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by Melanie Hemry
"You'll get used to the heat," JoJo assured
her daughter.
"Your dad and I did when we were stationed
at Vance Air Force Base in Enid, Okla."
As they waited in one line after another,
JoJo remembered those early days of
marriage in Oklahoma. A pilot in the military,
her husband, Jim, loved the Lord and he loved
fl ying. Several other pilots had invited them
to attend a meeting where Jim received the
Baptism in the Holy Spirit.
Some of those same pilots had introduced
Jim to the teachings of Kenneth E. Hagin and
Kenneth Copeland. The fi rst time Jim had
heard Kenneth Copeland speak, in 1975, he
began a lifelong habit of buying every book on
faith he found. When their fi ve children came
along, he made sure each one had a library of
faith materials.
In 1982, their 4-year-old daughter Autumn
had surgery to repair heart defects. The day
after surgery she died twice, the third time
they revived her she said, "I see Jesus" and
went home to be with Him. As much as they
mourned her passing, nothing shook Jim
and JoJo's faith that God is good, and He still
heals today. After being discharged from the
military, they moved to Denver, Colo. In 1984,
they'd joined a church and settled down to a
new life. Jimmy's more-recent diagnosis of
Type 2 diabetes had been a shock. A strong,
vital man, he looked healthy on the outside.
Faith
Without
Compromise
HEAT ROSE LIKE STEAM FROM THE PAVEMENT AT ORAL ROBERTS
UNIVERSITY IN TULSA, OKLA., THAT AUGUST DAY IN 2002. JOANNE
PAQUETTE, WHO EVERYONE CALLED JOJO, HURRIED WITH HER
DAUGHTER JOY TO ADMINISTRATION. JOY WAS REGISTERING
FOR HER FRESHMAN YEAR.
