<TITLE>02. Par 8-14</TITLE>L-8   But, now, one thing that draws me here is you all. That's right, you all. You know, you find lots of friends, I--I'm so grateful. I guess I... if I just counted, personally, people I know, it would be maybe millions around the world. It was once estimated by someone, and probably in personal knowing, of about ten million people. But there's something about--about home, about certain people: There's just... Everybody's got that, there's special people in your life. You know, I believe that. If there isn't, then why is our wife special to us? And why--why is our... See? We're... our wives, our husbands, and so forth, it--it's special. And you have that with friends. There's something other that you just love to meet with them and just talk with them. There's little spots.

L-9 And I can think of this old swamp here where this little church stood, and where before it stood here it was nothing but a--a pond. That's the reason that road set way out there, to get around that pond. This is actually the property, and the street comes right by the door there. And, but it was a pond. And I remember getting out here and trying to find a place to build a church to the Lord, and just a young boy.

L-10   And I listened to these, this young fellow and this other one over here, praying a while ago, with all that enthusiasm. I thought, You know, I used to be able to pray like that, without catching my breath, hardly." And then you get older, you kind of slow down a little, you know, and that. You're still moving, but you're "in second gear" as I told Brother Woods out there. But, and then as long... And then after a while you get down into low gear, when you get about seventy or eighty, I guess. But, you know, the... you're still moving, though. As long as you can move, what difference does it make? Just a little more time to get there.

L-11   I remember how was praying, and right here in this weeds, right here where this pulpit stands now, just about where it's at, that's where I drove a little stake where I knowed to put the pulpit. The Lord God give me this place. Yes, sir. Now, right there in the cornerstone lays my testimony of a vision the morning I laid it, when I hardly could think then, said, "This is not your tabernacle, but do the work of an evangelist," He said. I looked out and I seen all the world there, and the bright blue skies, and people coming from everywhere; it's laying in the cornerstone there. How little did I think that would happen, even though the vision said so; but doesn't fail, it's going to be there anyhow.

L-12   I've been in a lot of interviews this week, because, Sunday, the gracious Presence of the Lord came down. And I was supposed to have left Monday.

L-13 I have... we haven't took a vacation yet, the kids. My vacation comes later, a little later on. But I've want to take the children on a little time. They got to go back and go to school now, and so I thought this week would be a good time. Facing Chicago next week in that meeting there.

L-14 But then the--the anointing of the Spirit, I thought, "Now is the time to have interviews." Now is the time that these... that I can get caught up on a few of them there. And there's... I see some of the people sitting present that was in the room. They know whether the Lord met with us or not.


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