JUST A FEW FELLOW PILGRIM PICTURES
I WAS IN VIETNAM FOR 14 AND A HALF MONTHS. I WAS A DUTY SOLDIER WHICH MEANT I DID WHATEVER I WAS ASSIGNED TO DO. SOMETIME TRUCK DRIVER, SOMETIME CLERK, SOMETIME EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION DRIVER, I THINK THE MOST DANGEROUS JOB I HAD WHILE I WAS THERE WAS GUARDING HELICOPTERS... AT NIGHT. I HAVE NEVER BEEN SO AFRAID AS WHEN I WALKED THE FLIGHT LINE PERIMETER WITH MY M 14, LISTENING TO ANY UNUSUAL NOISE, WAITING TO BE SNUCK UP ON BY VIETNAMESE SAPPERS AND KILLED. I THANK GOD (JESUS) THAT NEVER HAPPENED!! I WAS SHOT AT, MORTARED AT, ROCKETED AT, AND SNIPPERD AT, BUT LIVED THRU VIETNAM WITHOUT A SCRATCH. THERE ARE NO ATHEISTS IN FOXHOLES...FOR REAL. I PRAYED DURING ROCKET ATTACKS, "GOD GET ME OUT OF THIS ONE"...AND HE DID. I LIVED IN A FOXHOLE FOR THREE DAYS WHILE OUR AMMO DUMP EXPLODED AND PRAYED..." GET ME OUT OF THIS ONE " AND HE DID.
IN 1976 I HAD HAD IT. I WAS ADDICTED TO DRUGS...LIVING WITH A GIRL I REALLY DIDN'T LOVE...WITH THE POLICE CLOSING IN ON MY DRUG DEALING BUSINESS. I WAS THE VICE PRESIDENT OF A LEGAL RELIGION THAT WORSHIPED THE DEVIL AND I COULDN'T STOP. I HATED MYSELF, AND WHO I HAD BECOME. I DISCOVERED A PIECE OF PAPER IN THE GUTTER THAT SAID " IF YOU EVER WANT A CHANGE OF DIRECTION, WRITE EVERYTHING DOWN ON A PIECE OF PAPER THAT YOU KNEW YOU DID THAT WAS WRONG, GET ON YOUR KNEES, ASK JESUS INTO YOUR LIFE, TO FORGIVE YOU, AND...BURN THE PAPER. IF YOU DID THAT YOU WOULD BE BORN AGAIN. SO...I DID. IT WAS THE START OF A BRAND NEW DIRECTION IN MY LIFE. I WAS BORN AGAIN.
I SPENT ABOUT 7 YEARS I GUESS AT A CHRISTIAN COMMUNE CALLED OAK HAVEN, IN MICHIGAN. WE HAD ORGANIC GARDENS, A WHOLESALE HEALTH FOOD BUSINESS. I MANAGED A HEALTH FOOD STORE AND VEGETARIAN RESTAURANT IN KALAMAZOO MICHIGAN. THIS IS A PICTURE OF TWO OUT OF MANY PEOPLE WHO SHOWED ME WHAT REAL CHRISTIANS LOOKED LIKE AND ACTED LIKE. RON AND SYLVIA CRARYNew Paragraph
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" I KNOW IF I HAD MY CHANCE, THAT I COULD MAKE THE PEOPLE DANCE, AND MAYBE THEY'D BE HAPPY FOR A WHILE" DON MC CLEAN" " THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED" THIS IS THE ROCKNROLLNRECOVERY PROGRAM AT THE SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT CENTER I WORKED AT THE LAWRENCE CENTER WAUKESHA WI.
ROCKNROLLNRECOVERY PROGRAM AT LAWRENCE CENTER.
THE EIGHT DOCTORS HEALTH RECOVERY PROGRAM AT THE MENTAL HEALTH CONFERENCE KERRVILLE TEXASNew Paragraph
PLAYING MUSIC FOR THE DEVIL. BANDS INCLUDED GOLGOTHA...PROJECTION...AND ONE NIGHT BAND.
SINGING THE BUTTERFLY SONG.
ROCKNROLLNRECOVERY AT NAVAJO NATION FAIR TUBA CITY.
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THE 12 STEP PROGRAM, PIONEERED BY ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, HAS DELIVERED COUNTLESS, I'D SAY MILLIONS OF MISERABLE HUMAN BEINGS FROM A LIFE ALMOST WORSE THAN DEATH. WITH A POWER GREATER THAN THEMSELVES RIGHT IN THE CENTER OF THIS WONDERFUL PROGRAM, MANY A DESPERATE AND DOOMED MAN OR WOMAN HAS ESCAPED. INCLUDING ME :) New Paragraph
I REMEMBER GOING TO 4 MAJOR ROCK FESTIVALS IN 1970. BY MAJOR I MEAN 250,000 OR MORE. IT WAS A GREAT TIME TO BE ALIVE AND YOUNG! BUT DRUGS RUINED THE 70'S MAN. :)
COUNTRY LIFE COOKING SCHOOL TEAM.
KIM...MICHAEL Z...SHELLY...NOT SURE OF 2 GIRLS..THEN DOUG G...THERESA P...DAVID AND ALICE..BROTHER MARTIN AND FRANCIS AND JONATHAN MEYER..NOT SURE OF LADY IN BACK...JAN AND ME.
I REMEMBER GOING TO 4 OR 5 ANTI-WAR DEMONSTRATIONS. CHICAGO, FLORIDA, MILWAUKEE, AND WASHINGTON D.C...WITH VIETNAM VETERANS AGAINST THE WAR. FOR ME, THE WAR IN VIETNAM WAS AN UNJUST WAR. SEEING FIRST HAND THE HEARTACHE AND WASTE... ON ALL SIDES, IT CONVINCED ME AND OTHERS TO PUT A STOP TO IT...SO WE DID. I LOST 5 REALLY CLOSE FRIENDS BECAUSE OF THAT WAR. AND THATS ALL I HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THAT.
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I SURRENDERED MY HEART TO JESUS. I HAD TWO HOUSES AT THAT TIME..A DRUG DEALING HOUSE, AND AN OCCULT HOUSE. I NEVER WENT BACK TO THE DRUG HOUSE AFTER TELLING MY PARTNER GIRL FRIEND I HAD MET JESUS. I WENT TO THE OCCULT HOUSE TO DO THE SAME THING BUT HAD NO PLACE ELSE TO GO..SO.. I SPENT THE NIGHT. DURING THE NIGHT I WOKE UP WITH A START. THERE AT THE HEAD OF MY BED WAS A PRESENCE...IT HAD THE BODY OF A MAN AND THE HEAD OF A WOLF. IT WAS DROOLING AND IN PURE ANGER AND HATRED WAS COMMUNICATING TO ME " YOU ARE MINE, I'M NOT GONNA LET YOU GO" THE SMELL OF SULFER FILLED THE AIR. I WAS PETRIFIED! ALL I COULD THINK ABOUT WAS THE BIBLE MY FRIEND HAD GIVEN ME THAT WAS UNDER MY PILLOW! I COMMUNICATED BACK, " I'M NOT YOURS ANYMORE, I GAVE MY LIFE OVER TO JESUS...IF YOU HAVE ANY PROBLEM WITH THAT...YOU GO TALK TO HIM.!! IMMEDIATELY IT LEFT MY ROOM. LUCIFER/SATAN IS REAL...BUT HE IS A DEFEATED FOE...AT THE NAME OF JESUS EVERY KNEE WILL BOW! HE IS A LIAR AND A MURDERER...AND HE WANTS TO KILL YOU TOO.
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