B E L I E V E R S .
and we were instilled with
good values, but from the
time I was seven years old I
was aware of a deep, pain-
ful emptiness inside of me.
Around the same time, I
asked my father about the
Bible. He told me that the
Bible was a good book to
learn about how to be a good
person, but that it was not
true. His answer felt like a
knife going through me.
University in Granville,
Ohio. Both of those expe-
riences were mundane for
me. When I was in college
I had an arrogant attitude
towards Christians. I had a
few friends who were involved with Inter�Var-
sity Fellowship. I liked them, but I felt sorry for
them. I thought Christianity was a club for pa-
thetic souls to help them make friends.
To quell the emptiness inside of me, I
became involved with sinful behavior and
surrounded myself with people who made
me laugh.
vinced that I could help him get over his "hang�
up" about the Lord Jesus. Little did I know what
the Lord had in mind for me! After we were mar-
ried for a year, I asked my husband, "How do I
know that Jesus Christ is real?" He told me that
there was nothing that he could tell me. I had to
ask the Lord myself.
me in a clear, audible voice filled with love and
said, "I'm real, Linda. I'm real." I was amazed and
embarrassed. I felt very sorry about the cynical
attitude I'd had toward believers. A Christian
teacher at the university knew that something had
happened to me, and I told her about it. She told
me that I had been born again. Her husband was a
group at their house, where
they encouraged me to cul-
tivate a personal relation-
ship with the Lord Jesus.
Word and prayed together.
Maine, we discovered the
Salvation Army Citadel.
We wondered aloud what
went on there. I had known
of The Salvation Army
when I was a child because
my family had bought
clothes there. After I was
saved, I remember think-
ing about the name "Salva-
tion Army" and loving it.
So, when our group disinte-
grated, I decided to look up
The Salvation Army on the
liam and Catherine Booth and others. My heart
nearly exploded as I poured over the Army's web-
and the importance of music. I have a small busi-
ness teaching violin and viola lessons, classroom
music and movement classes to young children. I
also play the viola at weddings.
elderly people with tambourines. I made a phone call
and was delighted that there was a Bible Study as
well as a worship service.
at the spiritual feast that we enjoyed that morning.
I felt as though we had arrived from a famished
land. We enrolled on December 18th and we are
thrilled to be senior soldiers in The Salvation Army.