I have often seen famous people on talk shows
telling about the person who was a great
influence on their life when they were a child.
Well I’m not a famous person but there was a
couple who were the ones who first led me to
Christ when I was a child back in the 1950s.


My family was very poor and for many years
we lived in my Grandmother’s house but when
I was in the second grade my parents bought
this modest little house on a street called Twin
Oaks Drive. Around the corner and up the hill
was a very small wooden church building. In
fact it was really just a small house that was
used to hold church services. The pastor,
Brother Hansen, and his wife, Sister Hanson of
this modest little church came and visited with
us when we moved in. They invited us to come
to their church and told my Mother they would
come every Sunday and pick up my younger
brother and myself. To this my Mother agreed.


Brother and Sister Hanson began taking us to
the Hartman Baptist Church every Sunday.
These were the nicest people that ever walked
this earth and I soon found out would be the
ones who taught me about Jesus and led me to
Him. It didn’t matter to them that my Mother
could only afford to give us a dime to put in the
collection plate, or that we didn’t have nice
clothes to wear, we were treated with much
love. The little projects that I made in Vacation
Bible School fueled my interest in artistic
endeavors. I spent every Sunday learning about
and singing songs about Jesus.


We lived on Twins Oaks Drive for about six
years before we then moved. Those six years
were the best ones I had as a child and that was
due to the Hansons.


I kept in touch with them after we moved for
many years. The last time I talked to them on
the phone they were both getting up in years
and were in bad health. They were no longer
doing their work for God at Hartman Baptist
Church. They were no longer giving their love
and the love of God to poor little kids like me.
But there are many that they led to Christ and
like me will never forget this wonderful couple
who was a great influence on their life.


I wish I could tell them just what they ment in
my life but they both went to Heaven many,
many years ago. I know one day I will get to see
them again and I know they must be very
special angels for the good work they did and
the love they gave to many children who needed
to know God.

This is a true story from my life.


Copyright @2003 M. Doris Fuller


 


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