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Thank you my Dear Sister Lynn. I Love Doing It. Monday is at 12-2. It takes from half hour to forty five minutes to get there. Traffic. Wednesday is at 7-9. It takes a hour if I miss the timing by five minutes. It always takes forty five Wednesday nights. Coming home I can make it in twenty minutes. Wednesday night will eventually become my group. I’ve been moving round making connections. I’ve a different vision on how to attract them to come and listen. First is to make connections outside the ones at the table already. Most of them are younger men of color. So last night I wore my Bob Marley shirt. That got a lot of attention. So much I got frw comment on my shirt. That gives me an in. Once we greet then we just talk a bit when I hit them my wife’s from Jamaica. Then I’ve just made a friend. So when I get the privilege to take the Ministry on I’m going to bring very beat tunes. I’ve got lot of island tunes contemporary songs like third day mercy me casting crowns Youngbloods get together you’d be surprised how many one did have spiritual under tones to them. Play country So music is always the draw or lack of. I’ll do one or two at the end to keep them at the table. My vision is to have everyone in the pod either be involved or respectful. Right now they have four five guys. There’s probably 40 in the pod. So I’m excited bout the future. As always a blessing to hear from you. Take Care. Blessings One Love PD
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I KNOW WHO YOU ARE PART #2.
As the lady starts cursing at me and trying to prevent me from getting by her. It’s a lot to concentrate on when you have a possessed person confronting you. At the same time I am nervous not necessarily scared I’m watching her. As I don’t want to have her touch me but I’m praying LORD get me out of this. I’m facing the traffic light just over hundred yards away, when from that direction a police car pulls up right next to us. Now what all happened was a little beyond my pay scale. It’s a black and white car. Apparently she didn’t hear them pull up. I know she didn’t see the car pull up as her back was to the traffic light. However as they pull up she looks quickly over at the car and turned back to me and started cursing me out. When both officers got out one of them yelled Mary not another word. By now both offices were right there and told her to stay quiet and get in the car. So here’s where it gets bizarre as if having a demonically possessed isn’t exactly normal either. I’m looking at the passenger officer and he doesn’t handcuff her he just opened the door and she got in. That’s not normal especially down here. As I am looking at her just sit quietly in the back seat. The passenger officer joined the driver. I started to ask them what they were going to do with her. They told me take her back to Lauderdale Hills. Now that 45 minutes away. I’m thinking how’d she get here from there. Then they tell me everything is ok now. Both officers start back to the car. I thanked them as they were getting in when the driver says. We are here to serve. That’s when I looked at the car closely before they rolled away. On the car was a star. Along with the words We Are Here To Serve. What I don’t see is any numbers of the car. I really took note that the city they came from wasn’t on the door anywhere. Now every police car had the city on them along with identification numbers. Not even a phone number. As they drove away I tried to understand why I didn’t see them show up. I had looked at the intersection only seconds before they pulled up. Their uniforms didn’t have name tags on either nor any stripes to give their rank. I do remember as soon as they to Mary to not say another word a strange calm came over me. I didn’t really hit me till I’m standing pretty much the same place as I was when they left. I was still trying to process the whole ordeal, when the LORD laid on me that HE answered my prayer by sending two Angels to get me out of that situation. Then everything made since the car not unmarked but missing a lot. The two having authority over her., putting her in the car with no cuffs. Then the way they were just there. This was both the first demonic person I dealt with and the first time I know I’d seen Angels. I’d see more Angels in the future. One I’ve already spoke of Mr Smith, the other we’d see the actions of invisible Angles.
This concludes this post about I know who you are. Thank You all for your faithfulness by coming here to spend a few minutes reading my life’s experiences. Idk exactly when I will be back. Until then may our LORD find Favor with you. GODSPEED BLESSINGS ONE LOVE PD
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NOW WE KNOW
WHEN I FIRST BEGAN IN MINISTRY I LEARNED MUCH ON THE CURVE. MANY THINGS WERE CONFIRMATION. WHEN WE LEARNED THINGS WE SET OUT TO PUT THOSE THINGS IN MOTION SO WE COULD PERFECT THE USE OF IT. ONCE I BEGAN TO UNDERSTAND THAT I WAS EVANGELIST I LOOKED AT OTHERS IN HISTORY WITH TYE SAME GIFT. I WANTED TO LEARN WHAT MADE THEM SO SUCCESSFUL. ONE SUCH MAN WAS DWIGHT L MOODY. TWO THINGS THAT JUMPED OUT TO ME. FIRST WAS WHEN ASKED HOW HE SAW PEOPLE WAS EXACTLY THE SAME WAY I DID. HE RELIED I SEE DEAD PEOPLE WALKING.THE THING I DIDNT PUT TOGETHER WAS THE POWER OF PRAYER.
IT WAS SAID DWIGHT WOULD HAVE UP TO 100 PEOPLE PRAYING TILL SOMEONE CAME A TOLD THEM THEY COULD STOP. SO WE WOULD HAVE PEOPLE PRAY WHEN I WAS TALKING TO SOMEONE. WE HAD MOSTLY YOUTH YET FEW MORE MATURE MEMBERS (IN AGE) WOULD BE FAITHFUL TO PRAY SOMETIMES UP TO AN HOUR. HOWEVER BECAUSE PRAYER AND EVANGELISM GO HAND IN HAND. WE FOUND GREAT SUCCESS IN CONVERSIONS. SO MUCH SO THAT A FEW TOOK IT FOR GRANTED. WE KNEW IT WORKED YET WE HAD NOT HAVE DATA ABOUT IF WE DID NOT PRAY OR WOULD STOP BEFORE THEY WERE GIVEN THE OK. I HAD HEARD OF THE LESS ENTHUSIASTIC PRAYERS THIS WAS UPSETTING AS SOMEONES LIFE WAS HANGING IN THE BALANCE. THE YOUTH ESPECIALLY KNEW THIS. AS EACH OF THEM PRAYED FOR SOME OF THEM TO BECOME GODS CHILDREN.
I WAS ASKED TO COME AND SPEAK AT A BIBLE STUDY GROUP IN ONE OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS. WHEN I GO TO THESE EVENTS I WOULD ALWAYS SHARE THE GOSPEL TO THEM WITHOUT THEM CATCHING ON. THIS TIME I HAD BREE WHO HAD BEEN WITH ME SIX YEARS.SHE WAS WITH CHARLES. AS I WAS FINISHING UP ONE OF THE GIRLS CAME TO ME AND SAID SHE NEEDED TO TALK TO ME MORE ABOUT SALVATION. IMMEDIATELY I TOLD BREE AND CHARLES TO FIND A PLACE TO PRAY TILL I COME TO GET YOU BOTH.
I SAT IN THE HALLWAY TALKING TO HER. USUALLY IN A GOOD SETTING YOU HAVE ONLY 20 MINUTES WITH SOMEONE BEFORE THEY LOOSE FOCUS. I LOOKED AT MY POCKET WATCH AND SAW IT WAS 4:12. FOR THE FIRST TEN MINUTES THINGS WERE GOING WELL. REMEMBER WE ARE IN A HALLWAY AFTER SCHOOL YET NO KIDS ARE AROUND TO DISTRACT US. THEN TWO GIRLS STOPPED BY TO SAY HI TO THEIR FRIEND. THAT WAS 4:25. IT TOOK A FEW MINUTES TO REFOCUS HER. WHEN AT 4:31 THE HALL GOT CROWDED AND PEOPLE WERE STOPPING BY TO TALK. I KNEW AT THAT POINT HER TIME HAD PASSED.
SO I GO TO THE BENCH WHERE I LEFT MY TWO CREW. ONLY TO FIND THEM NOT THERE. I THEN WALKED DOWN THE FLIGHT OF STAIRS ONLY TOFIND BREE N CHARLES PLAYING CARDS. AS I APPROACHED BREE SAYS SHES SAVED RIGHT. I COMMENTED NO AND ASKED WHEN THEY STOPPED PRAYING. THEY SAID IT WAS BOUT FIVE MINUTES WHICH FIT NICELY WITH THE CHANGE THAT TOOK PLACE IN THE HALLWAY. BREE ASKED WHY DID SHE NOT SAY YES. I TOLD HER WHAT HAPPENED UPSTAIRS AND THE TIME OF THE EVENTS. BREE GOT VERY QUITE. THEN SHE SAID HOW HORRIBLE SHE FELT. I TOLD HER N CHARLES *NOW WE KNOW* PRAYER WORKES HENCE LACK OF PRAYER HAS N EFFECT ON THE OUTCOME. SO THERE I AM ALWAYS KNOWING HOW IMPORTANT PRAYER IS TO MINISTRY. I DID NOT NEED TO SEE A NEGATIVE OUTCOME BY NOT STAYING FOCUSED. HOWEVER AS I MUST NOT HAVE DRIVEN THAT POINT HOME TO BREE. SHE NEEDED TO SEE A NEGATIVE OUTCOME TO CONFIRM WHAT SHE KNEW BUT FORGOT FOR FIVE MINUTES ONE FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
PRAYER IS THE MOST POWERFUL THING IN OUR QUIVER. AS THE WORD SAYS PRAYER CAN MOVE THE HAND OF GOD. DO I UNDERSTAND IT NO. DO I BELIEVE IT YES. I FIGURE IF PRAYER CAN DO THAT. IT MITE BE A GOOD HABIT TO PICK UP.
THANK YOU ALL FOR STOPPING BY. UNTIL I RETURN GODSPEED BLESSINGS ONE LOVE PD
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INTERVENTION
SO THIS IS WHERE IT ALL ENDS.
PART ONE
IN ONE OF MY PAST POSTS *ONE HOUR*I HAD TOLD YOU THE DOCTORS TOLD ME THAT FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE I WOULD HAVE TO PAY CLOSE ATTENTION WHILE IN THE SUN. I WOULD HAVE SEVERAL MORE TIMES WHEN I WAS NOT PAYING CLOSE ENOUGH ATTENTION TO MY CIRCUMSTANCES. THIS IS ONE OF THOSE TIMES. EVENTUALLY I STARTED MY OWN LAWN BUSINESS WHEN I MOVED TO S. FL. I GOT TIRED OF MAKING OTHER PEOPLE MONEY OF MY BACK. MOST OF MY BUSINESS CAME OFF FROM REFERENCES. HOWEVER THERE WERE TIMES I WOULD BE IN THE RIGHT SPOT AT THE RIGHT TIME. I HAD GOT A CALL FROM ONE OF MY CUSTOMERS WHO HAD A FRIEND THAT NEEDED A LAWN SERVICE. IN A DAY OR TWO I SPEAK TO THE LADY. SHE SAYS SHE OWNS THE HOUSE AND IS MOVING IN BUT THE LAWN IS OUT OF CONTROL. SHE WANTED ME TO GIVE HER A PRICE WITHOUT SEEING THE PROPERTY, SIZE SHAPE AND ESPECIALLY LENGTH OF GRASS. I WAS ABLE TO PULL THE PROPERTY UP ON GOOGLE MAP. AT THIS POINT I SEE WHAT I HAVE. AGAIN I DO NOT KNOW HOW LONG THE GRASS IS YET
THE NEXT DAY SHE KEPT ASKING ME TO I QUOTE HER A PRICE I DO NOT LIKE TO GIVE QUOTES WITHOUT KNOWING EVERYTHING. BECAUSE OF THE CUSTOMER I HAVE I GIVE HER THE QUOTE. I BID IT HIGH THAT WAY IF IT TOOK THE WHOLE DAY I COULD STILL MAKE MONEY.
WHEN I PULL UP TO THE HOUSE AND WALK IN THE BACK. I SEE THE LAWN HAD NOT BEEN CUT FOR FOUR OR FIVE WEEKS. NOW I KNOW I WILL HAVE TO CUT IT TWICE. IT WAS SO LONG MY MOWER LITERALLY COULD NOT MULCH IT UP AFTER CUTTING IT FOUR TIMES. AFTER THE FIRST DAY I REALIZED I HAVE TO GO BACK TOMORROW. THAT WOULD MEAN I WOULD HAVE RAKE AND BAG ALL THE GRASS. NONE OF WHICH I HAD IN MY BUDGET.
AUGUST IS TYPICALLY OUR HOTTEST. THIS HAPPENED TO BE ITHE HOTTEST AUGUST IN YEARS. I GOT THERE AT 8 am BUT NO ONE WAS THERE TO LET ME IN. FINALLY I CONTACTED MY CUSTOMER AND SHE GOT ME IN. BUT NOW ITS 10:00. I STARTED RAKING THE GRASS IT TOOK ME. FOUR HOURS JUST TO RAKE THE GRASS INTO THIRTY PILES. WHEN I GET TO HOT AND AM BEGINNING TO APPROACH HEAT EXHAUSTION AND LIKELY STROKE I HAVE ITO PAY ATTENTION TO THE WARNINGS.
I DECIDED I HAD ALREADY LOST MONEY ON THIS JOB. SO I FIGURE I WILL COME BACK TOMORROW. THAT WAS UNTIL THE LADY CAME OUT AND SAID IT HAS TO BE DONE TODAY. THEN SHE SOLD THE PLACE AND THE NEW OWNERS WERE MOVING IN TOMORROW. I STARTED BAGING THE GRASS WITH THE BIGGEST GARBAGE BAGS MADE. IDK HOW LONG I WAS BAGGING THE GRASS. YET I REMEMBER THAT I WAS SO BEAT I WAS CRAWLING FROM PILE TO PILE FILLING BAG AFTER BAG .. I MANAGED TO GET TO MY WATER AND SAT DOWN AT THE SIDE OF THE HOUSE. I COULD FEEL MYSELF STARTING TO LOOSE CONSCIOUSNESS.
I DRANK A LITTLE WATER AND PASSED OUT. WHEN I CAME TO IT WAS AROUND 4:00. AS I COME TO I AM NO LONGER SWEATING BUT WAS EXTREMELY LIGHT HEADED. THIS IS A BIG RED FLAG (SOMETHING WE LEARNED ON THE GOLF COURSE. WHEN THE TEMPERATURE AND THE HUMIDITY ADD UP TO BE 150, THE BODY SITTING STILL CAN NOT PREVENT ITSELF FROM OVER HEATING. ) TODAY ITS 97* AND 95% HUMIDITY. I AM ALREADY PUSHING THE LIMITS OF MY ABILITIES AND THE AMOUT OFTIME WHEN THIS CAN GO SIDEWAYS. SOMEHOW I MANGED TO GET THE REST OF THE GRASS BAGGED UP. THERE WAS OVER 100 BAGS. AT THAT POINT IT WAS 5:00. I DRAG ALL THE BAGS OUT FRONT. THERE WAS NO WAY TO GET OUT OF THE SUN. I HAD REACHED THAT POINT OF TOTAL EXHAUSTION. I WENT INTO THE BACK YARD TO MAKE SURE I HAD EVERYTHING. SO I SIT DOWN AT THE SIDE OF THE HOUSE AND WAS DRINKING MY WATER. I COULD FEEL MYSELF DRIFTING IN AND OUT. ALL I WAS THINKING THIS IS WHERE IT WILL END. IT SERIOUSLY WAS SO SURREAL. I DID NOT SEE ME GOING OUT LIKE THIS. I WAS GOING TO DIE I MEAN I HAD SO MUCH I WANT TO SAY TO SO MANY PEOPLE. I REACHED FOR MY PHONE TO CALL MY WIFE TO SAY SAY GOODBYE.
I DO NOT MAKE THE CALL. IDK WHEN NOR REMEMBER PASSING OUT AGAIN. I HEARD A VOICE LOW AT FIRST AS I CAME TO I WAS LOOKING AT THE NEIGHBOR SCREAMING AT ME APPARENTLY I HAD PUT FEW BAGS IN HER DRIVE.
IDK HOW BUT GET UP AND DRAG THE BAGS OUT FROM HER DRIVE. THIS IS WHERE THE LADY WHO IS SELLING THE PLACE TELLS ME I HAVE TO REMOVE ALL THE BAGS. THEN PROCEEDS TO START PUTTING THEM IN MY VAN.
AT THIS POINT I AM SO DEHYDRATED I LITERALLY CAN NOT CONCENTRATE NOR THINK. SOMEHOW SHE GETS 70 PLUS BAGS IN THE VAN. THEN THE LADY LEAVES TO GET MY MONEY. AS I AM TRYING TO PUSH THE LAST TEN BAGS IN THE VAN WAITING FOR MY PAY, ONCE AGAIN I PASS OUT. IT WAS NOT LONG AS I HEAR THE NEIGHBOR AGAIN SCREAMING AT ME WITH SOME VERY COLORFUL VOCABULARY TO GET UP OFF MY LAZY ….. I WAS ACTUALLY NOT GRASPING HOW PEOPLE CAN NOT SEE THAT I AM NOT DOING WELL.
I GET MY PAY AND DRAG MYSELF IN THE VAN, ITS SO FULL I CAN NOT SEE OUT ANY WONDOW OR MIRROR. I HAVE NO AC IN THE VAN AND ONLY MY WIDOW GOES DOWN HALF WAY. EVERYTHING FROM THIS POINT IS VERY HAZY. I AM DIZZY WITH A CRAZY HEADACHE. THOSE ARE THE LAST SIGNS JUST BEFORE REAL BAD THINGS WILL HAPPEN. I TRY AND REST BUT ITS SO HOT AND NOW I AM NAUSEOUS. I HAVE TO DRIVE 20 MILES TO REACH HOME. AS I START THE VAN I CLOSE THE DOOR. HOWEVER IT WILL NOT CLOSE. FROM THIS POINT IT IS ALL GOD.
AS YOU HAVE SEEN GODS ALREADY STEPPED IN SEVERAL TIMES TO BAIL ME OUT. YET BECAUSE OF THE POSITION I PUT MYSELF IN HE WOULD HAVE TO INTERVENE…….
I WILL STOP HERE WHE I GET BACK I WILL FINISH OF THE STORY. AS ALWAYS I AM SO BLEST AND HUMBLED BY THE ATTENTION YOU PAY TO MY POSTS. I WILL BE BACK SOON. UNTIL THEM. GODSPEED BLESSINGS ONE LOVE PD
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INTERVENTION
BOYS AND THEIR TOYS
PART TWO
When I you with me being the last man standing. IDK if I had mentioned Crazy Tony (CT) or not. He was Dave’s side kick, he only served two purposes. One he was the chemist ( don’t ask ) and well the name says it all. The last few times I saw Dave I noticed Tony was mia. One Big issue with CT is he couldn’t stop getting high. I also knowing Billy that they’d be together by design.
What I didn’t know was where as Billy owed me a lot of money and I was hoping it didn’t all go up in smoke. So I’m not sure what’s going on with everyone. I didn’t really look introspective if had I’d seen we all had a problem. I’d regret that in that small window of opportunity that i didn't take advantage of and get out But no one does without some kind of casualties
By now I learned the process of making freebase, (my biggest regret ) Another reason to find Billy is I had a lot of toys of the trade (guns) which I always hated this came with Dave. One of these were in my truck back in the post *I Live Right Over There* None of these did. you want to be caught with. One of them Billy bought from a catalog. He bought a police riot gun/Long Range snipers rifle. They made it into a simi automatic making it very dangerous. The caption on this said this can shoot so far up to 1/2 mile in perfect conditions and you would be dead before you heard the sound. The bullets were three inches long. Dave had taken a few but not al them
As I had mentioned I didn’t hear much from Billy over the last year. It was the 30th of December and I get a call from Billy. We talk a few and he doesn’t sound to bad. He then says bring the guns. He gave me directions and it was a apartment complex. It happened to be at Debbie’s apartment. Her apartment was on the second floor. All these apartments are laid out the same. I’ve got mixed emotions about carrying these around but then I get rid of them.
There was quite a bit Billy didn’t tell me was he was with CT. Now CT gets way beyond paranoid. when on the pipe. He was scary paranoid. Billy could have an active imagination. But I knew Debbie and she had it together. She could walk away from a session where so very few have that internal fortitude. I’m betting on Debbie. I’d be surprised. When I get there and get inside with everything I see Billy is all wired out. Debbie comes out and all seems ok. There was a few pipes and plenty to smoke in the living room. I’d not seen that much at one time. Now CT comes out and starts talking to Billy bout the apartment across the way. I didn’t get it all at that moment. When Billy and CT went in the back room. I could see in Debbie’s eyes things were not so good. Like I said CT is scary paranoid to the point he could think you were a cop. That’s never good when your that high. Billy rushes out a tells me to come back in the room. Idk what to expect as I walk into a completely dark room. CT is looking out the window then Billy goes over and looks. They ask me to look, so I do the apartment was dark not a light on anywhere not even Christmas tree lights.
They want to know do I see anyone there. I say no but they are insistent that there’s a gang over there and were going to rob them. I asked Billy when the last time anyone ate or slept. He said five days. That’s cus they’ve been watching a dark apartment. I told Billy to try and chill as there’s no one to worry bout. Well that is unless you count CT. I go out in the living room area where the base is at. Billy says take all you want. Debbie has locked herself in her room. Can you say RED FLAG. This is when Billy comes out and CT start looking at the guns. Apparently they are still on the gang thing. Me I don’t think bout anything but the size hit I’m bout to do.
I have to explain the layout of the apartment I was in the living dining area however the kitchen area was just to my left. Another words nothing between me and them. I was watching and kinda listing to Billy talk bout the riot gun. Here’s another thing with this rifle it comes with a clip. Why Billy decides to show CT how to load the clip in and out. What happens next was one of the craziest and scariest five minutes in my life. Here’s how it goes when you take your first hit. All the adrenaline is pumped out into your sensory areas eyes and ears but it’s like going up on one of those towers where they take you up 100 feet and you go into free fall. Ya that rush with euphoria.
I just leave the two boys and their toys. I just sit down and start to take my hit. This was going to be one of those hits that take to a place where you kinda blackout. I watched Billy take the clip out. Then it happened. When Billy loaded the clip it put one bullet in the chamber. Meaning he had a live round that can travel great distance and faster than sound in his position. CT wants to hold the gun as Billy begins to hand it to CT he hits the hair pin trigger. Yep just before I blackout i hear (now amplified ) and see a spark as the bullet hits the floor. Here’s the thing the barrel was pointed at me but at an angle that it could ricochet. Seriously I should be dead. This all happens in five seconds. Billy yells out I think I shot my self. I’m trying to fight the high now. As Debbie runs out and says get everything out of here NOW. Billy says he shot his foot which is his big concern. CT thinks the gang across they way will be here soon. Debbie knows it takes less than five minutes for the police to get here once they are called. Trust me they were called. Debbie runs out with garbage bags of everything weed pills pipes now the guns and of course a 1/4 pound of snow. Any of this puts all us in jail. All this put all us in prison for twenty years.
I am still buzzed but I am on the same page as Debbie get out quick. I have my pick up truck. I have no idea what we are throwing in the back of my open bed truck. I just know we were out of the door and down the road in three minutes. We didn’t have any place we set to meet. We had several places that we could lay lo in for few weeks if needed. We ended up with the guns and weed plus the pipes. Debbie and CT had everything else. Once Billy and I got to our place he took his shoe off and it had a small hole in it. We looked at his foot and he actually shot his left foot in the webbing between the big toe n second toe. It went through so fast and hot it actually sealed the wound. Didn’t mean he wasn’t in pain. We also didn’t know if he would get an infection or worse gangrene. That would take few days to know. If so then we have to go to hospital and explain to the police how that happened. The bigger concern for me was the apartment below us. Where they were standing when the gun went off was directly above an elderly lady where she would be sitting watching tv. Now I’m pretty freaked at the options.
After the next day CT and Debbie find us. We were watching the news and the shooting was on the news. They were not saying much. Then we bring up the possibility of what could have happened to Debbie n CT. There was a report people saw a truck leaving the complex a few minutes after the gun shot. Idk how much they knew bout the truck. So I’m now into staying put through New Year’s Day and more. Now that we are all together we decide to party. Billy did sleep for few hours. I’ve now been up three days. After four or five hours it’s late afternoon and getting dark. When CT can’t take it anymore so he had an idea to drive over and see what’s going on. Debbie actually does her thing and just leaves. Now I’m there with CT and wounded Billy. Now Billy is fine as he’s got no reason to use that foot and he was enjoying the session. Leaving CT with few hours sleep in seven days and me with the only transportation. Against my better judgment but really had no say cus CT is carrying a 38 special and I don’t really want CT upset with me. We jump in the truck and cruise round the hood real quick to see if anyone was there. We saw police cars still there. So we just keep moving. However later that evening CT wanted to go back again. Off we go. When we get to the door we see tape everywhere and door is sealed. Me I’m thinking let’s go. Nothing to see here. Not so fast CT just breaks the tape and opens the door. We go in to see if we can see where the bullet hit. There was a real tight low cropped brown rug between the rooms. That’s where the bullet went in. Right above the lady. It took few minutes to find the place the bullet went. Inder the carpet and flooring was cement. Now we knew the lady was ok. At that point CT starts heading back to the bedroom. I tell him I’m going now and if he doesn’t want to explain to officer friendly why you’re here then let’s ride.
I never saw Debbie or CT. I heard CT put himself in an institute so he wouldn’t go to jail. Debbie landed on her feet as always. Billy idk. If he would have gone to jail I’m pretty sure I would have too. Then again…..
As always I do not want anyone to think I’m promoting any type of substance use or abuse. I only bring these things up as even when you are so far away in your mind from GOD He’s still there. Working things out. Giving us off ramps. I should have been shot and idk how my truck didn’t get picked up no one in the country had that type truck. However it my world now starting to crash n burn. This is also a cautionary tale about gun safety and especially don’t mix guns and substance and no sleep together. Nothing good will come from that. Once again I thank you all for making my day. Idk when I’ll be back but until then. Have a blest day. GODSPEED BLESSINGS ONE LOVE PD
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INTERVENTION
BOB
ARE TIMES IN MY LIFE WHERE THE INTERVENTION WAS NOTON MY BEHALF BUT RATHER I WOULD BE USED TO INTERVENE THIS IS ONE OF THOSE TIMES. BACK IN 09. ONE YEAR AFTER I LOST MY DAD I WAS COMING OUT FROM MY WORKOUT. WHEN AN OLD FRIEND OF MINE CALLED ME AND LEFT A MESSAGE. HE NEEDED A BIG FAVOR. HE HAD A FRIEND BOB. WHO HAPPENED TO BE IIN THE HOSPITAL THAT IS NEAR OUR PLACE. HE ASKED ME IF I WOULD GO AND TALK TO BOB ABOUT HIS SALVATION. AT FIRST IT WAS A NO BRAINER.
USELLY GOD REVEALS SOMETHING TO ME I AM ON A FEW DAY OUT BEFORE ACTION IS REQUIRED. AS I WALK TO MY CAR I DECIDE TO GO HOME AND GO TOMORROW. I HAD NO GREAT DESIRE TO GO BACK TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE I LAST SAW MY DAD. THEN GOD SAID NO YOU NEED TO GO NOW.
I FIGURED LET ME CALL FRANK AND GET THE LOW DOWN. THEN I WOULD HAVE BETTER IDEA ABOUT TIMING. ALSO I NEEDED TO CHECK INTO THE POSSIBLE ISSUES THAT COULD ARRIVE AND THROW EVERYTHING SIDEWAYS. WHEN I CALL FRANK BACK TO FIND OUT EXACTLY WHERE BOB WAS. DID HIS WIFE SAY YES TO ME COMING? WHAT WAS HIS CONDITION? FRANK WAS NOTED FOR HIS LACK OF INFORMATION OR EXAGGERATION. ONCE HE BEGINS TO TELL ME BOBS CONDITION I REALZE THE SERIOUSNESS OF MOMENT. HE TELLS ME BOB IS DYING. THEY THINK HE COULD HANG IN THERE FOR FEW DAYS. HE HAS BEEN IN A VEGETATIVE STATE FOR LAST FEW DAYS. THEN HE TELLS ME BOB IS IN ICU. THAT WAS THE LAST PLACE I WANT TO BE. BOBS WIFE ACCORDING TO FRANK WAS REQUESTING ME TO COME.
NOW I HAVE THE INFORMATION AND THINK GODS SAYING TO GO TODAY. I AM STILL IN MY WORKOUT GEAR. WHAT HARM IN GOING HOME AND CHANGING. THEN GET MY HEAD WRAPPED AROUND THE WHOLE SITUATION. AS I GET IN MY CAR GOD TELLS ME I DEFINITELY HAVE TO GO NOW.
I DRIVE OVER PARK THE CAR AND PRAY. THIS IS VERY DIFFERENT FOR ME. I GET TO THE ICU FLOOR AS SOON AS THE DOOR OPENED ALL KINDS OF EMOTIONS WERE FLOODING OVER ME. IT ONLY GOT WORSE WHEN I HEAR ALL THE MACHINES DOING THEIR THING. I WALK UP TO THE DOOR AND LOOK INSIDE TO SEE BARB BOBS WIFE. SHE WAS SITTING ON THE CHAIR NEXT TO BOB. I KNEW THAT LOOK. I WALK IN AND INTRODUCE MYSELF. IDK BARB DID NOT LOOK LIKE SHE WAS EXPECTING ME. I WOULD FIND OUT A FEW DAYS LATER SHE WOULD HAVE SAID NO TO ME COMING. YET SHE TELLS ME I CAN PRAY FOR BOB AS HE HASN’T BEEN AWAKE IN OVER 36 HOURS. I ASK GOD WHY AM I HERE? BARB GETS UP AND LEAVES. I AM LOOKING AT A MAN WHO IS NOT RESPONSIVE. DESPITE OF ALL THE TUBES AND HARNESSES BOBS IN I START TO WALK OVER TO PRAY FOR HIM.
AS I GET TO HIS SIDE HE WAKES UP. I AM ASTONISHED I COULD NOT IMAGINE WHAT HES THINKING. HE CAN’T TALK WITH THE RESPIRATOR IN HIS THROUT. I TELL HIM I KNOW YOU DO NOT KNOW ME (YET BOB DOES NOT SEEMED ALARMED IN ANYWAY. IT IS LIKE HE ALMOST EXPECTED ME) BUT WE HAVE A MUTUAL FRIEND. FRANK. I TOLD HIM FRANK WANTED ME TO COME AND TALK TO YOU. I TOLD HIM TO TAKE MY HAND AND SQUEEZE ONE TIME TO CONTINUE TWICE TO STOP. I ASK HIM STRAIGHT UP DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOU WILL BE IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS WHEN YOU PASS. HE SQUEEZES. TWICE. I ASK HIM DO YOU BELIEVE IN THE HERE AFTER. HE SQUEEZES ONE TIME. I ASK HIM IF I CAN TELL HIM HOW TO GET THERE. YES IS THE RESPONSE. AS I SHARED THE GOOD NEWS BOB EAGERLY WAS RECEPTIVE TO THE WHOLE PROCESS. AS WE FINISHED BARB CAME IN AND WAS VERY SURPRISED BOB WAS AWAKE. EVEN MORE SHE WAS EQUALLY SURPRISED BOB WOULD LISTEN. AT THE END I ASK HIM WHERE HE PLACED CHRIST HE POINTED TO HIS HEART. BOB ACTUALLY HAD TEARS IN HIS EYES FROM HAPPINESS
I STAYED A LITTLE LONGER AND PROMISED I WOULD STOP BY TOMORROW. FOUR HOURS LATER I GOT A CALL FROM FRANK TELLING ME BOB HAD PAST. I HADN’T HAD A CHANCE TO TELL HIM BOB RECEIVED CHRIST AS SAVIOR. FRANK AND I BOTH GRASPED THE MAGNITUDE OF THE PAST FIVE HOURS. WHEN I REFLECT BACK I AM DEEPLY MOVED TO BE PART BOBS SALVATION. I AM EXTREMELY THANKFUL I UNDERSTOOD THE URGENCY OF GODS VOICE. THIS WAS NOT THE FIRST TIME GOD WOKE SOMEONE UP FOR ME. I WILL TELL YOU OF THE OTHER EVENT SOMETIME IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
THIS CONCLUDES TODAYS MY EXPERIENCE WHERE GOD INTERVENED ON BEHALF OF A COMMON FRIEND. UNTIL I RETURN LET ME THANK YOU ALL FOR DROPPING IN GODSPEED BLESSINGS ONE LOVE PD
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INTERVENTION
LEASBERG PART #1
I had shared with you early in ministry I was both Youth Pastor for First Methodist Church of Hollywood as well as serving as the S Broward YFC Director. This is the setting this story takes place. I had told the LORD I would ride any vehicle in order to preach the GOSPEL. One thing I always wanted to do was have a concert and speak to the audience between sets or shows.
It was bout our second month there when a family stopped bye one Saturday as we were doing our Sports Ministry. I found out that the husband was a step father to the two kids in the family. Tony was 10 Jackie his sister was 13 Bruce the SF and mom Terry.
The parents were looking for a youth group for their kids. After ten minutes they decided to leave the kids with us. I noticed there seemed a disconnect between Bruce n the kids especially Jackie. I spoke to Jackie bout her salvation and she was sure she and Tony were. I well don’t believe anyone till they can prove it. However I felt the right time would show. We did a lot of special things for the congregation on Sundays. One thing we did was concerts. I found Jackie had a beautiful voice. That’s when she told me that her SF had started a family band. However neither of the two wanted to be in the band as they didn’t get along with Bruce. When it came to music they actually hated being round him.
After a few months had passed Bruce came to our Sunday School Class and pulled me over afterwards and told me they had cut a demo tape. They had ten songs they were real good at. He wanted to know if I wanted to hear them and see if there’s any future in going forward. I agreed. However I could see Bruce was good at playing the guitar. Actually he could play almost any instrument. He was also a good writer. The two big things I took away from their session is Bruce is a perfectionist and that’s not easily accomplished especially if like Tony who was learning how to play drums. Also Bruce thought he was the next Jimi Hendrix. Don’t laugh he couldn’t understand why he wasn’t on tour.
We worked out a time they could come and do a concert for the teens. We had a really good turn out. Even the Pastor and few members stopped bye. The band was introduced and they bean to play. It was really loud and they were pretty good. Everyone was having a good time until the third song. I was talking to the Pastor when Bruce just stops and starts yelling at Tony for missing the beat and at Jackie cus she sang to low. It went south from there. Jackie was in tears n Tony wasn’t going to play and Bruce just got so upset we had to ask him to leave. I was able to get Jackie calmed down and talked to her and her mom bout doing few songs Acapulco. That way we could calm the kids down and take their mind off what just happened. I also needed to speak to the kids as many bought friends that needed salvation. By the time I got them up on stage more than half the kids left. Anyway two teens did come to Christ.
At that point I had no allusion I’d be doing anything with Bruce again. Never say never. Unknown to me they were forced to continue to practice. Three months later Bruce stops bye my house to apologize for his rant and to ask if I’d do another concert with them. Reluctantly I said yes thinking he’d not find a place to play. The next week he told me he had a concert in LEASBERG Baptist Church. We would be going in two weeks. We had to work out details as it was held on Saturday night which was our Sports Ministry night. I’d leave my future wife Karen and my youth to run that. While Jimmie a ex simi-pro football player would use his van to load up the equipment and follow them up there. It’s a little over two n half hours one way. The concert was set for six o’clock. I always watch to see if things go sideways as then I know the enemy is concerned bout what could happen. It’s not like it happens all the time but close to 40% of the time something abnormal happens.
Then came the week of the concert. I’d talked to the Pastor up there. Everyone was excited to have us come up. However jimmies van started acting up. It began to just stall out for no apparent reason. It got to the point by Saturday it was stalling a lot. It was electrical but we had no idea exactly what it was. We had no idea how far the van would go on a road trip. At this time I had not learned we could pray for automobiles outside of traveling mercy’s. We decided to leave by noon giving us a few hours to set up and practice a little bit. We all meant at Bruce’s house at 9am to pray find out the directions basic logistics to pull this off. We had only been there ten minutes when Jackie yelled out for us to come in the kitchen. Seems the ladies were doing the dishes when a goblet just broke and her mom had a four inch very deep cut in the palm of her hand close to the thumb. It needed stitches but we had no time for that. We bandaged it up and prayed for it to stop bleeding. If it wouldn’t then we’d have to cancel. God answered our prayers. It stopped and never opened the whole weekend I know of. She never got stitches but it did heal over the next month.
We were on the road by noon. We hot I95 N and was gone. But within the first half hour the van started running very ruff and lost speed. Ten minutes later we are on the side of the road. We had to wait 15 minutes and it started like nothing was wrong. Unfortunately this became the norm for this trip. I see this as the enemy trying to prevent us from pulling this off. After the third time we sent the band ahead to set up what they could. Jimmie n I got there by 5. Unbelievably I walked into a hot mess. Seems the kids were so upset they were in no way going to play with Bruce. Worse I always knew Bruce wasn’t saved but knew everything bout salvation and one could not get to confirm his conversion experience, he had literally cursed out the Pastors wife as she was trying to explain where he could set up and the outlets ect. Bruce was having none of that. The Pastor isn’t happy either. I talk to the Pastor n give him my take on Bruce n the reason why we should still put on the show. He agreed and saw this as the enemy trying to derail what God put in motion.
I asked if he could talk to his wife and I’d talk to the kids and Bruce. Jimmies now so upset he doesn’t want to do the special effects. So I have one hour to get everyone calmed down and refocus on the opportunity we have in front us. Then get them set up and on stage. While the Pastor has to convince his wife to allow us to go forth. At this point she’s dead set on us leaving. While this is all being put in motion Bruce is running round like a crazy man screaming at the kids telling them what he thinks of them. So I got to deal with him also. I had learned this. God would give me the words if I asked. So I found a quiet place in the church building and prayed. One thing I’m sure of. The enemy is concerned about someone coming to Christ. After I pray……
I will leave you here. I will be gone for few days meanwhile please receive my gratitude I have for all you that dropped bye. Until I return GODSPEED BLESSINGS ONE LOVE PD