Chapter 23 and Epilogue Summary and Analysis

Chapter 23 - In this concluding chapter, the author returns to the subject of the payment of the second mortgage (last referred to at the end of Chapter 18). He describes how the time draws closer for the mortgage to be paid, how money isn't coming in in sufficient amounts, how he manages to get an extension on the due date, and how the staff and teenagers at the Center, at the author's direction, thank God for the Center paying it off, even though the money isn't yet there. Eventually, the author and his board reach one of their original benefactors and make their plea for funds - and finally, during a prayer service on the day the mortgage is due, a messenger arrives with a check for the full amount from the benefactor. Struck dumb with awe and...