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

my ministry. Originally, God had spoken this to me out of Haggai,concerning going up the mountain and bringing wood to buildHis house.Because I initially thought this was about my home in PaddockWood, I approached Jim and Ted Robinson to do some renovationsfor me. Using demolition equipment, Ted knocked downthe walls of our 90-year-old conservatory and we began the taskof building a new one. Then we received a complaint from ourneighbors that we were six inches over the line onto their property.Even though we were rebuilding the conservatory walls exactlywhere they had stood before, the neighbors informed me thatlegal action would be taken against me if I didn’t remove ournew wall within a week. A man from the council authorities saidif I had only left a bit of the old wall, they would have consideredthis a repair. But since I had removed all of the old wall, Iwould have to comply. God was using this situation to move meout of my ease and to get me to re-examine my assumptionsabout building the house of God.About this time, I went to Brother Peter Appleton’s for a fewmeetings and afterwards, he offered to run me to a train. Theweather was so beautiful, though, I walked to the motorway topick up a lift, arriving at the roundabout at 7:00 in the morning.“Do you want a lift?”“Lord,” I inquired. “Do I go south or north?”A man swept around the corner and stopped his car, even thoughI hadn’t indicated I needed a lift. “I am going north to Preston,”he said. “Do you want a lift?”“Yes,” I answered and got into his car. He dropped me at theNorth Wales terminal. I walked up the slope and a big van stoppedby me.“Do you want a lift?” the driver asked, looking down at me fromhis cab.“Yes, thank you.” I climbed onto the seat next to him, and wedrove to the junction where he dropped me. “Here I am, Lord,185