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A Tribute to Dick Ervasti In the fall of 1990, as Dick Ervasti was praying and seeking God about the big dreams he shared with his wife, Mary—one of which was to someday become a world-renowned voice-over actor—the Lord gave Dick a simple solution. 'Give your voice-overs,' He said. A year later, after contacting Kenneth Copeland Ministries, Dick became the official “voice” of KCM, doing voice-overs for the "Believer’s Voice of Victory" TV broadcast, as well as the ministry’s then-radio broadcast—for free. From that time until this past June, when our beloved friend and Partner went home to be with the Lord, that relationship continued. In addition, Dick went on to become one of the world’s most renowned voice-over professionals. Not only was he the onetime voice of the NFL on the FOX network, but his voice has appeared in more than 50 major movie trailers, including "Les Miserables," "The Great Gatsby," "Star Wars-Clone Wars," "Lord of The Rings," "Spiderman 3" and "Pirates/At World’s End." In November 1995 we wrote about Dick and Mary Ervasti’s amazing journey, and the trials they encountered on their way to receiving God’s victory. As a tribute to our Partner and dear friend, Dick Ervasti, we’re sharing that testimony again. —The Editors From Pennies to Prosperity by Melanie Hemry It was a hot, sticky, humid July day in Minneapolis when Mary Ervasti had turned her back on God. What had years of serving Him gotten her? Nothing. She’d had enough. Enough of unanswered prayers. Enough of creditors hounding her day and night. Enough of scrimping to survive. Enough of never having enough. Her nerves, stretched taut from weeks of stress, recoiled at the shrill jangle of the telephone. Another bill collector, she thought bitterly, I won’t answer it. Slamming the door behind her, she felt the stinging wind bite her cheeks as she trudged down the street. How naive she and Dick had been when they married. Dick with his great dream of becoming a world-renowned, voice-over actor. And her. She shook her head, embarrassed at the memory. “Someday,” she’d told Dick earnestly, “I want to have a television ministry.” A television ministry! The bank was already foreclosing on her house. She’d be surprised if she even had a television when her creditors were through. What had she been thinking? That if she went to church and prayed, God would grant her wishes like Cinderella? Well, it was midnight, and her dreams had not come true. Shaking off that memory, a long shiver traveled up Mary’s spine as she huddled in her jacket. It wasn’t the whisper of an approaching Minnesota winter that chilled her. It was a thought. A thought more chilling than creditors. A thought more chilling than mountains of debt. A thought more chilling than losing her home. I’ve reached the midnight of my life, she admitted, so where do I go from here? If God’s power isn’t real...where can I turn for help? 10 : BVOV