brochure in the garbage. She was at the lowest point in her life. Over the last three years, her mother had passed away, her husband died of cancer, and her father died from a stroke. As she tried to cope with family challenges, fi nancial stresses, and deep grief, she thought she was going to go crazy. Just the night before
Barbara threw the Amazing Facts prophecy
the brochure came, she had cried out to God for help. She felt like she was at the end of her rope. The Lord gave her a calm to
make it through the night. The next day when the mail came, she immediately saw the invitation to our prophecy seminar being conducted by evangelist Darrin Bartell but discarded it. Yet something called to her heart to pull the big colorful mailing back out of
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the garbage. She was drawn to the pictures. Barbara called a friend, and they both attended the meetings.
A Change in Perspective Barbara shares, “When I heard
Darrin preach, I knew God put him on Earth to speak to me! I can still see him holding up a Bible and saying, ‘Don’t believe everything you are told. Go to the Bible for answers.’ When the meetings were transferred to the local church I hesitated to attend. I had always been taught that Sabbath-keepers were a cult. So I asked my friend, ‘Should I go?’ She said, ‘Are you learning more about the Bible? Are you growing in Christ? If so, then go!’”
She tells of the fi rst time she entered the church in
Ashland, Kentucky. “I felt like I was coming home. My best friends in the world are in that church. I have true friends there.” Amazing Facts also has been a signifi cant part of
Barbara’s continued growth in Jesus. Not only have our Study Guides helped prepare her for baptism, she has also appreciated the books she has purchased, the Inside Report, and our many online resources as well. “I’ve become a real student of the Bible because of Amazing Facts. If I have a question, I often go to their website to fi nd answers. I’ve recently started watching Pastor Batchelor on 3ABN.” Barbara gratefully says, “If I had not found the church
when I did, I would probably not be alive right now. My health was so bad. I was under so much pressure. I hardly knew how to pray. I am so glad I pulled that brochure out of the garbage. My local church and Amazing Facts have been such a blessing to me because they have helped me to grow in Christ.”