Pat Irvin

I was 12 in 1968 visiting my Grandparents in Hiawassee. They loved watching Billy Graham crusades. My parents took me to Sunday School and VBS at our home church in Gastonia. But I knew there was more. I had watched several nights of Billy Graham’s crusade and hearing God’s word preached. But the verse which spoke to me was John 3:16, “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” After the crusade that night I went to our bedroom and begged Jesus for His forgiveness and to come into my heart and life.
 
I couldn’t wait to go share with my mom and dad and grandparents what God had just done for me. I wrote to the Billy Graham address to share my salvation and did several months of Bible study with the Graham association as a new child of God. I thank God every day for what He did for me that summer night at my Grandparents’ house. That was almost 52 years ago. Praise His Holy Name!
 
There were several years in high school we were not in church. And I wasn’t where I should be as a Christian. But when I was 19 our family visited Victory Baptist Church. I rededicated my life to Christ and was baptized. I thank my Jesus for giving His life for me, and He has been in my life on the mountaintops and in the valleys. He has never left me. Praise His Name!

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