I thought that I would let you know of the passing of Gladys Cunningham (Rev. Roberts’s wife’s sister-in-law) on Tuesday. You would probably remember your dad telling you about the two widows that he visited at the nursing home every Sunday after the morning service. I don’t know if he told you of the stories of these two ladies competing for his attention. I am laughing just thinking of what he went through with those two! Can you imagine him sitting on the bed in their room and them asking him to rub their back? I would ask him why he did it and he told me that he knew that Jesus would have done the same thing for them.
There were only eight people at the graveside service yesterday, that’s not including Rev. Poteat and the two guys from the funeral home. Rev. Poteat had never met Gladys but he said the connection to Gladys was thru Bill Erickson, who had many years ago led Harvey to Christ and he never had the privilege of meeting Bill but because of him he would eventually get to meet Gladys in heaven one day. He said that Bill had led Gladys to Christ three years ago at the nursing home and that that was a miracle in itself. People in their eighties are very hard to win, but because of Bill’s love for Jesus and the deep desire he had that others would know Jesus too, these two people are in heaven today. He also challenged us that we need to have that same spirit of soul winning and compassion for the lost as Bill did.
You know, as I do that this is just one of the many victories of your dad’s legacy of soul winning. I thank God that I was there to hear this and I am able to share this with you.
Comment from Ruth Johnson
Hi Dan,
I thought that I would let you know of the passing of Gladys Cunningham (Rev. Roberts’s wife’s sister-in-law) on Tuesday. You would probably remember your dad telling you about the two widows that he visited at the nursing home every Sunday after the morning service. I don’t know if he told you of the stories of these two ladies competing for his attention. I am laughing just thinking of what he went through with those two! Can you imagine him sitting on the bed in their room and them asking him to rub their back? I would ask him why he did it and he told me that he knew that Jesus would have done the same thing for them.
There were only eight people at the graveside service yesterday, that’s not including Rev. Poteat and the two guys from the funeral home. Rev. Poteat had never met Gladys but he said the connection to Gladys was thru Bill Erickson, who had many years ago led Harvey to Christ and he never had the privilege of meeting Bill but because of him he would eventually get to meet Gladys in heaven one day. He said that Bill had led Gladys to Christ three years ago at the nursing home and that that was a miracle in itself. People in their eighties are very hard to win, but because of Bill’s love for Jesus and the deep desire he had that others would know Jesus too, these two people are in heaven today. He also challenged us that we need to have that same spirit of soul winning and compassion for the lost as Bill did.
You know, as I do that this is just one of the many victories of your dad’s legacy of soul winning. I thank God that I was there to hear this and I am able to share this with you.
We know that all things are possible with God.
God Bless,
Ruth
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