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Appendix: The Road to Ethwpia
him to come home! But Jesus put me to the test, and even as a child, I found His words to be true: "He f ^ father and mother more than me is not wor y me. . . .He cannot be my disciple" (Matthew 10:37, 14:26).
The choice was made; I decided to follow Jesus, r
rangements were made for my baptism. On February 1961, I was baptized into that wonderful life-gi^^ name the name of Jesus. My mother and sister, w were also baptized that day, were the only ones presen besides Pastor Gibson.
Miraculous Manifestations , Something beautiful and miraculous happened wne
was baptized. Although it was winter and we u heated baptistery, the SpiritoftheLord came down, anu I actually felt the water grow warm.
Soon BrotherGibson plunged me beneath the j to be buried with Christ, dead to sin, dead to sell, a raised up a new creature in Christ Jesus.
I then went into the back room by myself to c garments while my mother, my sister, and Brother wo son waited in the front. At this time asecond h^nly manifestation took place. Suddenly I began to near heavenly music that filled the air with great joy, mu^^ic that was as audible as any I have ever heard. I
above my head to see where it was coming from. Then the most glorious, heavenly sounds filled the room. 1can not fully explain it, but I fully experienced it. So sudden and so awesome was this manifestation that I fled from the room. Like the child Samuel I did not understand what God was doing.
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