Around the World in 88 Years -E Book - Arthur Burt

that £10. Tony must have wondered about my silence as he triedto visit with me. I hardly answered him all that evening.That night, while I prepared for bed, I prayed, “Lord, I am goingto open my Bible three times. If, out of my Bible, You speak tome about this £10, I will give it to Pam Greenwood, but otherwise,I’m taking it home.” I don’t recommend this as the highestway of receiving guidance, but God, in His mercy, meets us wherewe are.I opened my Bible and there was nothing. The second time Iopened my Bible, it fell open at the story of the man who hadnot invested the one pound entrusted to him, and I read, “…giveit to him that hath ten pounds.” (Luke 19:24)“Well,” I thought. “I did say ‘three times’. There was one ‘no’and one ‘yes’.” I opened my Bible for the third time to Judges1:16, “And the children of the Kenite, Moses’ father in law, wentup out of the city of palm trees….” That hit me like a sledgehammer!Palm trees are green wood. Greenwood — palm trees! PamGreenwood.“All right, Lord, I surrender. I will take the £10 to Pam in themorning.”I journeyed home almost broke. The wife of a traveling preacheris not only happy to have her loved one home again, but shealso expects he will now take care of certain financial matters. Ilamely confessed to Marj that Father hadn’t been pleased to meetme. About two days later, I went up to Church Leigh and a brother,Bernard Adams, came to me.“Brother Arthur, my wife Doreen has just received some incomeon an investment and she feels the Lord wants her to give thetithe to you.” He handed me £120, which more than met myneed, allowing me to pay all my bills.“At this time, one week from now, you will be gone.”When we came to live in Maidstone, we took in people with allkinds of problems. Murderers were about the only kind we didn’thave. I had sent one unmarried couple, Steve and Brenda, andtheir two babies to Jim Partington who ministered to them. Followingthat, they got married and lived with the girl’s mother,150