TOW
02-22-2007, 10:54
Do any of you guys remember Preacher Dude from last year that set up along the trail in different locations and fed people? If you met him and remember him then you know he is a minister that knows how to talk your head off. Other than that he truly is a man of God and if you got to know him a little back then you probably have a good memory.
I met the Pracher Dude via the internet after he had PM'ed me one time from here. Then we talked several times over the phone. I decided last year after I had found that I was ill to turn my back on the Lord and just quit being a christian. I found out that was not the best policy for me. You see when God begins a work in you, He will see it all the way to the end. I believe that now, because the Bible says so and I have experienced it first hand. We can either choose to be hard headed with God and choose our own end or we can let God have His way and let Him decide when our end is to come.
Then I met Preacher Dude at Trail day's last year after I had hiked and rode here from Hot Springs. I did not know what he looked like so I didn't know who he was when I literally set my tent right across from his in the Billville section. I was running from the Lord then. We met and I think Preacher knew that I was running from God because he immediately reached out to me in the love of God.
When Trail Days came to a close Preacher and his wife returned to their home down in the deep south and I hung out for a week here in Damascus writing a very long winded tale of the event. The day I decided to hike out my left leg swelled three times bigger than my right and I ended up in the hospital with a blood clot there and blood clots all over my body.
I'll never forget the nurses coming into my room and asking me if I were ready to die and if I wanted to see a priest. I told them I was ready to die and I don't need to see no priest because I was ready to go. God wasn't ready for me to go because He wasn't through with me yet.
I got laid on my back and I got woke up, only I couldn't see it at the time. I was ashamed of myself for walking away from the Lord. That was one of the biggest reasons why I wanted to just get out of here and take my chances on heaven or hell.
You see I was a man who had to be literally slapped upside my head to understand that there was a God and that He truly loved me and wanted the best for me. I am still learning about His love the hard way, I'm pretty hard headed.
But anyway, after I got out of the hospital I returned to Damascus and settled in. Slowly I began attending church and slowly I began confessing my sins to my brothers and sisters and now I have the keys to my church where I am responsible for cleaning the place once a week.
But back to Preacher Dude. I had called him and told him I was in the hospital and he also found out I was there from Lone Wolf's posting. By the way, I recieved countless phone calls from Whiteblaze members from Lone Wolf's posting and I want to let those of you to know that reached out to me to just hang in there, thankyou for listening to God's urging to call me and let me know that I was liked and loved. I needed that very bad at that time.
Within a week Preacher Dude and my personal pastor, Ronald Wynn from King of Kings chirch in Purcelville, Va came to see me here in Damascus. They laid their hands on me and prayed for me. That was an awesome act for that to happen to me. These two men came a few hundred miles just to see me and to let me know they cared for me. Totally got my attention.
I have stayed in contact with Preacher Dude, in fact I recieve his daily devotion. He just began his own web site and I thought I would share it with you. If you know him, say hi to him.
Here it is, http://www.andybondministries.com/id3.html
TOW
PS I'll be hiking from hwy 91 back to Damascus starting today. I haven't did that section of the trail yet. Then I start a new job Monday as a carpenters helper. Got to get myself limbered up to be the "Go-Boy!"
I met the Pracher Dude via the internet after he had PM'ed me one time from here. Then we talked several times over the phone. I decided last year after I had found that I was ill to turn my back on the Lord and just quit being a christian. I found out that was not the best policy for me. You see when God begins a work in you, He will see it all the way to the end. I believe that now, because the Bible says so and I have experienced it first hand. We can either choose to be hard headed with God and choose our own end or we can let God have His way and let Him decide when our end is to come.
Then I met Preacher Dude at Trail day's last year after I had hiked and rode here from Hot Springs. I did not know what he looked like so I didn't know who he was when I literally set my tent right across from his in the Billville section. I was running from the Lord then. We met and I think Preacher knew that I was running from God because he immediately reached out to me in the love of God.
When Trail Days came to a close Preacher and his wife returned to their home down in the deep south and I hung out for a week here in Damascus writing a very long winded tale of the event. The day I decided to hike out my left leg swelled three times bigger than my right and I ended up in the hospital with a blood clot there and blood clots all over my body.
I'll never forget the nurses coming into my room and asking me if I were ready to die and if I wanted to see a priest. I told them I was ready to die and I don't need to see no priest because I was ready to go. God wasn't ready for me to go because He wasn't through with me yet.
I got laid on my back and I got woke up, only I couldn't see it at the time. I was ashamed of myself for walking away from the Lord. That was one of the biggest reasons why I wanted to just get out of here and take my chances on heaven or hell.
You see I was a man who had to be literally slapped upside my head to understand that there was a God and that He truly loved me and wanted the best for me. I am still learning about His love the hard way, I'm pretty hard headed.
But anyway, after I got out of the hospital I returned to Damascus and settled in. Slowly I began attending church and slowly I began confessing my sins to my brothers and sisters and now I have the keys to my church where I am responsible for cleaning the place once a week.
But back to Preacher Dude. I had called him and told him I was in the hospital and he also found out I was there from Lone Wolf's posting. By the way, I recieved countless phone calls from Whiteblaze members from Lone Wolf's posting and I want to let those of you to know that reached out to me to just hang in there, thankyou for listening to God's urging to call me and let me know that I was liked and loved. I needed that very bad at that time.
Within a week Preacher Dude and my personal pastor, Ronald Wynn from King of Kings chirch in Purcelville, Va came to see me here in Damascus. They laid their hands on me and prayed for me. That was an awesome act for that to happen to me. These two men came a few hundred miles just to see me and to let me know they cared for me. Totally got my attention.
I have stayed in contact with Preacher Dude, in fact I recieve his daily devotion. He just began his own web site and I thought I would share it with you. If you know him, say hi to him.
Here it is, http://www.andybondministries.com/id3.html
TOW
PS I'll be hiking from hwy 91 back to Damascus starting today. I haven't did that section of the trail yet. Then I start a new job Monday as a carpenters helper. Got to get myself limbered up to be the "Go-Boy!"