BVOV Magazine 2013 - present

One day Charles got a call from the IRS. "You've got to take care of these taxes," the woman said. "I promise you that I'll have the money to you in 30 days," Charles replied. He had no idea how he'd do it. They prayed for the money. Soon afterward, he realized that in the year since they'd bought their condo, real estate prices had soared. Their equity had doubled. They took out an equity loan on the property and paid o his student debts. Charles walked into the IRS o ce 29 days after the call and handed the woman a six- fi gure check. She stared at it as though she'd never seen anything like it. "This is the fi rst time in 18 years that anyone kept their word when they said they were going to make a payment," she told Charles. "Make a copy of the check and pin it up in your cubicle," Charles suggested. "It will remind you that there are still people who keep their word." A year later, they'd outgrown their condo. Without telling Angela, Charles put down a deposit on a larger home. When he told her the news, she cried. "How can we a ord to do that?" "We'll sell the condo and put that money toward the new house," Charles explained. That year, while attending KCM's West Coast Believers' Convention in California, the Lord spoke to Angela: Don't sell your condo, sow it. Use it to bless people who need a place to stay. This time it was Charles who almost wept. How could they a ord to do that? There was only one answer: It would take faith. When they moved into their new house, Charles and Angela left everything in their condo. All they took were their clothes and personal items. There was seldom a day when the condo was vacant. Sometimes people in fi nancial hardships lived there for a few months. Some pastors stayed there to study, pray or attend meetings. Other people getting out of the B V O V : 2 3 hospital after cancer treatments stayed there to rest. Charles and Angela kept it clean and did laundry for whomever stayed there. By God's grace, every month there was supernatural supply to take care of all their bills and those who they purposed to bless. Taking a Stand of Faith "In 2010, I was wearing fuzzy socks while walking down the stairs with my hands full," Angela recalls. "On the bottom step, my foot slipped and I fell on my back. The pain was excruciating. I remembered a story I'd heard Kenneth [Copeland] tell. Something was wrong with his legs, and Gloria sat praying in the spirit over him. Someone brought him a wheelchair, but Kenneth said, 'Healthy men walk.' He stood and walked, and shortly thereafter he was totally healed. "X-rays showed that my back was broken in three places. I was told that I needed surgery and would be bedridden for months. I said no and went home where I prayed in the spirit for three days. "That's when the Holy Spirit overtook me. When that happened, I popped up and started kicking my legs. I put on my stiletto heels and wore them to Parris' tennis match. I was used to doing martial arts, but now that I was healed I did them in stilettos. I decided that if the devil tries to take me out, I'm only coming back stronger." In time, Charles and Angela bought a third home in the mountains. They had two guest houses, and a spare bedroom in their home that was almost always in use. They never knew how they would pay the bills each month, except by faith. As they tithed and gave, the money always came pouring back to them. God always provided. "Eventually, we sold our condo. Then, in 2006, the Lord directed us to start our own ministry," Angela remembers. "We started Todd Worldwide Ministries to support pastors, leaders and heads of nonprofi t organizations. They pour out and pour out, but who pours back into them? "Many pastors and ministry leaders give They pour out and pour out, but who pours back into them? We started Todd Worldwide Ministries to support pastors, leaders and heads of nonprofi t organizations.

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