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So, after, I went back to Oakwood. I was telling the pastor night and
day that I wanted to be baptized. They were making plans to take a

bunch of us to another place that had a pool when they discovered that

there was a pool under the pulpit right there at Oakwood. It only needed
to be cleaned and filled up. We were overjoyed. People were getting

baptized every month. All went well throughout this period, being
taught by a wonderful man of God and his wife, Pastor Andrew Isaacs.

May their souls rest in peace.

I attended that church for over twenty years and made lots of long-
lasting friends. I’ve been to so many places with the ladies' group all

over the United States. Being a member of the women’s group, I had
the privilege of going everywhere with them. My most memorable trip

was my pastor’s wife’s fiftieth birthday, when we went on a fourteen-
day cruise. We stopped at five different islands. We had a service on

board, also a real birthday party—so memorable. Those were the days.

I always wrote, and I wrote her a beautiful poem. Because of moving
so many times, I lost all of my writings. Another memorable trip was

to Ocean City, Maryland. This was literally a city out in the ocean. To
get to the hotel, we had to take a boat. That was an interesting night,

but it prepared me for my cruise. Another interesting trip was to North

Carolina. Apparently, they were told that a group of Canadians were
coming, so they had the square all nicely decorated, with a banner

flying that said, “Welcome to the Canadians.” When the bus pulled up,
there we were—a busload of Black folks. They asked, “Are you

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