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still be more to learn about Jesus.”
    “I’ve heard it said that there are so many dimensions in His realm, and so many facets
to His personality, that even His angels are still learning about Him,” said Andron.
    “Wow!” I said again. “But I hope you don’t think I was judging you. I love it here
on Kandalaura, and I respect your people for their purity and how they treat each
other. And they treat me nice too, like I’m really someone special, but I don’t feel
like I deserve it.”
    “You still don’t get it, do you, Mikey?” said Andron. “You are like a hero to us
and our people.”
    “A hero?” I responded. I was shocked. “But I haven’t done anything.”
    “That’s what you think,” said Andron. “Don’t you know that everyone on our planet
has a greater understanding about the creature and his true motives because of you
and your mom?”
    “I had no idea,” I said.
    “Not only that,” said his mom, “but the Bible you gave to Andron has been replicated,
and Kandalaureans all over the planet are reading it and studying it. That book has
given us knowledge of the conflict between God and Satan. We understand the importance
of not being deceived by this wicked creature.”
    “It could be that all of Kandalaura has been saved because of what you’ve done,”
explained his dad.
    “I had no idea,” I said again.
    “You see, son,” said his dad, “you must understand what this creature is like. He
is eloquent in speech and extremely beautiful to look at in every way, even with
all the beauty we have here on Kandalaura. To put it in your language, he takes our
breath away because he is so appealing to our eyes.”
    “And we’re not accustomed to being deceived,” said his mom. “We are a naïve and innocent
people who tend to believe whatever we hear because so far, we’ve never been lied
to. We don’t lie to each other, and Jesus can’t lie.”
    “Your Book teaches us about guarding against deception,” said Andron. “Now we know
how to respond to the creature in order to maintain our way of life.”
    “It’s no small thing,” said Nicholas. “Your Book has also given us insight into the
power of even the name of Jesus. We understand the scars on His hands and feet, and
how He died and then was raised from the dead. We didn’t know any of that before.”
    “Now we reverence Him even more,” said his mom.
    “Wow! I had no idea,” I said for a third time. “I think we take a lot for granted
on my planet.”
    “But you are doing just fine, Mikey,” said his dad.
    That made me feel a little better about myself. Sometimes I feel like such a jerk.
    “Say, how would you like to head over to the food booths again and dish up some dessert?”
suggested Andron.
    “That suits me just fine,” I responded. They all laughed because of my words. They’re
not used to clichés or slang expressions.
    Dessert was awesome. Afterward Nicholas filled his cup under the waterfall, so we
all did the same. Then we put our cups together and made a toast.
    “To life on Earth and Kandalaura,” we said together.
    “I think you’ll find that our worship is not at all boring,” said Nicholas. “We’re
very passionate about Jesus. You’ll see.”
    “Well, if everyone’s had their fill of food, let’s head over to the worship. I think
they’ve already started,” said Andron’s father.
    I, for one, had more than my fill of food, and I enjoyed every single bite. Even
though I felt awkward at times, I found the table conversation pretty interesting.
Now that we were headed over to the stage area, I had high anticipation for the
worship.
    I was not disappointed.

Chapter 10
    I HEAR THE LION ROAR
    A NDRON , N ICHOLAS , AND I sat close to the front near the stage.
    “Everything in our celebrations is meant to praise God,” said Andron. “But I think
you’ll find that our worship is more intense.”
    “Live worship,” said Nicholas. “That’s what we call it.”
    “Why is