This letter which I wrote to Jonathan Lindvall via his “Bold Christian Living” email discussion list fits into the time period of the latest installment of my story. This one is total crap ~ I was trying so desperately to figure a way to get Angel to accept and embrace the godly, quiverfull lifestyle which we’d chosen for our family ~ I think that my desperation is quite apparent in this rather pathetic letter:
Dear Mr. Lindvall,
Thank you so much for your ministry — you have been a great encouragement to my husband & me. I have a concern that I thought you might be able to address as you come from a godly Christian background. You may have already dealt with this subject and if so, could you please direct us to the appropriate tapes?
My husband & I both come from very ungodly families and grew up amidst drugs, alcohol, violence, perversion, occultism, etc. As a young man, my husband, Warren, was serving time in jail for possession & sale of drugs when he turned his life over to the Lord and experienced deliverance from drugs and alcohol. As for myself, at age 18, I knew that I was a hopeless sinner who deserved Hell — I lived with that miserable conviction for quite some time before the Lord revealed to me His grace & I was saved through faith. When I surrendered my life to Jesus, it was a dramatic conversion experience and I knew beyond all doubt that I was a new creature, a child of God and eternally secure.
