Ed Williams was alone after a long bout with drug addiction. He lost everything, including kids, wife, job, and his will to live. He chose sin over family. He was going to take his last bit of cash and spend it on drugs. He was going into the woods to end it all. After consuming his drugs, he was still alive. Hopeless, and accepting complete defeat, he walked out of the woods and into a drug rehabilitation center.
Moved by the spirit, he showed up outside our church 3 Sunday’s in a row, but too scared to come in. Finally, on Easter Sunday, he came into church and sat in the back. Overcome with a message he thought was delivered just for him, and an overwhelming
amount of love and welcoming from our church, he came back again.
He asked me how our church could accept someone like him. He said that if we could love him the way we do, what about all those out there afraid to come into church as he was?
We started our outdoor Hope Pavilion two weeks later, and Ed was enlisted to do set up and break down. It was a big success in drawing people to our book discussion on Anxiety. Ed thrived in helping people with his testimony and his love for Christ. However, two weeks later our heavy duty canvas tent was destroyed by rain in a storm. Someone was asked what happened, and said “God Let Satan knock it down so we could get a bigger and more sturdy one.
Ed now has a full time job and has moved back in with his wife and son. They are very active in our outreach activities and looking forward to the launch of the Hope Pavilion. Ed has given his life to the Lord and is getting Baptized this November.