And if they will learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church.—1 Corinthians 14:34–35, The New TestamentThe sleek black jet banked to the right, and through a starboard window Lori saw the forbidding terrain of a mountainous region below, with craggy, snowy peaks and sheer rock walls that dropped off to winding rivers and wide green plains. The sun hung low in the sky, casting long shadows across the landscape. As the jet descended below the highest mountain tops, a barren, rocky valley became apparent, with a narrow ribbon of highway and an arched stone bridge that spanned a ravine. The plane passed over the bridge and set down on a straight section of highway. After the landing, the aircraft taxied onto a side road and came to a stop at the base of a cliff, with the engines still running.A hatch opened in the passenger compartment floor by the forward bulkhead, and Dixie Lou stood over the hole, looking down. Holding her black transmitter, she pressed buttons on it.
