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you prepared for the rainy seasons in Africa? Have you got good raincoats?”
When they said they hadn’t, he told them to go and get one each, and wrote
down an address on a card, saying that they were to get them at his expense.
After writing the address, he asked, “Have you seen this kind of fountain pen?”
“No,” they replied. “You must take one each with you,” he said. The three
things they had named to the Lord, he named to them!

Mr Head asked them to come to breakfast the following morning again and
take prayers. He suggested that Mr. Howells should tell the servants a little of
his experiences of faith. “You used to live a life of faith some time ago, didn’t
you?” he asked. “Yes, and quite recently too,” answered Mr. Howells, and told
them about standing in the queue. Mr. Head could hardly breathe, waiting to
hear how they got out of it. “I have never heard anything like it,” he exclaimed.
But Mr. Howells told them he hadn’t finished yet, and that what had happened
at Corrie Lodge the previous day in that very room was better still, and he told
them the story of the watches, raincoats, and fountain pens. “I prefer this to
1,000 pounds,” said Mr. Head, “to know that the Lord can guide me like this
in my giving.”

So they left England July 10, 1915, after a glorious victory, knowing that the
One who had called them into this life was able to deliver in all circumstances.

Note: There is much more that is excellent in the book Rees Howells -
Intercessor, by Norman Grubb. I highly recommend it to all.