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laundry and detergent cost $37.00! This man had been a sent angel of the
Lord.

Our beloved parents do not share or understand all of our views concerning
Christianity. They had been hurt by what the Lord called us to do. We are
happy to report that God has fully restored all of our relationships. Mary's
parents in 1998 gave each of their three children a substantial amount of
money. In their eyes, they felt that we could not be trusted with money
because we would give it away. They chose to set up a trust fund for us. We
cannot touch the money, but the funds are available to us. Through the trust,
we purchased a brand new five bedroom, three bathroom manufactured home
that is almost twice the size of what we gave away. We also have purchased
over an acre of land, of which we had none in Miami. Likewise, the trust
purchased a brand new van. It always pays the insurance on the home, van,
the property taxes, and the repairs on the van and home. Though nothing
legally belongs to us, the fact is that we cannot take anything with us when we
go to meet the Lord and be with Him. God told us that our one time act of
forsaking all, has guaranteed us a life time provision of finances from His
hands. My friends, we cannot out give the Lord!

In conclusion, we would like to share the following. The American church
needs to know that the Lord Jesus performs, and is ready to perform great
miracles within it. What happened to us seems the account of some foreign
missionary. All of this occurred in the U.S.A. within the last five years. We, the
American church, don't see this because we are stuck in the gospel of
complacency, comfort, prosperity, and blessings, instead of simple devotion
and obedience to the Lord Jesus.

Part of our commission was to come head on against the gods of money and
comfort by doing the opposite and giving all away. Our testimony, which is
simply one amongst numerous others, is one of encouragement and
exhortation to the church of Jesus Christ. In many western countries such as
ours, the church has become more of a system and less of a church. When the
Lord gave to Moses the pattern of the Ark of the Covenant which symbolizes
His presence, there was a pot of manna within it, which speaks of God's
provision. Except on the Sabbath, on which the house of Israel was
commanded to gather manna for two days, on every other day, any quota of
manna that exceeded the daily amount allotted by the Lord rotted away. In
Matthew chapter ten, and the apostolic commission, these men of God were
sent out without a provision of gold or silver. In part, this is why they saw the