Maria as a young 24-year-old Mexican woman and now a single mother of one child has always turned to her parents for guidance, especially her mother. After being separated from her husband for over a year she has reconnected with her spiritual and giving side, with guidance from her mother of course. You see Maria on the weekends doesn't have custody of her son so she enjoys volunteering at the local church as much as she can. It was a sunny Florida summer Sunday when she was ready to head out of the door for a day at the church.
Before leaving she gave her outfit a final glance, she tried to dress casually at the church due to it being summertime and high temperatures outside. But also because her body was very well developed and tried to avoid giving wandering eyes a reason to wonder. She wore a white V-neck short-sleeved top that was conservative enough but also complimented her well-endowed natural 38F-sized breasts, they had grown so much after giving birth to her son and she was proud of them. Blue denim mom jeans that looked painted on but weren't supposed to look that way, and a pair of brown Birkenstock sandals made the rest of her outfit for the day. She smiled at herself and thought to herself "Let's do good for others today."
She closed her front door behind her and locked the door, she walked to her green Kia Soul and unlocked it. She got inside of it and turned it on, she set up her music for the drive and drove off. Maria arrived at the church at 9 am, an hour before the 10 am service, she walked to the kitchen/pantry area of the church where she volunteers before the service. There she met her fifty-year-old mother and gave her a big hug.
"Good morning mom, may god bless you." She told her mother as she hugged her.
"Good morning Maria, Como estΓ‘s?" Her mother asked in her broken English.
"I'm good ma just missing my son today, where is Papi?" She asked.
"Oh mija, how it's football season you know he's at home watching the Bucs play." Her mother replied with a chuckle and smile.
"Te vez hermosa mija, so beautiful!" Her mother complimented her, repeating what she said in both Spanish and English.
"Gracias ma." She said with a warm smile. "So what are we doing this morning?" She asked her mom as another volunteering woman walked up to them.
"Hey Maria today we will be serving pancakes for breakfast, we will be having people come very soon so can you help set up the drinks for our fellow brothers and sisters?" she asked With a smile.
"Oh of course sister Betty I'll get the drinks from the big fridge." Maria said.
She walked to the big fridge and started to do her volunteer work, she set up her station with care and diligence to make sure it would make the line more efficient.
"God bless, Maria how are you today?" Asked Pastor Tom.
"Hey, pastor Tom how are you today?" Maria asked the pastor with an upbeat tone and warm smile.
"I'm blessed to see another day Maria, thank you for asking. I will be helping next to you with the drinks if that's okay?" He asked.
"Of course pastor!" She said as she explained to him how she organized the station for efficiency.
The doors to the cafeteria opened a few minutes after she finished setting up and in flocked many women, men, and children of all ages. It seemed to Maria like 30 people, she was surprised because last week they only had 20 people.
"The church is growing?" She said to pastor Tom.
"Oh yeah! We had some members come from the local shelter, then I went to speak about the word and invited them to come down for service and hopes to bring them closer to faith and help guide them out of homelessness." Said the pastor.
"Oh wow, that's so great to hear!" She exclaimed with pride.
It made her feel proud and warm inside knowing she was volunteering at such a good community church guided by a good-hearted and good intentions-driven man like pastor Tom. The line was coming to an end as Maria worked to get everyone their drinks for their breakfast, the next person she helped was a bald white gentleman who seemed to be in his early 50s due to the wrinkles in his face and salt and pepper handlebar mustache.
"Hey! Good morning & thank you for coming!" She told him in a bubbly tone while she handed him a drink.
As he grabbed the drink the condensation made the plastic cup slippery and it slipped from his hand and fell on the floor.
"Oh! Ugh, it slipped from my hand honey, give me one that isn't so wet."He said in an annoyed tone.
Maria kept her cool and apologized while handing him another drink with a napkin wrapped around it. The man walked to one of the tables and Anna grabbed a rag to clean up the mess. As she was cleaning it up the pastor next to her came and helped.
"I'm sorry that happened. The guy was pretty rude." He told Maria with a laugh.
"It's okay pastor Tom, It's a good chance to practice God's grace." She replied with a warm smile.
As pastor Tom helped her out he was at an angle where he could see down her V-neck shirt, her cleavage was so deep he couldn't see down between her full breasts as they sat packed in her bra, he could see how soft her tan youthful skin looked. While looking a bit of blood rushed to his penis and along with a dirty thought of how good she looked did the same to his mind. He quickly tried to get his mind back together given the situation and place he was in. After cleaning the mess and washing their hands pastor Tom and Maria grabbed some breakfast also and sat with the rest of the volunteers and ate while socializing. Maria has known pastor Tom for a while and had many conversations, so Maria enjoyed talking to him because of his wise words. He had even guided Maria and her son's father when they had to go through couples therapy. Pastor Tom tried to always instill wisdom in the young as he had seen a lot and been through a lot in his 46 years of living.
"Where is your dad Maria? I don't see him today." He asked.
"My mom said he's watching the Bucs game." She said laughing.
"Well that's a good reason to miss church." He said with a chuckle.
"Who are they playing against?" He asked her trying to make small talk.
"Let me look, seems they play the Chiefs." She said to pastor Tom.
"Is that so? I'm actually from Kansas! Born and raised. I moved to Florida for my studies and stayed." He explained to Maria.
"Who do you think will win?" He asked Maria squinting at her to see if she would make the choice he thought she would make.
"Oh, I have to go with the Bucs! My family are all Bucs fans and so is my son!" She said in a competitive tone.
"Would you wager on that?" He asked her.
"Pastor Tom we are at church, that's a sin." She lay jokingly.
"But yeah actually I would bet on that the Bucs will beat the Chiefs!" She said with confidence.
Pastor Tom knew a bit about football and knew the Chiefs were Super Bowl champions and it would be an easy win.
"I'll bet fifty dollars on it!" Said Maria and extended her hand for a shake.
"Ok but I don't want money if I lose, you get fifty dollars. But if I win you have to make me your famous enchiladas your mom told me about!" Pastor Tom said to Maria and extended his hand for the shake.
Maria hesitated and thought about it but with confidence ultimately shook his hand. They went into the service and after the long service, they helped clean up the cafeteria a bit. After the volunteers finished Maria saw her mother getting ready to leave, she walked up to her to say goodbye.
"Ma it was nice seeing you, tell Papi I will go over later tonight to visit." She said to her mom.
"Okay Mija, I think your Papi will be mad though, he texted me that the Bucs lost." She told her with disappointment.
At that moment Maria realized she lost the bet to pastor Tom, from the corner of her eye she could see him waking up to her and her mother. "I told you the Chiefs would win!" Pastor Tom said as he approached Maria and her mother, he had a big smile on his face.
"Oh no." She said with a fake frown on her face, she rolled her hazel eyes and sighed.
"Don't tell me you bet pastor Tom Mija!" Her mother asked with a tone of amusement.
"Yeah, I did ma! And lost." She told her.