The years that have gone by
Feb 23, 2019 22:28:28 GMT -5
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Post by northwindsblow on Feb 23, 2019 22:28:28 GMT -5
I find myself appreciating the meetings I had the privilege of being in across the years. In recent times I have seen friends pass away who were pretty young when I was growing up. Hard to believe they were in their 70s, 80s, or 90s. I have read a lot of criticisms on here about the meetings, but I find myself instead thinking of all the good. I am grateful that I was in meetings with friends like Eleanor and Joe Roger's, Verdus and Wanda Olson, Lola DeHart, John Shockley, August Shockley and Edel, John and Thelma Wallace, Nell Lennon,
My foster parents, George and Geneva Printz, Warren and Mae Brown, Marge and Ernest Kluge in Minnesota, Jerry and Barb Benjamin at Eagle Bend convention, Allen and Darleen Nikkari, and so many, many more at conventions.
I could easily list at least 100 more whom I have known, who have passed away through the years, if I could keep going with the names, but I feel the need to mention a few workers who have influenced me through the years as well.
Myrtle Stitt and Nina Johnson are the workers I professed through in Minnesota in 1981. Nina is still living, but Myrtle is gone, and I have missed both of them so much. Andrew Abernathy and George Walker I will long remember. Kenyon Coleman baptized me at McCordsville convention. Scott Hanks and Carleton Schooley had gospel meetings for us when I taught at a university in West Virginia. Hubert Childers quickly comes to mind. The last thing he told me to contemplate was that the Kingdom of Heaven is not of this world.
I was at the funeral of Willie Wilson years ago. The funeral was at a huge armory where every seat was filled and many were standing along the sides, and Peter Hunter spoke about how Willie was a man everyone knew was safe to follow. Yeah, like I say, I cannot think of any criticism tonight as I prepare for bed and look back across the years. I just think of so many blessings and good things, and for these lives I am truly grateful. Gods peace
My foster parents, George and Geneva Printz, Warren and Mae Brown, Marge and Ernest Kluge in Minnesota, Jerry and Barb Benjamin at Eagle Bend convention, Allen and Darleen Nikkari, and so many, many more at conventions.
I could easily list at least 100 more whom I have known, who have passed away through the years, if I could keep going with the names, but I feel the need to mention a few workers who have influenced me through the years as well.
Myrtle Stitt and Nina Johnson are the workers I professed through in Minnesota in 1981. Nina is still living, but Myrtle is gone, and I have missed both of them so much. Andrew Abernathy and George Walker I will long remember. Kenyon Coleman baptized me at McCordsville convention. Scott Hanks and Carleton Schooley had gospel meetings for us when I taught at a university in West Virginia. Hubert Childers quickly comes to mind. The last thing he told me to contemplate was that the Kingdom of Heaven is not of this world.
I was at the funeral of Willie Wilson years ago. The funeral was at a huge armory where every seat was filled and many were standing along the sides, and Peter Hunter spoke about how Willie was a man everyone knew was safe to follow. Yeah, like I say, I cannot think of any criticism tonight as I prepare for bed and look back across the years. I just think of so many blessings and good things, and for these lives I am truly grateful. Gods peace