<TITLE>02. Par 6-9</TITLE>L-6 Our little children, we got a little boy. I was talking to him tonight; he's twenty-two months old now. He was--could just say, "Dad and Mom, all bon." That's "all gone."
And so, I--my little girl is six, going into school. And I, little--other little girl is eleven. I think that's right, honey, wherever she is, my wife. And I... She's around here somewhere. She hides from me because she's afraid I'm going to make her stand up. Talk about a bashful person; she is. And... But she's a... Not only that, but she's a lovely person. I certainly would pray that every person, young person here, when you get married, that you're just as happy with your wife, and as happy together as Mrs. Branham and I are living together for the Lord Jesus, raising our children.

L-7 And I love her, and I just... She loves me, and so we just love the Lord together. And we feel that Lord--the Lord put us together, and I hope we remain that way as long as life's in our body. And live together in glory someday.
I want to thank each one of you for your attendance. I want to thank this fine bunch of ministers here who's cooperated. And you see their names, I think, on here somewhere. And how we appreciate that cooperation. You've been very kind. And I want to thank each one of the ushers; you've done a wonderful job. And for all the music, the lady here that plays the music, and for every one of you.

L-8 And then for the offering that you gave me, love offering. I didn't come for that, friend. I wish it was so I didn't even have to take any. And we never let pressure be put on a meeting. I understand that all the debts were paid off, and everything's fine and dandy. We thank you for doing that. It was your--your kindness. The offering that you give me is a portion of living from your family. I know that. You're poor people. I wished I didn't have to take it. But I got three children, a home; expenses runs me about a hundred dollars a day.
Now, of course that don't sound--that's sounds like a whole lot to me. But that would sound very little to Brother Roberts, or Brother Allen, or some of those brothers who had great big programs that has to have lots of money. And that's the reason I don't have to have much money; I'm not under any expense. I don't have television programs. I'm just not... I guess the Lord never called me for that. I'm too illiterate, the first thing. I'm not nothing in business, and I don't believe I could take care of a... Like Brother Allen and Brother Roberts and many of those others who have those big programs... I guess Brother Roberts has to have around seven or eight thousand dollars a day to operate his expenses.

L-9 Now, if I had all that on my mind I'd--I'd be worse than what I am now. I--I--I don't believe I could rest. But I--I'm so glad I haven't got it on my mind. I can go to little bitty church or I can, if the Lord wants me to, I've preach to nearly, many thousands at a time: hundred and fifty thousand or two hundred thousand, so forth. When I do that, the Lord always puts on somebody's heart to help sponsor me to go overseas. Then when He wants me to go down to little, what we call Timbuktu, just a little place there where the... I preached couple weeks ago in a church that had thirty: thirty people. Brother needed help. I felt the Lord wanted me to go there, so I went. And that's it. See, I--I don't have to have very much, so it don't take very much to run me. So I'm so grateful to you helping.


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