1 8 : B V O V
by Melanie Hemry
Now stationed in Florida, life was good.
Biting her pen, Deborah pondered what she
wanted to change this year. Once decided,
she wrote it down.
Get to know God.
She wasn't sure how to go about that. Still,
she had a year to fi gure it out. In March, she
volunteered to help a woman who, due to a
complicated pregnancy, was confi ned to bed
rest. Deborah noticed a huge Bible on the
woman's bed.
"Wow, one day I'm going to get a Bible like
that," Deborah said.
How the woman responded branded itself
in Deborah's mind.
"You don't have the Spirit of God in you.
You're going straight to hell." Deborah went
home and told Ken what the woman said.
Neither of them had been raised in church.
Sobbing, Deborah said, "I'm not going to
hell!"
"Well, I'm not going to hell by myself !"
The
Long
Journey
home
Long
home
Long
home
Long
Deborah Friendly picked up a pen and stared at the blank page.
January 1, 1982. A whole new year to set goals and dream. What
should be her New Year's resolution? She and her husband,
Kenneth, had a sweet life. In the Air Force, they'd met at Hahn Air
Force Base in Germany. They'd married, and the rest was history.
