jake",he said.

"You guys are the church of today. This is the future, I wouldn't have hand picked you if I knew you didn't have the qualities to fulfill this calling. I'm praying this young lady here can persuade you",he said winking at me. I laughed cause his wink was all weird.

"Oh no. I can't persuade this one right here. He's as hard headed as they come",I said.

"Amen to that",pastor Jake said and we all laughed.

"So are you saved yet ms. Khia?",he asked me.

"Uhm. Not exactly, i haven't been to church in a long time so I guess I'm not."

"Would you like to accept Christ?"

"Idk. Maybe some time in the future."

"Okay well I commend brother Santiago for bringing you here today."

"I enjoyed the service well what I could understand in English I mean",i said.

"That's good. We will definitely try to incorporate more English into our services just for you",the pastor said.

"That's nice. I'd love that."

"It was a pleasure to meet you sister Khia. Hope this won't be the last time seeing you",he said extending his hand for a handshake.

"I hope so too",I said eyeing Santiago and shaking pastor jake's hand.

"Ight Santiago. We'll talk",he said dapping Santiago. Santiago led me to a group of young people who were about our age and said, "I would like you to meet someone."

"Bro tiago",the guy said to him pulling him into a brotherly hug.

"Brother Darryl. How's it goin?"

"I should be askin you that. The way you strolled up in here with your lovely girl, tells it all." They both laughed including me.

"How you know she's my girl?"

"Bro. You was gawkin at her during the entire sermon."

"Y'all don't miss a thing huh",Santiago said.

"Nah never do. So you gonna introduce me or i gotta introduce myself."

"Khia this is my youth president Darryl and Darryl this my girlfriend Khia."

"This the girl you was asking me advice about?",Darryl said while shaking my hand. Santiago gave him a look to stop talking about whatever advice he asked for about me. I thought it was funny. Brother Darryl was pretty funny and cool. I was beginning to think everyone was real chill here and it made me comfortable to be who I am. After all the greetings and meeting important people, Santiago and I were headed to his house for the family dinner.

"So what do you think about my church?"

"I think I like it. Everyone was so welcoming and nice and does the spirit of God make y'all chill or is everyone just naturally like that?"

Santiago laughed while driving.

"Nah baby. Everyone is really cool for the most part. There's a few people you'll meet that aren't as chill as Darryl or pastor jake but everyone is genuine there. What you see is what you'll get",he explained.

"That's cool."

"Yeah. I didn't know you weren't into church like that."

"I mean I never tried God. I heard talks about him and what he does but I never was into him."

"So you never went to church?"

"I used to go with my grandma but only cause she forced me to."

"Oh okay."

"I didn't know you was into God like that though."

"Why is that?",he said looking at me.

"You just don't look like the type that's like that."

"What's that supposed to mean?",he said chuckling.

"No like church guys are either so into God, that's all they know. They don't have no type of personality, they don't curse, they aren't chill or their ugly and your far from that. Your funny, chill, popular at school and into your faith at the same time",I explained.

"Yea i understand where your coming from. I mean although I'm into my faith and into God, I'm still human, I still mess up and cuss and do things I'm not supposed to be doing but no one's perfect no matter how you try to put up a front. Cause the guys you describin, I'm familiar with them. They have this form of Godliness & act like they are perfect and they don't have no chill personality."

"Yea but you have it all."

"Baby if you knew me in my high school days, you wouldn't be sayin all that about me. It's now that I'm starting to calm down and tap into my faith."

"What made you choose God?",i asked him.

"I guess realizing that I needed something more in life. I tried girls, drugs, drinks, and none of them truly satisfied me. So I felt like I've tried everything but God."

"So once you tried him, you was happier?"

"Yeah I really felt happier, felt like I can do anything and succeed in life and he hasn't failed me thus far."

"So you was missing something and it was God and now your happy",I said trying to make sense of what he was saying.

"Well there were other factors that played into it. Believe it or not, i had low self esteem and he helped me have the confidence I have now."

"You mean cockiness?", i said causing him to laugh as he pulled into the driveway.

"The road I was headed was all bad. If my parents hadn't moved, I would've probably been in a gang somewhere. In and out of jail."

"I'm glad you found God and your not in a gang and your here with me",I said.

"I'm glad too. I thank God every day for it and for you."