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Robert contacted one of his mentors, an admiral, and described the situation. “Take it!” he advised. “Give me a day to see what I can do,” he said. Three months later, the Kachinskis were living in Florida. When houses all around were going into foreclosure due to the economy, the Kachinski’s home sold for top dollar after five days “for sale by owner.” God Had a Plan For both Robert and Charlotte, Florida was awash with memories. Not only because of family, but because years earlier their journey of faith had begun there. “Before we met, I was working in Florida at Smith Industries Aerospace,” Charlotte explains. “There were two women who worked there that I particularly enjoyed knowing, despite the fact that they were both Christians. “My mother had been a praying woman. But my father was a violent man. I pictured God as being a lot like my father, so I had no interest in being a Christian. To me, that meant serving an angry God who was waiting for me to make a mistake. “I admired the way my two co-workers lived and became friends with them anyway. Neither of them knew that I was prepared to flee if they tried to push their beliefs on me. “One of the women was a longtime Partner with Kenneth Copeland. She convinced me to travel with her to a weekend KCM meeting. She bought my airline ticket, paid for my hotel room, food and all my expenses. She even took me to the book table and bought books and tapes for me! “It was there I learned that God was a good God. He wasn’t angry. He loved me and had given Himself for me. I asked Jesus into my heart and became a Partner with KCM.” In 1995, Charlotte was attending Countryside Christian Center, a nondenominational church in Clearwater. One Sunday evening, Robert Kachinski showed up. He was in the choir of a denominational church with traditional worship. When the words to the music flashed onto a screen, he got excited. “Wow! This is a karaoke church!” he said. “We started dating soon after that,” Charlotte recalls. “When I told him about the Baptism in the Holy Spirit with evidence of speaking in tongues, he wasn’t sure it was biblical. I loaned him two teachings on the subject—one by Kenneth Copeland, and the other by Kenneth Hagin.” Robert listened to the tapes in his car, Charlotte explained. Then, one day while driving and listening, he suddenly pulled over to the side of the road, received the Baptism in the Holy Spirit and began speaking in tongues. On March 28, 1995, Robert and Charlotte were married. A Solid Foundation “From the beginning, the foundation of our marriage was the teaching we learned from KCM,” Charlotte said. “We moved around a lot because of Robert’s military career. Our hearts’ desire was to live close to KCM, but our connection to the Coast Guard kept us in port cities. Wherever we lived, we looked for a local faith-based church to attend, watched the daily "Believer’s Voice of Victory" broadcast, listened to tapes and read books. Those were the staples of our lives.” When Robert and Charlotte decided to have children, nothing happened. In time, Charlotte made an appointment with a doctor. After tests, the doctor met with her to review the results. “I’m sorry to tell you that you’ll never be able to have kids.” Charlotte had endometriosis, fibroids and a tumor. The couple contacted KCM for prayer and took a stand of faith. Through the broadcast, they learned about "Supernatural Childbirth" by Jackie Mize. They bought the book and read it aloud until the pages fell off. The doctor recommended surgery. It was cancelled, however, when Charlotte went in for a checkup and they discovered that the tumor and fibroids were gone! In 2000, five years after deciding to have children, their son Ty was born and the endometriosis was gone! 16 : BVOV

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