BVOV Magazine 2013 - present

“I joined a multicultural traveling ministry in San Diego. About 20 of us sang, traveling to hospitals, prisons, street corners and beaches. “A friend introduced me to Dr. Delwin Williams, a psychiatrist from Texas. He was a nice man, but for some reason we didn’t click. Several years passed, but our mutual friend refused to give up. I was cautious because I didn’t want to marry outside God’s will. One thing I could say about Del was that he had incredible, bulldog faith. “I was an information technology manager in San Diego. I worked on security measures for computers. The company gave me a great office and allowed me to take time off to minister. “The Lord told me to record a CD. I contacted the recording studio Janet Jackson used. It was expensive, and I didn’t have the money. My birthday was Aug. 14, and I’d been sent home to recover from walking pneumonia, when I got a call from the studio. A famous violinist had scheduled the studio but couldn’t make it. They told me I could use it with no charge. Even though I had pneumonia, I wasn’t going to miss the opportunity God had given me. While I was recording, a rap group was in another studio. They came to listen to me. Afterward, I extended an invitation for them to accept Jesus. They got saved! It was incredible.” Learning Faith Delwin Williams grew up in Dallas, the son of two schoolteachers. The family knew about God but didn’t go to church. Del’s grandmother in East Texas had been the one who taught him the importance of having God in his life. As a child, Del had known it was God who had instructed him to go to medical school. When he was older, Del decided to get a job in a hospital to make sure he could handle medicine as a career. The only job he could get was in a psychiatric hospital. Until then, he’d never considered psychiatry. He attended Southwestern Medical School in Dallas. Afterward, he did his residency at Timberlawn Psychiatric Hospital, which at that time was one of the top psychiatric hospitals in the nation. “During my residency, I realized that I didn’t have any answers to a lot of traumatic things I’d heard from my patients. I started asking my directors and instructors how they dealt with the spiritual component in their patients. I got a lot of blank looks and no answers. I knew I had to figure it out on my own. I joined a good church and learned some foundational things. “God put it in my heart to work in community mental health. He opened the door for me to work at JPS Hospital in downtown Fort Worth. I’ve been there since 1990. Many of my business partners mentored me and helped me over the years. Seeking more, I started listening to Dr. Frederick K.C. Price and getting answers. He always said, ‘You don’t have to believe me. Read the Book for yourself.’ “I thought that was good advice and started reading the Bible. Around that time, I discovered Kenneth Copeland and started listening to his daily broadcast. I was getting answers to a lot of my questions about how we could do more for the patients we were treating. I knew we were helping them mentally and emotionally, but we’d never dealt with the spiritual component. Brother Copeland helped me fill that need. Finding Joy “I went to medical school with one of my best friends and introduced him to his wife. We stayed close even after he moved to California, and I visited them often. He sang in the choir with Joy and introduced us. We didn’t hit it off. Nine years later, however, we knew we were supposed to be together. I proposed on Valentine’s Day. She said, ‘Yes.’” A few years later, Joy was diagnosed with six uterine fibroid tumors. That didn’t explain why she didn’t feel like herself. She worked out on a regular basis. She ate well. Yet, she suffered pain in various parts of her body. She could no longer sleep on her back. “Something’s wrong,” Del said, driving her to a nearby clinic. They drew a sample of her blood and told Del to get Joy to the emergency room. 16 : BVOV

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