What a joy to be here. I feel like I'm with family. I told some of the leadership before we came

out. I just feel like I'm here with family. And I really do believe the Lord sent me and I'm excited to be here and all of you who are watching on television

Your family too. We're just glad all of you're here

You know when we go through this time of the year around the holiday is they're very

Emotional times because they bring back a lot of memories

Many of you know that I grew up without a father.

We had Christmases where there were no gifts.

One Christmas tree we had a piece of white paper that I water-colored a tree on.

That was it. I'm not telling you that to make you feel sorry for me. I'm just telling you that's the way it was.

And there are a lot of people who have tremendous sorrow

at this time of the year and it kind of reminds you of it. Many of you in this

church put your arms around us

and what I'm told is perhaps the greatest burden, weight, and sorrow

that a human being can bear.

And that's the loss of a child. Three days after Christmas six years ago,

we said goodbye to the light of the world and our family the little miracle baby that was

born when Betty couldn't have another child and we'd adopted a son and had a

beautiful daughter. Little Robin came into our life, three beautiful teenage children in love with Jesus on fire

for God. No one ever believed in the power of God to heal like little Robin. But three days after Christmas we said goodbye to

rob him. This church put their arms around us. Many of you who knew that, every elder here was at the funeral and Tautzum.

Her three children spoke, Pastor Willie George,

accepted Christ about 50 years ago in one of my crusades, a great pastor.

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