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necessary thing. We were well provided for. It was not so difficult then when, at the
end of two years, He spoke to me and told me it was time to quit my teaching job and
trust Him once more to provide for all of our needs. If He could meet our needs while
I was working only ten hours a week, then He could certainly do it with me working
no hours a week. Within a month of my quitting this job He showed us we were to
move to be a part of a new work He was raising up, and the location would have
rendered it impractical to keep teaching anyway, for the distance would have been
too great.

Since we have once more embarked upon this adventure of faith in knowing God as
our total provider, He has shown us His tenderness by giving us many confirmations
of His will, and confirming us with numerous testimonies of men who have followed
a similar course at the leading of the Spirit of God. A book arrived in the mail one day
soon after I had quit my job, and it was titled “Rees Howells - Intercessor.” I did not
order the book, but a Christian brother felt that I needed to read it, so he ordered it
to be delivered to our home. It was just what I needed. When I opened the book to
the index, the first chapter to catch my attention was titled “Called Out From Wage
Earning.” It was the first thing I read. The entire book was a great confirmation of
the path set before us, as Rees Howells was one who was called to a life of faith and
the Spirit gave me much encouragement as I read of His dealings with this servant
of His.

A few weeks later another brother felt led to send me the biography of the life of Bill
Britton, called “A Prophet on Wheels.” His life is even more contemporary than that
of Rees Howells, and it is filled with similar testimonies of God’s provision in the life
of one who was called out from wage earning to a life of faith. We have recently also
acquired a couple books on the life of George Muller, and the accounts of the daily
faithfulness of God in the provision for hundreds, and even thousands, of orphans
in England are incredible.

In all of this the Spirit has given us many confirmations of His will for us to step out
in faith and walk in a way that is rarely seen in our present generation. He has been
most kind to confirm our path over and over.

Back on July 24, 2002, during the period of time that I was teaching college classes,
my hours had just been cut due to a lack of students, and I had also just had the
longest break of the year between classes, this being about three weeks, where I
received no income at all. We had bills due and no money on hand, and I called the
family together for prayer. I wanted to hear from God as to whether I should seek
another job, or whether we should look to Him to supply our need. I gave each
member of our family a piece of paper and a pen and I asked them to go to their
rooms and write down whatever the Spirit should give them. During this time I asked