<TITLE>16. Par 42-43</TITLE>L-42 I stood there a minute, no squirrel, looked back. About five minutes passed, no squirrel. "Well," I said... I thought, "Well, this is enough. Anyhow, it's getting time for me to go." I said, "I better go." And I started to walk away, and as I did Something said, "But you've already spoke it. And the Scripture says 'If you'll not doubt in your heart but believe that what you have said..." Hallelujah. I waited up against the side of a tree. I looked off, looked back; there no squirrel. I waited another ten minutes, no squirrel. I said, "How could a squirrel ever get out there?" So I said, "Well, I guess I'll just move along, and I'll be going home because it's time to pick up Mr. Sothmann and them, so I'll just walk on." I started to walk away like that.
Said, "Are you doubting?" God knows how to school you. "Are you doubting that what you said?"
I said, "No, I'm not doubting." And just as I said that, coming out that limb come a young squirrel, walked out to the end of the limb, and stood looked over at the farmers. I shot him from right there, making my three squirrels. And I said, "I'm going to see if there's another squirrel in this territory." And I was about three hours late picking up Mr. Sothmann and them, couldn't even hear one. I went home. I told them. It bothered me. I didn't know what to think about it.

L-43 About two weeks later I was down in the state of Kentucky where squirrel season was still in, with friends of mine, Mr. Wood and his brother-in-law. And I was standing down there, and we went hunting that morning. And oh, windy, and the leaves all off the trees, bad time to squirrel hunt. So we... Good hunters wasn't catching over about one a day. And--and you had to be--have a shotgun to get them with it then, and me hunt... [Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.] "And you shall have them."
And I thought, "Now, here, I don't--I don't know about that now. It's too unlikely this morning, sure enough, and not no squirrels in here at this time of year. And it so cold we had on so many clothes I was just shivering as hard as I could. I thought, "No squirrels." Leaves about that deep on the ground, you could hear you like a--a herd of antelope coming through.
And so I was walking along like that, and it struck me again and said, "Ask what you will."
And I stopped, and put my gun down, took off my hat, and I said, "Heavenly Father, I'm down here in these mountains; what--what's these things about? Is that You speaking to me? Is it You, Lord. Where are You at? I usually see that--Your Light, where are You at? Speak to me, Lord. If there's anything You want me to do, I'll do it. Have I found grace in Your sight?" I said, "I... Just speak to me."
And said, "Ask what you will, and it'll be given to you." I said, "Then if that be You, I shall have my three squirrels this morning, gray squirrels." That's reds in Indiana. And I said, "I shall have my three squirrels."
Something said, "Which way will they come from?"
And I thought, "There it is." I could hear it just as plain as you hear me." And I said, "One will come from this a way; one will come from back that way; and one will come from that way."


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