I am so glad I am a Christian. I couldn’t always say that. Our little family was living in the State of Kansas doing the best they could. The Bible was an open book in our home and my parents prayed with us before we went to school each day, but they couldn’t tell us how to be saved and keep it. The church we attended had gone into formality, so we had a formal religion, but the Lord is faithful to every honest heart.
We had relatives in the Apostolic Faith Church who were praying for our little family, and the Lord brought us to visit them. The second day that I was here, I was taken down with appendicitis. The ministers from the church prayed for me and I was raised up. Not only that, but God saved my soul and planted peace and joy in my heart.
I was a teenager then, and I didn’t want to go back to Kansas with my family. I cast my lot with these people and wanted to stay with them. I thank God He did that for me, and I’m so thankful that He has kept me down through the years, in school, in the business world, and at home.
Later I married and we had a happy Christian home. Some years ago, I was stricken with cancer and was told that if I didn’t have an operation, it would mean my life. The first thing I did was to have the ministers pray for me. I realized the Lord expected something of me also, so I prayed and consecrated my life to Him.
We had a young daughter who still needed a mother’s prayers and guidance. I prayed the Lord would spare me for that purpose. He undertook for me and healed me, and I am still healed after many years. My daughter is grown and married and has a family of her own. The Lord has done much for me, and I am looking forward to His soon return.
Gertrude was married to Kendall Damron, who was the oldest of James and Edna Damron’s three sons.
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