Fireside Stories

Sunday, December 1, 1991

Battles Without, Battles Within

It was hotter than I had ever experienced, and the convoy of trucks made dust so thick it seemed we were traveling in a cloud. The 45-mile trip to our Vietnam base camp seemed to take forever. I had my...

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Friday, November 1, 1991

Rescue at Pearl Harbor

I was brought up in the Roman Catholic religion and was an altar boy in the church of that faith. I tell you this because I want you to know that I had a "Christian" upbringing. Such religion did me...

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Tuesday, October 1, 1991

Twice Purchased

I began life as a "throw away" child in an orphanage one cold, winter night, the 12th of February, 1944. It was in the stockyard town of South St. Paul, Minnesota. My "given" name was Leonard Allen Boe (aka. Leonard...

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Monday, July 1, 1991

Peace in Belfast

In the minds of most people, the last two words they would link together are "peace" and "Belfast." I was born there on June 13, 1941, in the country of Northern Ireland. My parents trusted the Lord when I was...

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Saturday, June 1, 1991

Carl Greer Gets Life

My name is Carl Greer. I was born in Gulfport, Mississippi, on July 6, 1952, but lived most of my life in southeast Louisiana. I grew up in a religious family that talked about God and prayed often. At a...

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Wednesday, May 1, 1991

Hitchhiking on Purpose

For over twenty years, George Watmough did what the Holy Spirit told Philip to do: "Go near, and join thyself to this chariot" (Acts 8:29). As he traveled from place to place preaching the Word of God, he used hitchhiking...

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Monday, April 1, 1991

A Priest, but Unknown to God

It all began in 1964 in Chile, while Joseph Tremblay was a missionary in the Congregation of the Oblate Fathers of Mary Immaculate, and ended in Canada in 1966. What happened between these two dates? The salvation of his soul! God...

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Friday, March 1, 1991

Two O’clock at Entebbe

At about 6,000 feet we were crossing into Ugandan airspace heading for Entebbe. The azure sky was punctuated with cottony puffs of cumulus. The earth below was deep, rich green. The rains had started. But everything was not as peaceful...

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Friday, February 1, 1991

Eric’s Secret

It had been snowing for some time in London, Ontario. Nature's white blanket had been pulled across the landscape once more and Eric Cameron thought it would be a good day to stay inside. It had not been long since...

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