As she stood in the kitchen, pint of beer in hand laughing and eyes wide in disbelief, "no way,pull the other one its got bells on"! Seriously, was his reply, look I'll show you my driving licence......
he was older,had shoulder length unkempt ginger hair,and was slugging from a bottle of beer. The driving licence indeed said Rev. on it!
And so began the gradual revelation.
A year or so later after hearing a story tape of Noahs Ark being played for the children in the car, she had a heated argument with Dad.... Then after looking up the account of Noahs Ark in Dads bible,had gone to bed. Now, as she tossed and turned on top of the bedclothes, wrestling with the words in her head, she mumbled outloud.."OK,I'll do it......but please don't test me by using my family".. It has to be the worst 'sinners prayer' ever!! The rest of the night went by peacefully.
On return to the uk, a decision was made to attend a local methodist church. The heated debate on the porch with the Jehovas Witnesses, and occasional attendance at the anglican 'pram service' had given a taste of two versions of religion, so methodism seemed worth a try!
Moving on,a good few months later whilst preparing the building for morning service, she could hear the 60 year old Local Preacher who was praying around the building, speaking what seemed a cross between another language and babble! Apparently it was called, tongues.
As she was pulled up from under the water it seemed as though everything around was crystal clear. A feeling of euphoric peace,tinged with excitement caused tears to well up.
The following year at a Soul Survivor event, the children had been dropped off at thier relevant age group activities and the young people had not yet arrived at the youth tent. Looking up into the 'roofspace' of the tent there was a static electricity in the atmosphere and hovering both above and on the metal pole 'joists' were ethereal people who appeared neither male or female,ageless yet both tiny and some extremely tall. They were talking to each other,their faces bright with excitement and expectancy. To see humans worshipping was going to be so amazing!
Sept 11th 2001, with her husband now living with her ex bestfriend,the house could be used for a prayer meeting, and so it was that as she celebrated going from 40-41 years old,there would be 24hrs of prayer. Starting the 11th and ending the 12th. Intercession had started,someone already in there deep in prayer. Going to make coffees the tv was turned on...... a plane had crashed into The World Trade Centre....the prayers now had even more to focus on.
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