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Manifestations of Glory
Looking back over my life I see many miracles and times when the Lord revealed himself to me and revealed himself to me in supernatural happenings.
The events that I will describe to you is the normal thing for believers who are abiding in Christ. These are in no way rare or uncommon among worshipers of God of all faiths. I'm sure billions of people have had as great or greater experiences than I.
Each person has a personal testimony and in this writing I want to give honor and praise to the Lord as I give testimony to what the Lord has done in and through my Life.
Many times The Lord will manifest himself to people who seek him, in times of worship, at church or synagogue. The Holy Spirit may enter and participate revealing his presence. To those that believe he will communicate in prophecy or the interpretation of tongues. As people become of one mind and accord in his presence he some times gives instantaneous healings physically as well as emotional healings.
So this testimony of the Manifestations of Glory is just one testimony among the multi-millions of experiences that are happening on a continual basis for the people who have found the Lord.
The greatest miracle in my life is also like your greatest miracle and your testimony as well, when you received the Lord as your savior. The realization for me was the moment I came to understand who Jesus really was, and that he had actually died for me and the rest of all humanity.
This was not the first time however that I had felt the presence of the Lord. I some how had a conscience for the Lord. Even when I may or may not have been lost, I felt the conviction of the Holy Spirit and prayed silently in somewhat unorganized prayer. So I cannot say that I was unsaved before I accepted the Lord in 1968, but I can say for sure that after praying that prayer of accepting the Lord I have never had any doubt that I was saved and will receive eternal life and will be with the Lord.
I can remember when I felt the presence of the Lord when I was a very young boy. One such remembrance was when my grandfather died. Both my grand parents were to me the most giving and God like people I had ever seen. There daily activity was to help or provide food for someone in need. So when He died I felt some kind of presence and deep feelings other than sadness. As a 5 year old I did not know what it was, but as I look back today I realize that was some type of manifestation of God.
Another similar occasion lasted for several days, before I was yet old enough to enter school. I continually had this deep overwhelming feeling of God. I continually felt his presence. I remember my constant prayer to myself was for God to forgive me for doing some thing against my twin brother. Finally I woke him up in the middle of the night and ask him to forgive me of all the sins I had committed against. I must have been worried about going to hell for losing or breaking one of his toys.
During all my years until about 30, the Lord protected my life in very supernatural ways. Every time the Lord would supernaturally save me from some accident and save my life it seemed I would live a little more dangerous.
The time of recognizing real manifestations of the Lord began after I was shown how to know God in a personal way and be assured of my salvation by my friend John. John was able to explain God and the plan of salvation to me in a way that for some reason I was not able to understand until then. He explained this to me in almost a child like way as he shared the four spiritual laws booklet with me.
Coming to know the Lord also gave me a greater revelation of evil and my life even seemed to become more difficult after accepting the Lord. It has constantly seemed evident with me and many that are called of God the closer you come to the Lord, the worse things seem to happen in your life.
The reason is that after accepting the Lord, you become an enemy of all the evil forces operating in the world. You become an enemy of the forces that control the world powers and these evil beings fight against every thing of God that you do. They attaches every part of you and uses others unbeknownst to them personally to come against you in opposing and causing you problems. So many times the manifestations of the Lord also reveal the manifestations of darkness and evil that work against you.
In 1969 I was driving alone on very limited funds in my 1967 Chevrolet El Cameno from Lewiston, Idaho to see friends in Santa Cruz, Calif. After driving about 200 miles I filled my gas tank in Weiser, Idaho and planned to gas up again in Winnemucca, Nevada. This would give me enough fuel to drive through the early morning hours to Reno, Nevada.
As I left Weiser after filling up I searched the radio dial trying to find Christian Radio stations to listen to. My mind and spirit became overjoyed with the emotions praise and worship as I drove through the night and passed through Winnemucca, Nevada. The time went swiftly as i continued to worship and praise the Lord until I found myself on the freeway approaching Reno, Nevada about 4 A.M. in the morning.
Suddenly the motor started coughing as it ran out of gas. Suddenly I was filled with a surge frustration and despair as I realized I had forgotten to fill up the gas tank in Winnemucca and now I was running out of gas on the Interstate Freeway, still a few miles short of Reno.
I swerved the El Cameno back and forth as I was coasting to see if there might be a little more gas in the tank to get me a little closer, I was expecting to be walking quite a distance. As the speed was decreasing from 70 MPH on there were cars and truckers now passing in the left lane.
When I had slowed to about 10 MPH I suddenly came to a slight downward incline and was able to continue at a snails pace for quite a long distance around several curves, I was searching the road to find any decline or variation in the road construction around the corners. As I rounded one particular corner I saw the first exit sign of an off ramp. As I approached the sign I was thankful that I had at least gotten off the freeway.
I began picking up speed as I headed down the gradual slope of the off ramp heading to the stop sign that interested with another street going underneath the freeway. I could now see some lights off to the left so I used all the available road and refused to tough the brakes as i went through the stop sign and coasted underneath the freeway towards the lights that I had seen.
After I cleared passing underneath the freeway it appeared that the lights were either a service station or a small truck stop, about a mile ahead. The coasting continued at about the speed of a brisk walk as the road had a slight slope toward a slight valley. I was tempted to get out and push but decided that would be a risk.
Slowly very slowly I coasted to the intersection where the service station was, and could see that the service station was open. I let the car coast very slowly hoping to have enough momentum to get completely through the intersection. The fuel pumps were now only about 40 feet away and the car was still moving very slowly, I coasted until the car finally stopped, and set the brake.
I was parked in perfect position to fill the tank at the first available gas pump. The gas hose reached perfectly without me moving the El Camino even one inch.
As I thought about this later I knew without any doubt that this had been an event that could only be a miracle of God's presence. He got me perfectly to the first gas pump after not seeing an open gas station for 200 miles across the Nevada desert.
I don't know the exact miles from Weiser Idaho to Reno Nevada, but there was a 1967 Chevrolet El Cameno the made it on one tank of gas.
Another interesting event.
In the early 1970's I lived in Grand Rapids, Michigan and wanted to make a trip to Idaho to see my family members. In order to find a way to make this trip I contacted a used truck dealer that had a sales lot in Montana.
Used farm trucks were selling for considerably more in the farm areas of the west that in Michigan and I had a friend who's business was buying trucks and transporting them to better market areas. So I agreed to drive the trucks to Montana if he would pay bus fare from Montana to Lewiston, Idaho.
I was able to take two trucks by hoisting the front end of one of the trucks up and letting it ride on the rear frame of the front truck. This ended up driving like a truck towing a trailer. This is a piggyback loading system that many new truck manufacturers use to transport as many as four trucks using only one driver to their dealer locations.
When we finally got these ten year old trucks loaded I left Grand Rapids as the snow was falling at sunset. So I knew that this was not going to be a boring trip because of the snow packed roads.
The truck had a good heater so I was able to stay comfortable as I drove through the night of the second days driving just east of Des Moins, Iowa. All at once the engine started sputtering and I found an exit as I was entering Des Moins with a welcome sign, at least to me of a truck stop just ahead.
I was able to get a truck mechanic to diagnose my problem and he stated I had a major problem and the truck needed a major overhaul. After discussing the situation with the owner we decided to unload the truck we were hauling and I was instructed to have this second truck lubed and prepared to continue the journey leaving the other truck in storage to be picked up later.
The service attendant servicing the truck was very talkative and friendly although he was using very foul and vulgar language. I tried to be polite nodding my head or giving short answers as he worked and chatted. I began thinking this man need to know Jesus and was deeply impressed that the Holy Spirit was nudging me to speak to him. How could I communicate with this man and explain to him that Jesus loved him and died on the cross for him?
As this man continued speaking these vulgarities I was praying to have the boldness and courage to speak. I started by talking about my experience and telling him how my life had changed because a friend took the time to explain the most important thing that I had ever heard. He had explained to me God's plan for salvation in a way that I finally understood it at 28 years old.
Suddenly this man said, Hold it right there.
He then said, What about murder will God for give you for that to?
I was taken back for a moment and then I explained. Yes God will even forgive you for murder. I then explained that there was only one unpardonable sin, and that was blaspheme against the Holy Spirit. I explained to him that blaspheme was a total rejection and rebellion against the Holy Spirit. I explained that There was not any thing more unforgivable than rejecting God's sacrifice of himself, shedding his own blood. The blood of Jesus would even wash away the sin of murder.
He then said, If I were to open up firing a machine gun and kill everyone in sight it would not be the first time. He then continued with this brief comment, I was required to do some things for the government. I was on my own and if I would have been caught or captured they would have denied that I was working for them.
He explained that since this happened he had been living with such guilt and felt that he were going to hell for sure. I then explained that the Lord was faithful and sure to forgive him of all his sins if he confessed them to him.
I then ask him to pray out loud and ask Jesus into his heart. This man who had been speaking in vulgarity’s began speaking through sobs and tears as the Holy spirit came upon him and he accepted the Lord as his savior. At that time I also felt the presence of the Holy Spirit in thankfulness and in the glory of being a vessel used by the Lord.
When I finally arrived in Lewiston, Idaho to visit my children and other relatives I also talked to my friend Emmet a truck dealer and told him about the trip and the truck I had to leave in Des Moins. He then explained that he had purchased some trucks in Texas that he needed to go get and ask if I would go on another truck delivery trip with him to Texas and back. I also gave Emmet the name and phone number of the dealer I had driven from Michigan for, since Emmet expressed an interest in trying to purchase that truck also.
This particular winter was extremely cold so I was looking forward to finding warmer weather for a few days as Emmet and I headed for central Texas.
When we got to Texas, Emmet put me into one of the trucks he had purchased and said that he had also purchased the truck in Des Moins, Iowa as well as another truck from a dealer in a small town in eastern Iowa. He instructed me to pick up the truck in eastern Iowa and piggyback it on the one I was driving and he would get the one in Des Moins.
After picking up the second truck and heading west again the Iowa temperature was an unbelievable 32 degree's below zero according to radio commentators that were issuing weather warnings at regular intervals. I was thankful that when the heater was on full force continually it was fairly comfortable inside the truck cab.
The extreme weather conditions pretty much eliminate other traffic, but the extreme weather conditions and the radio kept me alert and wide awake until a little after midnight. Suddenly as I was driving the engine died and I was unable to get it running as I put it in gear and let out on the clutch as it was still rolling.
Suddenly I found my self in the middle of the Iowa prairie in the middle of the coldest night in recent memory. No traffic and no lights that I could see anywhere in the distance. It wasn't long before the windows were glazing over with ice and I was very cold.
Through this I seemed to be very calm and prayed, Saying Lord, you know where I am and how cold it is. I would sure lot rather be in a nice warm motel room. In your word you say we need faith and it is a sin to doubt or even worry or wonder. So Lord based on that you have a problem, I am casting this problem to you and I am not going to worry about it.
After about twenty moments of praising the Lord for what he was going to do I decided to try the starter. I knew that this would probably be the last chance for the truck to start by the battery in this extreme cold. I said to my self here goes Lord and turned the ignition key to start the engine. I pumped the throttle and to my amazement the engine began running very slowly. It was barley running but it was running just the same.
I let the motor run for about ten minutes until the windows started to thaw enough for me to see where I was going. I then found the lowest gear and let out the clutch slowly hoping to start moving. The motor kept running and I shifted to a little higher gear and was able to maintain about 20 MPH.
After about a half hour I could see the lights of a small town coming up ahead and began thinking to my self. This may be wiring or some thing easy to fix, if I can find an open service station maybe I can go get it fixed and go on for a few more hours.
As I entered the small town the motor suddenly quit again and this time I did not have enough momentum to get both trucks completely off the road. The front truck had the drive way of a motel blocked and the rear two sets of duals of the second truck were taking up half of the traffic lane.
Anyway the truck could not be moved, and I wondered what I should do next. Then I looked up and saw that I had a motel driveway blocked, and I remembered saying to the Lord as I prayed I would sure a lot rather be in a nice motel room tonight. I was reminded of the words of the 23rd Psalm. The Lord maketh me to lie down in green pastures.
As I was checking into the motel I was saying silently to the Lord. You still have a problem, because with the cost of this motel and any cost of repair and I won't have enough money for fuel to get to Idaho. But I am not going to worry about it and I am going to get some sleep.
The next day it was a clear sunshiny day and the temperatures were up to about 20 dgree's below zero. As I walked out to the trucks I saw a young man looking them over and wondered if he might be concerned about the way they were parked half in the street. Upon approaching him his comment was I noticed these trucks here and wanted to look them over I just like trucks.
I explained why I was parked so far out in the street and told him how i had managed to get to the first motel in that town explaining how the Lord had answered my prayer. His comment was that he really appreciated that and he was also a believer. He then ask me I was planning to get the truck fixed? I replied saying I wasn't sure.
This man then said that he know how it was to be broken down on the road in a strange place. He said he knew the Chevrolet dealer very well and would have them send their wrecker and to me to their shop and get me running. he then said, If you are short on money I will pay it for you and you can pay me later.
After they got the two trucks towed into the Chevrolet service dept. this good Samaritan and I went to a neighboring cafe for breakfast while The truck was being worked on. I then and Called Emmet’s wife to see if Emmet had called home. She took the cafe phone number and a few minutes later The waitress informed me that there was a phone call for me.
I explained all that had happened and told Emmet that this man had told me about a truck stop just 12 miles down the highway that had a western union office where I could have hem send me some money. He said the there would be money waiting for me when I got there.
This man and I continued to have a great conversation about the Lord and this man told me all that the Lord had done in his life explaining that he was Pentecostal and spoke in tongues. I could see that this was truly a man of God and wondered why I had been warned not to associate with Pentecostals and those who spoke in tongues.
I had another surprise when I got to the truck stop to pick up the money from Western Union. I was approached by an elderly man who ask are you Gary Larrabee? When I said yes, he said that he had just talked to his son and wanted to come down and meet me. So this man and I went to the coffee shop to share and have coffee.
At that time I was not very mature in my Christian faith and was a little bit embarrassed and this man of God became excited upon hearing what the Lord had done and raised his voice saying, praise the Lord, loud enough for the truckers sitting around us to hear. I was still saying to my self, Lord help me be bold as this man is, and at the same time I must confess I was glad I didn't know anyone in the coffee shop. You can see I was trying to be spiritual but I had not completely given up and separated myself from the influences of the world.
Another time in New York.
After receiving the Prime Bank Guarantee through Doug I was in contact with an attorney in New York who said that he had the contacts and could provide the funding I needed.
At the time I was in Los Angeles and broke. At that time I was still surviving with Larry in motels that accepted his barter company credit for the amount of the room. Larry had received a box of Yogurt and some cereal from an all Black church that he told me about, The Zion Baptist Church of East Los Angeles.
One Sunday morning the Lord spoke to me through a prophetic message through my friend Patty. As I talked with her on the phone she said as you go to this all black church this morning you are going to see evil works of the devil. But later in the day you will see the glory of the Lord work in the congregation.
I arrived at the church early so I could convey this message to the pastor that I had received through this lady in Boise, Idaho. As I explained this to the pastor he had he had somewhat of a startled look, but did not respond. I could see that he was not sure of anything I was saying or my belief in prophecy.
I then joined the Sunday school teaching service and stayed for the regular 11 A.M. Service delivered by the pastor.
After the service was nearly over, The pastor ask all visitors who were not regular members to leave and as the rest of the congregation to remain. I felt this was very strange so I waited alone outside the church until the rest of the congregation started exiting. I listed as they talked to one another and heard them say in great disappointment that they were without a pastor now, because the pastor had just resigned.
When I heard this I felt that I needed to talk to the pastor before leaving. My words to him were, I have no idea the reason you resigned. But I believe the reason I was given the message that I told you before the service was to prevent this from happening. I further stated that I did not think it was the Lord's will for him to resign.
That evening I decided to attend their evening service to see what was happening within the church. It was apparent that there had been a great change. During the afternoon members of the congregation gathered around the pastor in support and he had changed his mind and had reinstated himself as the Pastor of Zion Baptist Church.
Manifestations of Glory #2
The came a point where Larry and John moved on in their work, so I found myself in Los Angeles, with no money no food, no place to stay. I was wondering what the Lord was going to do to find me a place to stay that night as I drove down the freeway praying at 4 PM.
I was driving down the freeway to a meeting with Bert, in east Los Angeles. I had come to know Bert through Larry. At the meeting with Bert, he ask where I would be staying and told him I was not yet sure. He told me of a garage that had a bedroom built into it and said he would introduce me to Lucile the owner.
Lucile ended up being a wonderful black lady, who manifested the Glory of of the Lord and the fruits of the Holy Spirit. She not only allowed me to stay in that bedroom with out cost, but cooked wonderful meals for me also. So for about a year I was treated as a family member by this wonderful lady and her relatives. Lucile believed the Lord was doing something in my life and felt she was being used to help in this work of the Lord. I praise the Lord for this lady and all that she did for me.
During this time I received the Letter of commitment for the prime bank guarantee from Doug. I had also been communicating with an attorney in New York who assured me that he had sources that could fund this guarantee. I was totally broke but felt that I should go to New York to see this attorney. As I look back I sure that I was over eager after waiting for more than a year for the guarantee from Doug. So I determined to make every effort to meet with this person in New York.
This may not have been the way that the Lord may have done things if I had waited a little longer, but he was with me and manifested himself in spite of Gary Larrabee.
I talked to my brother Bob on the telephone and told him I had finally gotten the letter of commitment for the guarantee. I told him of the attorney in New York who claimed to be able to fund the Prime Bank guarantee and he agreed to purchase a round trip ticket from Los Angeles to new York. So with less than a dollar in my pocket and no credit cards I knew that some way I would be able to go to New York meet with the attorney and return.
My plan from the La Guardia Airport was to hop on a courtesy bus to the closes Holiday Inn, talk meet with the attorney in the Lobby and take the courtesy bus back to the airport.
So I got Bert to drive me to the airport boarded the plane with a prayer and .35 cents in my pocket. From La Guardia airport I went to the Holiday Inn and checked the desk to see if the attorney had called. The Desk clerk informed me that there was a message fro me to call my parents collect in Clarkston, Washington.
My parents had learned of my trip and offered to wire me $200.00 Western Union. So I praised the Lord for this unexpected blessing and got a room at the Holiday Inn. I then walked to a nearby cafe to get a bite to eat and sat at a small table in a row with other small tables for one or two people. I sat down and had eye contact with the man sitting at the next table facing me.
After I ordered I felt led to speak to the man at the next table praying for an opportunity to share God's plan of salvation with him. I started by saying that I had come to New York on a mission.
He then told me he was in the business of making pornographic movies and began spreading large professionally done photo's of men and women in the act of perverted sex orgies. This in spite of other people in the cafe listening and watching all that was going on between us.
At first I was speechless, and I prayed for the Lord's help in handling what ever was to happen next. He made a comment, Rather than work for Jesus I can make you a movie star. My comment was that I thought he should use his talents to do something that would uplift people rather than degrade them. My thought was, it is time for me to leave.
I paid for the meal and walked back to leave a tip and I felt the Lord wanted me to be bold and speak. I looked the man straight in the eye and said the Lord wants to save you right now. The expression on the man's face changed from an antagonistic grin to a look of pleading in his eyes.
The man stood silent as I spoke loud enough for the others listening to hear every word. I briefly said, It is no longer through the blood of lambs and goats that cleanses a man from his sins but it is through the blood of Jesus Christ. Jesus died for all humanity and gives salvation as a free gift but everyone has to reach out and receive it. If you don't accept the gift you don't get it. I then ask him if he would like to receive the gift of Jesus Christ, have his sins forgiven and receive eternal life. His response was, Yes.
I then ask the man to pray out loud after me, right there in the cafe in front of everyone watching. I said, Lord Jesus Thank you for dying on the cross for me. I then stood silent and looked into his eyes as he looked into mine. He then spoke saying, Lord Jesus thank you for dying on the cross for me. I then repeated the next sentence, Lord Jesus come into my heart, forgive me of my sins, be the Lord of my life and make me what you want me to be. The man repeated word for word and ended saying, thank you Lord Jesus. Amen.
We spent a few more minutes as the man continued to thank me and gave me his name and address as a gesture of his wanting friendship.
The reason for making the trip in my mind was to talk to the attorney about funding the bank guarantee, but the Lord had other plans far more rewarding to be received in his kingdom, for me, my brother and my parents in the Kingdom ahead.
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While I was in northern California, for a short period I stayed in Pastor and Mrs. Tyson RV, as it was parked beside the Assembly of God Church in Arcada. One day while I was in the RV studying and meditating on the word of God in the fourth chapter of the book of Revelation, the Glory of the Lord was manifested to me.
It happened at the very moment I was writing these words.
Revelation 4:5-10
5. And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices: and there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which was the seven Spirits of God.
6. And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne were four beasts full of eyes before and behind.
7. and the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle.
8. And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is and is to come.
All at once at this very point as I was writing I was hearing the most beautiful, almost indescribable music, like the sing of a quire. It sounded so beautiful, but was in a strange language that I could not understand. I wondered, where could such beautiful music be coming from?
My thought was that it must be coming from the church, as I raised up from my study and walked to the window to see what might be going on in the church. I looked out side and could see no one had entered the church and I noticed that the music had stopped. So I returned to my study and started writing some more.
9. And when the beasts give glory and honor and thanks to him that sat on the throne, who liveth forever and ever.
All at once as I began writing the music started up again. I listened a moment thinking this must some how be coming from the church. Again the second time I raised up from my study and went to the window to see who could be singing this music inside the church. Again I could see the church was empty and as I looked I could no longer hear the music. Again I returned to my study and continued in my writing.
10. The four and twenty elders fell down before him that sat on the throne and worship him that liveth forever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne singing.
Again the music began again. By this time I believed something supernatural was happening. I was in the midst of the Lord manifesting himself and his glory to me. I felt that I must be hearing angels singing from heaven, the music was being manifest at the very moment I was writing about the living creatures and the 24 elders singing around the throne of God in heaven. As long as I continued writing the music continued.
11. Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honor and power for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.
When i had completed this 11th verse the music stopped. This beautiful music that I could not understand had continued for a period of about 10 minutes.
Revelation by crisis.
In the middle of a very hot day in the summer of 1978 while I still lived in Boise Idaho I went home to an empty house. My wife whom I loved dearly, had left me, and this was one of those hard times. I had just gone through a business failure as the owner of a real estate company.
No matter how hard it became I refused to quit, and the harder I tried the worse things became.
By the twenty-first day of July 1978, I was at the end of my rope. I began praying desperately for a way out of my problems. I was home alone sitting on the couch and was barely conscious of my Living Bible resting beside a box of Mini-Wheats on the coffee table. I seemed to say in my mind, "God, please speak to me."
I reached instinctively for this Bible and read, "In the seventh month and the twenty-first day" (Haggai 2:1). I stopped reading. This was the twenty-first day of July 1978. The seventh month and the twenty-first day.
I began to wonder, Could God really be speaking to me? I prayed not to be deceived and said aloud, "God, if You are speaking to me, I must be sure. So I will close the Bible and open it whether in the beginning or in the middle or towards the end, but please tell me whether this is your word of truth for me."
The words I read were: "My word is truth, like wheat is to grain." There may have been more to the sentence, but the word truth stood out to me because I ask for truth. Then I noticed the box of cereal sitting on the table. The box of Mini-Wheats. Mini-Wheats are made out of grain. This made me believe that some thing supernatural truly was happening.
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During the time when I was first being exposed to prophecy through The prophetess Esther in Boise Idaho, during the fall and winter of 1978. I was told that some one by the name of Doug would be helping me, and the Lord said through Esther, "When you meet him, you must be very firm in telling him what I have said to you, and you must not take no for an answer.
I didn't know who or where Doug was.
Later the Lord again spoke through Esther saying Beatrice was withholding information from me that I needed to know. i met wit Beatrice in a Boise Coffee shop along Broadway avenue. I was frank with her and told her that I believed she was withholding information from me that I needed to know.
She said she couldn't remember anything that she thought I needed to know. After about twenty minutes, she said, "Gary, I remember what it was."
She then told me of being in a meeting in California where a young man told her that he had $14 billion for the kingdom of God. When I hear this I knew that thi swas the information I needed to know.
When I called the phone number for this young man Beatrice had given me a lady answered the phone and informed me that the person I had ask for was not there, but if I had wanted to see him about International Finances someone else by the name of Hal may be able to help me.
When I finally reached Hal he explained how this type of International financing worked and said I would need to get a prime bank guarantee and told me about Doug in New Port Beach who would be able to do this for me.
A couple months later I was sitting in Doug's office explaining to him how the Lord had given me his named and said that he would help me. Doug eventually obtained a commitment letter to place a 500 million dollar prime bank guarantee in place for me from one of the top rated banks of the world.
After obtaining the guarantee I spent some time with my parents in Clarkston, Washington. While There I visited Mary a long time friend in the real estate business.
Mary ask my while visiting with her if I were by any chance going to New York. She explained that she knew of a ticket available from Spokane to New York for $25.00, that would be good for a few days through Sunday.
That Sunday Evening I received and unexpected call from Esther who said she felt the Lord wanted to speak to me. As she prayed and prophesied over the telephone I was told that this was the time that I was to go to New York and on to Luxembourg.
After teh telephone call I packed my bags to go it was 9 P.M. Sunday evening and I had $27.00. Sunday was the last day that this ticket was available.
I called the number Mary had given me of the ticket holder and told him that I needed to have the ticket changed to the early Monday morning flight and he was able to do that. Before I left my brother gave me $60.00 so after I bought the ticket I had $62.00 to go to Luxembourg and return.
In New York I spent two nights at the YMCA while I had several meetings and then move to La Guardia airport where I place a few calls to friends to see if any funds had become available for this trip. Within a few days money started coming to the Airport Western Union office for me in small amounts. I found and paid for a one way tick to Luxembourg for $189. and converted the remaining money to German Francs.
I met with Brian in Luxembourg and was unsuccessful in persuading him to provide financing secured by the prime bank guarantee that Doug’s letter of commitment promised. So After the second meeting with him I headed for the airport to return to the United states.
When I arrived at the airport I rushed to buy a ticket for a flight boarding for Chicago. The ticket counter lady counted the money and said I was short of having enough money. So I ask about getting a ticket to New York, and she informed me that I had the equivalent of the $256.00 and gave me $5.00 back with the ticket. She then explained that the plane would be leaving at noon the next day.
Then the lady explained that I would not be able to stay all night in the airport as I had done in New York, the airport would close at 11 PM.
Eleven o'clock rolled around, and an airport security guard started ushering me to the door. As we neared the door and could see the cold winter rain pouring down outside, he stopped me and told me to go upstairs and get two chairs from the dining room and bring them to him. When I returned with the two chairs he informed me that I could stay between the two sets of sliding glass doors that made up the breezeway that kept the wind from blowing into the terminal.
I praised the Lord, for he had performed another miracle to keep me warm and dry through a cold winter night.
Gary Larrabee
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