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t was the day after Christmas several Then I put my vulgar mouth to good years ago, and one that will live forever use, calling her every profane name in the Iin my memory. That’s when my wife of book. Instead of blowing up, she reacted 20 years announced she was leaving me. calmly. She was focused on leaving, making “Over the years, we’ve grown apart,” it clear she had been planning this move she told me. “It started when our oldest for some time. son left home for college. Ever since then, That’s what hurt the most, knowing we’ve been drifting. I’ve had enough.” she opened Christmas presents the day “What do you mean, grown apart?” I before and pretended we were still a happy said. “You mean you’re just going to chuck couple. 20 years down the drain? What about the I had no clue anything was wrong. We kids?” hadn’t been arguing. She hadn’t ever “That was the only thing keeping us threatened to leave. She just walked out, together,” she said. “But they’re older now. leaving me feeling like I had been kicked in They’ll be fine.” the gut. “Fine!” I screamed. “Like they’re just Naturally I reacted, my moods supposed to forget their mother walked swinging from tears and regret to anger out on the family? What do you mean, and yelling. Our then-18-year-old son— fine?” the oldest of our three children—helped

2 calm me down soon after she left. been for two friends, Roger and Dick. “Dad, you’ve got to think about what They were best of friends, having been you’re saying and doing,” he said after one best man in each other’s weddings. About 10 outburst. “I know it hurts, but we’re going to years older than me, Roger in particular was get through this.” like a shining light at a time when I I doubted that statement, especially desperately needed one. when she filed for divorce. It was a costly duel The night my wife walked out, I called that included a custody battle over our him about 11 p.m. Although he lives 45 youngest son. minutes away, he said, “I’m on my way.” We The expenses were bad enough, but in spent most of the night talking, even though the meantime I had to grapple with battered we both had to work the next day. self-esteem. Over the next two months, as I got to My parents are still married after more know Roger better, his life became incredibly than 55 years. My only brother has been with attractive. Calm, witty and controlled. his wife for more than Whenever we spent time 25 years. What was together, I walked away wrong with me? I felt feeling better. ashamed and One day I asked, embarrassed. I had no clue “Where does this all Intense soul come from? Why are searching forced me to you able to make it admit my wife’s leaving anything was through life even wasn’t a one-sided though it hasn’t been event. Our marriage perfect?” had flopped because of wrong “I’ve had a my failures, too. relationship with Jesus I never showed my wife much attention Christ since I was eight years old,” he replied. or gave her much time. We rarely did things “What I’ve found out was my problems didn’t together, never taking family vacations or disappear. Everything hasn’t been rosy. But spending time together socially. A hard- I’ve had somebody in my life Who will never working businessman, when I got home after leave me. He’s my anchor.” a long day I often took a nap and watched Less than two months after my wife some TV before falling into bed again. walked out, I saw that I needed the kind of Ironically, before this I thought I was a peace that Roger displayed. pretty good guy. After a crazy period of One day, sitting in a tiny restaurant—in partying in college, I didn’t drink or do drugs. the middle of eating a sandwich—I asked if I I had worked for more than 20 years in the could receive Christ. I didn’t know exactly computer service industry. And though my what that meant or what I was asking for, but playing days were over, I came from an I knew I wanted Him in my life. athletic background. My wife and I met when “Lord, my life isn’t what I want it to be,” I agreed to coach her women’s softball team. I said when we prayed. “I’m a sinner, and I Despite our oldest son’s calming want Jesus Christ in my heart and in my life. I influence, I wouldn’t have made it if it hadn’t want Your gift of grace, to be accepted by You,

3 and to have a relationship with You.” more than 1,000 miles apart, as our When we finished, I felt an incredible relationship blossomed, we established peace. The weight I had been carrying around telephone contact. Then she flew to Florida like a 500-pound gorilla lifted off my and ultimately agreed to move here. shoulders. Her presence in my life is proof that God Next, Roger talked to me about baptism, provides for every need I have. If you’re a ceremony where you go into water to struggling today because of a loss or a symbolize your old life being buried and problem, don’t give up. Don’t settle for a starting new with Christ. joyless life of self-pity and bitterness. Make “Can we do it right now?” I asked. the decision to follow Jesus. He is all you need “Sure,” he said. Hopping into his car, we and more. drove over to his church. The pastor was there and prayed with us. Then we got into its baptismal pool and Roger baptized me. I soon recognized that the God I thought had neglected me and turned His back on me during this painful period had never stopped loving me. This awareness filled me with a joy that has stayed with me ever since. God brought four other men into my life to help me follow Christ. They mentored me, encouraged me, and held me accountable for my actions. Without their influence, I might have fallen by the wayside. We called one guy “Sarge” because he had been a Marine drill instructor for 14 years. Sarge played an important role in my life right before my divorce was finalized in 2006. The court hearing was so close that I rationalized it would be all right to ask an attractive woman for a date. “First of all, you’re not divorced so that’s Chuck Shegda is a Call Qualifier for not happening,” he said. “You’re not quitting. Compucom, one of the nation’s It’s like you’ve run a marathon and you’re 50 yards from the finish line. And you’re going to largest providers of computer and quit? You’re not. If I have to carry you over mechanical services for major retail the finish line, I will.” chains and other stores. He and his The following year I appreciated his wife, Mona, have five children. They guidance even more. I never asked that attend Journey Christian Church woman out because God had someone else in and are involved in ministries to mind for me. needy and homeless persons. My second wife and I met through a Christian dating web site. Although we lived

4 THE ANTHONY RABAK STORY • Grass Valley, California USA

alking into the room, my doctors continue operating the automotive detailing wore serious expressions. They service I began in my mid-20s. Wwere doing their best to take a The next months brought more clinical approach as the lead doctor delivered struggle. I never imagined being unable to results from my tests. I eagerly awaited the work and carry my own weight, especially news. after overcoming a series of health problems. Finally I would learn what was wrong. I faced the inevitable though, the day I I'd know why a funny tingling and numbness polished a car with a high-speed buffer. I had spread through my body a few nights could feel myself losing control of it. earlier. It’s horrible climbing out of bed and “Hold on!” I thought to myself. But, no collapsing on the floor. Especially, when you matter how hard I tried, my hands did the don’t know why. opposite of what my brain told them. The “You have a textbook case of multiple polisher slipped from my grasp. sclerosis. You should consider going on drug “Screech!” I watched in dismay as the treatment to slow down progression.” buffer danced across the hood, scratching After researching potential side effects, I freshly-shined paint and tumbled to the floor. decided against that for the time being. My “This is it,” I said, as reality set in, “my whole life had been plagued with side effects. business is over! Now what? What am I going I didn’t want to risk more. I had been given to do?” steroid treatment and my muscle control had Not long after I had decided to close my improved. business, a former client called from his body Despite the diagnosis, I determined to shop.

5 “I’ve got a problem with a customer’s body radiation and three years of car. Can you come down and see what you chemotherapy. Unexplainably, I began to can do to correct it? improve dramatically before the majority of “I’m in the middle of a crisis,” I replied. my prescribed treatments even began. “I’m not doing any detailing.” Doctors said, “The cancer appears to be in “Well, would you come down to advise remission. But it could return any time, so we my guys as to how they can correct the need to continue treatment.” situation?” he persisted. Because my immune system was I agreed to help. Afterward, he asked me weakened, I contracted pneumonia what I planned to do next. frequently. When I told him I At age 7, a serious wasn’t sure, he offered me strain invaded both a job as his parts lungs. As my condition manager. It would involve worsened, I was put mostly computer work into intensive care and and be less physically then in an isolation demanding. I said I unit. wasn’t sure how this “He won't make it newly-diagnosed disease through the night,” one would affect my abilities, doctor told my parents. but if he was willing to As a result of my take a chance, I’d try. illness, my mom had Over that year, the made a decision to symptoms of multiple follow Jesus and make sclerosis started to lessen. Him the Lord of her As my condition improved, I was given more life. Jesus turned her from despair to hope. responsibility. She would not be discouraged. Instead of While that sounds good, stress at work giving up, she prayed. and a recent medical treatment I'd received “You can’t have him, Satan,” she for more brain tumors triggered another MS declared. “I am his mother, but he belongs to attack. Worse than the last, it left additional the Lord.” disabilities that ended my work career. As Mom clung to her faith, the night It looked like my life would be summed wore on. When not unconscious, often up as one big medical catastrophe. delirious, I tossed and turned until early My problems started when I was five morning. years old. After mysterious symptoms, my Then through closed eyelids, I sensed a parents took me to the doctor. Tests light above my bed glowing brighter and confirmed: “He has leukemia; there isn’t brighter. much hope. It’s terminal. He has a 50-50 I remembered someone told me the chance of living five years. His odds might previous day: “No matter what the situation possibly improve a little with some you find yourself in, thank God.” experimental treatment.” “Thank you, Lord, for this beautiful That treatment involved 36 days of total light,” I said.

6 I thought those words floated through symptoms, I was placed on physical disability. my mind. Later, Mom told me I had actually I was bed-ridden for a couple of weeks. It was spoken them out loud. As soon as I did, I several months before I could even leave the went limp. house. She thought I had died, but when she I’ve learned that God doesn’t cause the grabbed my wrist, she felt a pulse. I was bad things that happen in life. We live in a simply at peace. In the morning, I awoke like world infected with and affected by sin. And, nothing had happened. I wondered why I was the enemy of our souls does all he can so that in the hospital and wanted to go home. we will blame God for our trials. It’s a battle Despite this miraculous healing, I would for our mind, our emotions, and our will. face even more crises. At the age of 18, And when we’re weak and worn, we may be doctors diagnosed me with thyroid cancer. tempted to give up the fight. During surgery, they discovered it had But if we trust God, He sustains us. He spread so they removed several lymph nodes gives us peace that goes beyond along with my thyroid gland. understanding. He never leaves us or forsakes Three years later, they discovered my us. first brain tumor and removed it surgically. I’ve learned not to worry about Even then, I saw God’s hand at work. tomorrow because I know He holds my Although they said it would be a day or more tomorrow. Do you? before I could stand and several weeks before I could resume normal activity, I was up walking later the day of surgery. A week later, I was out driving my car. In the midst of these problems, I reached the key point of rededicating my life to Christ. Although I had made that decision when younger, I mistakenly thought it meant I would have no more problems once I decided to follow Jesus. But, God revealed to me that He never promised us a trouble-free life. Instead, He promises to walk through trials with us. He also showed me that I had never given Him a 100 percent commitment to follow Him no matter what came my way. A member of the Reno, Nevada Once I recognized that and vowed to live Chapter, Anthony Rabak directs for Him, I learned how His grace sustains us. BMF’s Intercessory Prayer Even through from my physical standpoint, things were not any better. Ministry. He and his wife, Valerie, More recently, doctors discovered two attend Foothill Church in Grass more brain tumors that they put under Valley. Val keeps her vow to be with observation. him in sickness and in health. After my second bout with MS

7 THE ROBERT WALKER STORY Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire, Scotland

y co-worker’s face looked so old. pale he reminded me of a ghost. Returning to my hometown didn’t M bring me peace. Instead, distress was a “Robbie, I’m sorry to be the one to daily companion. So I tried to drown it have to tell you this, but…it’s your with alcohol. brother,” he said, slowly shaking his head. I had started drinking heavily as “What’s happened?” soon as I left school. Scotland is full of “Charlie had a brain hemorrhage,” pubs. That’s where I lived after work. he replied. “He was gone in no time.” There were always plenty of women What? My healthy, 30-year-old around, and I pursued as many as brother? It was bad enough that Dad died possible. when I was just 18. Now tragedy had Between boozing it up and running struck our family again. after females, some mornings I woke up My brother ran a steel fencing not knowing where I was. business. At the time, we had been However, I interrupted my usual working in southern England for 18 post-work routine one night and stopped months. by Mum’s house after work. His death meant I had to move back That evening she told me a story closer to Mum. Not only was she a widow, about my infancy, which gave me a clue but my youngest sister was just nine years to some of my physical ailments. 8 “Robbie, when you were born you had time I saw her, it was her invitation that meningitis,” she said, explaining that was an changed my life forever that night. inflammation of the brain and spinal cord, The meeting turned out to be a usually caused by an infection. “You were in a Christian gathering. A speaker named John coma for 28 days. The doctors told me you Moore talked about a Man named Jesus. He had little chance of surviving. When you said Christ is the Son of God who had died made it, I knew there was a special purpose on the cross to pay the penalty for our sins for you.” and mistakes. All because, He loves us so One day I would discover that purpose. much. In the meantime my drinking caused more I had gone to church growing up, but it problems than forgetfulness. Eventually, I meant nothing more than a place to meet developed a serious girls. Now the stomach ailment. I truth about the couldn’t eat or Savior hit me drink water between the eyes without getting and pierced my sick. heart! Finally, this Moore asked illness grew so bad who wanted to that I was admitted follow Jesus, and to hospital. There, then prayed with doctors discovered all who made that I had a perforated decision. ulcer. “Now, if you Funny, I have received would have told anyone who asked that I was Him, you must go and tell somebody,” he “doing fine.” In truth, for the first part of my said. life, I had no idea what peace was really like. I told the first person I saw on the street, That changed several months after my and then, my Mum. The next day, I said to brother’s death, though. While working a job my co-workers, “I won’t be going with you to in the north of Scotland, I met a woman the pub any more. I’ve decided to make Jesus named Florence. To my surprise, she showed my Lord.” up at my door one day, saying she had heard “Sure,” one of them nodded. “We’ll give about Charlie’s death and wanted to pay her you a week. Then you’ll be back with us.” respects. He was wrong. After we talked for a while, she turned to Now, I had to find a place to worship leave. Suddenly, she turned back and said, God. One night I went looking for a church “I’m going to a meeting at the Tent Hall in and found one that was having a prayer Glasgow this evening. Would you like to go?” meeting. I had no idea what the Tent Hall The people were so welcoming I wound was, but agreed to the idea since I hoped that up staying there for many years. That’s where Florence and I might get together. I also met my wife, Roberta. Though that wound up being the last Since that time, I haven’t always lived on

9 the mountaintop, but God has always walked Bobby said, “How would you like a career through the valleys with me. with the elderly?” As my mother said, there was a special “I would,” I said. He arranged an purpose for my life. I believe the Lord interview, and I landed a 13-week contract brought me through every situation to be a that led to a full-time job. witness and encouragement to others. I loved my work with the elderly. Some Besides the ulcer operation, I have had were blind, others had had strokes, and some two heart attacks, a cancerous tumour of the battled depression. What better place to bring kidney, a triple bypass, and a stroke. the love of God! It was rewarding to care for But every trip to the hospital has them, give them dignity, and keep them well- afforded golden opportunities to tell others presented, active, and finding reason to live. about Christ’s love. I have given patients During this time, one of my co-workers copies of Answer magazine and answered often asked about God. Her boyfriend had no their many questions. use for such talk and said faith was “a load of Some made the decision to follow Jesus. rubbish.”Yet, he wound up asking for prayer! Others came back to Him after turning their A year later he called me to say that he had back on God and living in broken existence given his life to Christ and was getting without Him. baptised. Each day I ask God to send someone Some might call that a coincidence. I across my path. Once, a man stopped to ask call it God at work. directions. We were both headed to the same place so he invited me to hop into his car. As he drove, I told him about Christ. On another occasion, I struck up a conversation with the clerk at a mobile library and gave him an Answer magazine. Two weeks later he told me had decided to follow Jesus. God even used my health issues to give me new direction in business. Conditions had changed at the place where I had been for many years. Initially, my duties decreased. Then they ended. After the layoff, Roberta and I prayed that God would lead me where He wanted A member of the Coatbridge and me to be. A few weeks later at a convention in Airdrie Chapter of BMF, in the past England, I got reacquainted with Bobby, a Robert Walker served as Treasurer man I hadn’t seen for years. As we talked, he and Vice President. He and his wife, asked where I was working. Roberta, have two children and five “I’m not at the moment, but I’m praying grandchildren. They attend Elim for position,” I replied. Family Church. The head of social work in our area,

10 THE GARY RAYBURN STORY Wayne City,, IllinoisIllinois USAUSA

he down for the muggy third and last TAugust time. evening felt like a soggy My problems started blanket,but it was nothing when I was 20. After I was laid compared to the heat generated by my off from construction work, Dad latest argument with my wife, Linda. offered me a job with his trucking We had been on the verge of divorce company. when our youngest daughter was born seven I told him I didn’t want to be a truck years earlier. Though we stayed together for driver. her sake, we were about to explode. “You can drive until you find “You know what, I’ve had it!” I something else,” he replied. screamed when the conflict hit a fever pitch. Years later I was still driving, except for “Get out! I don’t need you any more.” three years when I worked in the oil fields. “Well, if you weren’t drinking all the Meanwhile, I kept on partying. time, we wouldn’t have these problems!” she As a teenager, the world threw a lot of shot back, eyes aflame. temptations at me. Later, when I married my When Linda slammed the front door, I high school sweetheart the same year I thought it signaled that I would be a three- started driving, they kept luring me. time failure in marriage. I never meant for She and I soon had two sons. However, any of them to go sour. It was like I was going our boys, new car, and new house couldn’t

11 make up for my bad habits. A few years later “Sure,” I said. she moved out, telling me, “You can have When he arrived, I hid my beer so he everything.” wouldn’t see it. After a bit, he began to read I quickly remarried to a woman I met in from a little pamphlet that talked about man’s Texas. Although I got off the road, we faced need for a Savior. Then, he read a prayer from other pressures. We wound up having to sell it and asked if I wanted Jesus to come into my our house and move into a trailer. That life. marriage collapsed. “No, I don’t think I’m ready for that,” I Back to the road I went. Away from shrugged. home, I was a different man. I made money “That’s okay,” he said. “Maybe later.” driving and lived for the good times after With that, he got up and left, leaving me work. alone with my Somehow, I thoughts. managed to keep my The next act together enough morning, I woke at to eventually go into 4:00 to drive to the business for myself. northern part of the Four years after state. By dawn, I was Linda and I married, well on my way. I decided it was time As the rays to take the plunge. peeked over the Fortunately, horizon, I mulled Dad financed my rig, over what that and I set out across pastor had said. the 48 continental Suddenly, tears states running flatbed puddled in the trucks loaded with freight. corners of my eyes. Working as an owner-operator is tough, When I heard myself talking to God, I particularly now with the cost of diesel. Even thought, “Huh? I don’t even know if there is a when fuel was much cheaper, it was a God.” challenge. “God, if You’re real, would You prove it?” For one thing, freight didn’t pay a lot. I said. “Would You give me a sign?” The costs of running a truck are high. You Before long, I saw a faded blue sign that have to be a good money manager to survive. read, “Christ is the answer.” Unfortunately, when I made a lot of money, I At first, I got excited. But then spent a lot of money. doubts cropped up as I drove on, nagging that Finally, I got tired of being gone it was just a coincidence. constantly, sold my truck, and started driving Later, on the way home, I repeated: “God, for a local company. However, being home I need something big. I need for you to prove seemed to add to our problems climaxing with to me that You are real.” the blow-up when I told Linda to leave. After I said those words, I looked out into She took off and went to her pastor’s a field and saw a huge sign with Christ on it. A house. Soon, he called to ask if he could come crown of thorns was on his head. Blood over. dripped from it into His eyes and down His

12 cheeks. He was pointing at me. own duplicating equipment and started Beneath Him it said, “This one’s for you.” running copies at home. This time, without a doubt, I knew that Eventually, I was giving out 100 tapes God had spoken to me. every month, never worrying about the cost. I At first, I tried to remember the prayer discovered that when God is involved in from that pamphlet. Then, I decided to talk to something, He always provides what you need. God plainly. I told Him I believed that Jesus is God has blessed me by taking me off the His Son and had died for me. I asked Him to road so I can be with my family and given me forgive me for the mess I had made of my life the kind of job that I never would have and the lives of others. dreamed of having. “Here I am, Lord,” I finished: “I’ll go Today, that includes overseeing monthly anywhere You want me to go. I’ll do anything distribution of 12,000 to 15,000 CDs with You want me to do.” stories of how God has changed men’s lives. I started attending church and got We send them to truck stops, restaurants, baptized, eventually becoming a Sunday grocery stores, and other places. school teacher. And, I took up writing country Why? Because the world is full of people gospel songs—even though I had never like I was, trucking down the road to a Godless written a song before in my life. eternity. But Jesus loved me enough to prove Meanwhile, miraculously, my marriage Himself to me. And, I want everyone to know went from a battleground to a peaceful union. what I discovered: that Jesus is real. He is alive. Things were different on the road too. I He loves people, and He’s wanting and waiting told my close friends and acquaintances what to be part of your life. had happened to me. Because of my size, I still had the image of a tough guy. Four years after vowing to follow Christ, I picked up some gospel tapes at a truck stop in Virginia. Playing them, I thought, “This is what I need when I’m away from church.” Contrary to what many people think, it isn’t easy to be a Christian. A couple months later, I came across more gospel tapes on a trip to Georgia. As I listened to them, I sensed the Holy Spirit say, “This is your work. Put your story and some of your songs on tape and pass them out.” Gary Rayburn is employed by Les At first, I didn’t know what to do. Then, Wilson, Inc., an oil well drilling one Sunday when I went to church, the pastor motioned for me. company. He is also Media Director “We do this radio broadcast,” he said. “I’d for Rig Ministries. He and his wife, like to get your story on tape and put it on the Linda, have five children and eight radio.” grandchildren. They attend For six months, I was able to do that Orchardville Community Church. work through the church. Then, I acquired my

13 "In my distress, I called to the Lord; I cried to my God for help. From His temple, He heard my voice; My cry came before Him into His ears.

He reached down from on high and took hold of me; He drew me out of deep waters.

He brought me out into a spacious place; He rescued me because He 14 Christ is the ANSWER…He makes life worth living.

s you have been reading the stories of the and rose again. “If you will confess with Alives of different people in this issue of your mouth the Lord Jesus, and shall Answer Magazine, you may have been believe in your heart that God has raised thinking, “Is it possible for me to really know Him from the dead, you will be saved. God and have peace in my heart?” (Romans 10:9) The answer to this question is “YES!” It is 4. Ask God to save you. “For whosoever shall experienced by believing in God’s Son, the Lord call upon the Name of the Lord shall be Jesus Christ, and being born-again by His saved.” (Romans 10:13) Spirit. God loves you and He showed that love in If you would like to accept Jesus into your sending His Son, Jesus, to die on the Cross to life, and receive the free gift of eternal life, then pay the penalty for your sins. He wants to bless pray this simple prayer out loud:— your life and make it full and complete. “Dear God, I come to You in the Name of He not only offers you abundant life here Jesus. I now realize that I have a choice to and now, but a life which is eternal. “For God make about my life. I believe that Jesus died so loved the world that He gave His only for me, shed His blood to wash away my sins, begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him and that He rose from the dead, making a way should not perish but have everlasting life.” for me to have fellowship with You. I turn my (John 3:16) back on the life I have lived without You, and I Do you want to be born-again and receive choose to follow Jesus from this moment on. I the free gift of eternal life? If you do, then ask Jesus to be Lord of my life and to live in follow these steps: my heart. I thank You, Almighty God, that You 1. admit to God that you are a sinner and love me, have forgiven me, and have accepted are separated from Him, and that only the me as Your child, and that right now I am a Lord Jesus can save you. “For all have new creation, born of God. Thank You sinned and fall short of the glory of God.” Heavenly Father.” (Romans 3:23) When you have made this very important 2. REPENT by turning away from sin and decision, please complete the form below and submitting to God. “I tell you… except return it to the nearest National Service Center you repent, you shall all likewise perish.” (listed on the back cover). (Luke 13:5) 3. believe that the Lord Jesus Christ died on We will then send you further helpful the Cross and shed His blood to pay the information. price for your sins, that He was buried

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