Virginia Cripps

I would like to thank God tonight for all the wonderful blessings He has given me. I wasn’t raised in a Christian home, but I had a good moral home. I knew my parents loved me. The reason I didn’t do a lot of things was because my mother didn’t want me to, and I wanted to please her. However, we did not have a Bible in our home.

I was married and we moved to Portland, Oregon. My husband went to church and got saved. I went too, and found out I had a soul and would have to answer to God someday for my deeds. I learned to pray, and I got saved. Later, I got sanctified and received my baptism. It was really wonderful.

I learned the power of prayer. Prayer really means something to me. A year ago in May the Lord healed me. My heart was so bad the doctor said there was no hope for me. That was it! He said, “You will have to live with it.” I said, “Well, that is all right with me.” A volume of prayer went up to Heaven for me. Brother Forrest Damron and Brother Audrey Wallace came over and prayed for me. The doctor said, “If you’re alive in a couple of weeks, come back.” I went back in a couple of weeks and they couldn’t find a thing wrong. It was nothing but the Lord. I knew it was the Lord. I thank Him for all the wonderful blessings.