Drifting Sand of Time

I was born in the Kansas Dust Bowl in the small farm town of Johnson, Stanton County Kansas, where I grew to early childhood and lived under the dark cloud of the Dust Bowl and Great Depression until we moved just before World War II, in 1941, and like the good smells from grandma's kitchen, my fond memories of those days drift back from the past like billowy clouds on a warm summer day. I find myself again strolling, fondly down the old familiar paths of long ago when mother hung damp...
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I was born in the Kansas Dust Bowl in the small farm town of Johnson, Stanton County Kansas, where I grew to early childhood and lived under the dark cloud of the Dust Bowl and Great Depression until we moved just before World War II, in 1941, and like the good smells from grandma's kitchen, my fond memories of those days drift back from the past like billowy clouds on a warm summer day. I find myself again strolling, fondly down the old familiar paths of long ago when mother hung damp sheets over doors and stuffed old rags and newspapers into window-cracks, during dirt-storms to keep the blow-dirt out, but it just kept sifting in. It was during those early years at Johnson that I decided, at age 4, to become a Christian and stop being bad. And my life changed. In 1959 in LA, I was overcome with a growing hunger for more of God, and He filled me with his Holy Spirit. I started my street-preaching ministry on the corner of 7th and Broadway. God worked miracles, protecting and guiding me wherever I went, even into some strange, dangerous places where few preachers venture. I have 8 children, and today my youngest son John and I live in Portland, OR, enjoying the company of a daughter and some dear grandchildren and great grandchildren. For counseling, prayer or speaking engagements, as God permits, contact Azusa Full Gospel Association; azusa4.1906@yahoo.com, or write Marvin Scott Paraday at PO Box 1157, Norwood, CO. 81423