Today is Sunday. We headed for the New Beginnings church around 9 AM and got there plenty early. Service started at 10:00. I didn’t know what to expect; I’d only been to 2 other charismatic churches and was a bit wierded out to say the least. I’ve come a long way since then and I’m more willing to receive God’s grace in whatever form it takes. Besides, if God is using this fellow to heal people, I can use some healing; if I could breathe better, I’d welcome it. Dave Duell was raised on a cattle ranch in Colorado. It took until he was 30 to realize the salvation of Christ. It took another 10 years to realize that he had a gift to heal. Word has spread and the proof is in the pudding. People are actually having physical healing and it is documented by doctors who have treated them. Dave is now 70 years old and obviously is in touch with God. We never did talk to the doctors, so take it with a grain of salt if you wish. He seemed to know that something was up with both Thea and me. He hasn’t been to this church in a year so we could have easily been members, he wouldn’t have known anything about us. He asked me what my ailment was. I told him I had lung disease and he held me by my shoulders and made a quick motion with his hand and I felt like he’d punched me. It didn’t hurt, but it knocked me back into my chair. He had not punched me. I felt like a warm aura around my chest and that was it. I took some deep breaths and I guess we’ll see if it happens all at once or if it is a process that will take some time. Then he stood in front of Thea and asked her about her difficulty. She explained that she wanted her knees healed. He held her, made the big motion and she shot back into her chair. She didn’t feel anything at first, but he asked her to walk out and see if her knees felt any different. She says they suddenly felt very hot and tingly. That happened at 10:30 this morning and they are still hot tonight. Perhaps it is a process and time will tell. We were so taken with some of the people that when they invited us to lunch, we gladly accepted. We chatted with them for almost 2 hours and it was all good. Rose Drew is the lady from Starbucks that told us about Dave Duell coming, we met her husband, also named Dave, who is a manager for American Airlines and their daughter whose name is Amy. We met Dave Drew’s friend Tim and his friend, I’ve already forgotten his name; I’m terrible about that. He knows Don Francisco, a rather famous Christian singer who has been around for 20 or 30 years. It was just all good today. We came back to the motel to check on things, took a short nap and then went back tonight for another meeting at 6. Dave Duell is a very charismatic speaker and it was thought provoking and entertaining at the same time. Who’d-a-thunk that we’d be here in the small town of Chico, Texas experiencing a spiritual reviving like this? It makes us think that God has His hand on us all the time and arranged for us to be here. Some may think it’s just coincidence or BS, but we don’t and that’s all that matters. Believe what you want. We are feeling good about it all and will see how much healing actually happens. That’s it. Tomorrow we head back and hope to be in Chelan by Saturday and home by Sunday afternoon. I’ll continue to keep a record of what we find along the trail home. Later!