Donald Duck

Mom and Dad were cleaning out the old night club at Thayer, Missouri to prepare it for starting a revival. They thought they could get more done without four little girls helping so we stayed a few hours with a lady nearby. 

When we first arrived the lady told us she would turn the tv on and let us watch a show. As we were taught against tv we told her that we didn't believe in watching it. She had no children, so she had no toys and was at a loss of how to entertain four little girls. She finally decided that all little girls like playing make-believe.

The lady got out some of her old dresses and shoes so Deb, Rhonda and I could play dress-up.  When she saw that we were content she thought she could sit down with Sherlyn, as she was so small, and watch tv. As she turned on the tv to a cartoon Donald Duck came running straight into the camera. As Sherlyn had never seen it before, it scared her. She covered her eyes and started screaming. 

When Mom and Dad came to pick us up the lady asked how they could teach a two-year-old that it was a sin to watch tv. (She had misinterpreted Sherlyn's fright for conviction.)

Mice

Near 1966 Mom and Dad had been asked to preach a revival in Wynn, Arkansas. They rented an old restaurant/night club, which had not been used for a long while. So we were facing a huge task to clean it. 

Roger and Diane Carson, our cousins, drove over to help clean the building and get it ready for having services. While we were cleaning we found a nest full of baby mice, so young they were pink and had no hair. We girls came up with a fun idea. (One of many for us through the years)

When everyone was busy we carried the nest full of baby mice and set it in the back floor of Roger and Diane's car. After everything was cleaned and ready to start having services they left to go home.  We would see them again when the revival started.

Roger and Diane told us that after they left Wynn and started home Roger commented several times that he needed to work on the brakes because they were squeaking. But soon they realized they heard the squeak when not braking too so started investigating and found the cause.... 

Frogs

Around 1976 AB, Dayna and Darlene and I moved to Mesquite, Texas to work  for about six or eight months. The girls ages were three and four at the time. 

Dayna and Darlene have always enjoyed the outdoors. They were intrigued by anything of nature, whether bugs, frogs, lizards,  rocks or other things. 

We were visiting with Aunt Hazel one evening and were meeting some family we hadn't met before. Dayna and Darlene had been playing in the back yard when Aunt Hazel asked me to bring them in. As they came in the door I was embarrassed that they had the bottom of their dresses in their hands and folded to their waist. I told them to put their dresses down which they did as they sat down, and frogs started hopping everywhere. 

#10

It Happened In Pentecost! It Really Did!!

A pastor friend of mine shared this embarrassing episode with me about one pastor preaching for another. The host pastor was a prankster and always enjoyed a good laugh.

The visiting minister needed to buy a few items from the store after church. So the pastor and his son drove him. On the way they told their guest about the crime in their city and how dangerous it was to be out at night.  

When the men arrived at the store the young man stayed in the car to protect it while the two older ministers went inside to make their purchases.  The host pastor hurriedly made his choices, checked out, and told the other minister he would wait for him in the car.  

The pastor knew his friend was next at the check-out counter, so he walked around the corner, pulled his hat down over his eyes and turned his collar up and waited.  When he heard footsteps and saw the grocery bags he jumped out with his finger jabbed into the chest of his friend and shouted, "This is a stickup!" Only it was not his friend. 

A woman started screaming, dropped both bags and took off running. Seeing his mistake the pastor tried to calm her, but the more he tried the louder she became. 

Finally seeing the futility of making the woman understand the joke he was pulling on his friend, the pastor ran to the car. They picked the other minister up as he came out the door and drove away. The last they saw of her the lady was still jumping up and down and screaming. 

The minister had let the lady check out ahead if him when he realized another item he needed to buy. 

As told by Rev. C.E. George

Intro:

It Happened In Pentecost! It Really Did!

Below is an introduction from a spiral notebook of stories Dad had written. He was compiling stories told to him by friends or of things that he had seen. His plan was to collect the stories and then write a book. The title, "It Happened In Pentecost! It Really Did! was the title he had selected. I hope you enjoy his stories as I have been enjoying them, because many of his stories, are your stories. 

If anyone notices facts that are incorrect please private message me with the correct facts so I can change them. 
(Annette George)

"The things related in this publication are, to the best of my knowledge, true.

I have long felt that many things are being forgotten and should be preserved as a part of Pentecostal History. I have compiled stories from the lives of many ministers. I am sure that you will be moved by many of these stories as the experiences are shared with you. And you may roll with laughter as you read of the embarrassing and humorous experiences of others. They have blessed and amused me over the years. So allow me to share with you what many friends have shared with me."

As told by the late Rev. C.E. George

#9

It Happened In Pentecost! It Really Did!

Brother Charlie Wycliff, a fellow minister and friend has left a trail of miracles behind him too numerous to record, and countless people he has won to God. 

Being unable to read or write, yet Brother Charlie had an exceptional knowledge of the Bible. His ministry lasted about fifty years, took him from coast to coast and to some foreign countries. Many of those miles were covered by hitch hiking. 

There is no way I can list all of the astounding stories of Brother Charlie being led by the Spirit of God.  His beginning in the ministry was heartbreaking, yet he never faltered in that work. 

As a young boy Brother Charlie received the Holy Ghost and felt the call of God to the ministry. His stepfather, being an  infidel, resented him being a minister. So he beat him with a frying pan until Brother Charlie was bruised and bleeding then told him to get out and stay out. He carried the scars the rest of his life, not only visible scars but the beating left him with the mental capacity of a child as well, though  that never kept God from using him. 

Brother Charlie Wycliff began his ministry at the age of fifteen. With a small bag of clothes and no home he made his way to a small Texas town. He said as he walked past a vacant lot God told him to preach a revival there. 

After finding the owner of the lot, getting permission to use it and hanging oil lamps he still had no seats. Brother Charlie said he saw a church with discarded pews piled in the back. So he went up and knocked on the door of the parsonage. The pastor answered the door, Brother Charlie introduced himself and said, "God sent me to town to preach a revival." When the pastor asked to see his papers with their denominal organization and Brother Charlie said he had none, the pastor told him that he couldn't preach there. 

After being told that he couldn't preach for the denominal church Brother Charlie asked about the pews behind the church and the pastor told him he could have them if he would move them. 

After dragging the pews to the vacant lot Brother Charlie  began a revival which continued for many weeks. During that time about seventy-five people were baptized in Jesus Name, including two deacons and several other members from the church he had contacted when first coming to town. Over fifty people testified to the baptism of the Holy Ghost as in Acts 2:1-4 before the revival was over. 

Several ministers have relayed this testimony to me and said that a church was erected on that lot after the revival and continues until now. 

As told by the late Rev. C.E. George

#8

It Happened In Pentecost! It Really Did!

My wife and children and I were preaching a revival in East Saint Louis, Missouri for Pastor Herman Clenney, and staying in the Sunday School rooms of the church. Even though the church was adjacent to a police station we had been warned about the neighborhood. The pastor, to inform us of how dangerous the community was, told us about their church being broken into multiple times, about people throwing bottles through the windows during service, and other lawbreaking incidents that had happened.

Of course, with the large family we had, taking towels and clothing to the laundry mat was imminent. After a few days we drove around and found one, parked, carried the laundry in and loaded the washers. 

I leaned against a washer and my wife had set her purse on one while she was putting coins in and starting them all. 

Something caught my eye in the doorway and I watched a large man stop, look at my wife's purse then start walking toward me while staring me straight in the eye. I stepped in front of her purse, folded my arms and looked him in the eye as he advanced toward me. ( His eyes looked so cruel as to give you the feeling he was heartless.)

As the man approached and was within hearing distance I asked, "Do you know Jesus?" while still looking him in the eye. His next step was hesitant as he inquired, " What?" I repeated my question, "Do you know Jesus?" I saw the man's eyes soften and I continued to tell him about how God loved him so much, about the death, burial, the resurrection, and how God's Spirit came to dwell in us and give us life and hope. 

Before I finished talking the man had stopped in front of me and stood there with tears flowing down his cheeks. When I finished telling him about Jesus' love, hope, and grace he said, "Mr, I came in here to annihilate you, and would have if you hadn't told me about Jesus loving me."

 Story as told by Rev. C.E. George