Wow, what a night. We took about 10 people to see Billy Graham tonight. What we didn't think about was that this had been an all day event for children. By the time we got there at 5:15 the place was pretty much full. The parking lot certainly was! I had Paul Arenas with me in my car and he had brought his handicapped parking plaque. But, the parking lot attendants couldn't tell me where the handicap parking was. So we ended up parking in a huge golf course! We had to walk so far to get there. I had Paul on his crutches and two ladies in their 70's walking over hill and dale. Kept waiting for someone to call out, "FOUR!"
When we got to the front gate, the tunnels leading into the stadium were blocked off and we just stood there forever. Finally, Connie asked me to go get some food as we didn't eat before we left at 3:30. So, when I was buying my $4.00 hot dogs and $4.00 Cokes, they let the line go and my group went in without me! I get back to line and they've closed off the whole entrance and tell me I have to go elsewhere. Well, I got my best "I'm the Pastor" look and said I had to go be with "MY PEOPLE!" I guess I put the fear of God in them or they thought I was pathetic. Either way I got in and we actually had pretty great seats. There were a few bands and then Billy spoke. They didn't even take up an offering! We were sad that we didn't get to hear George Beverly Shea sing. I love his music. We did get to see Cliff Barrows for a couple of minutes.
Billy Graham came in using a walker. It was sad to see him that way. He spoke rather briefly and his voice wasn't as strong as it once was, but he did well and huge crowds came down for Salvation. All in all we had a blessed night and we got home around 11:30. (It ended just after 8:00)
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