by Gerald Whitely | Aug 8, 2015 | Friday Update
In 2005 I was in Cameroon Africa and held Creation/Evolution Seminars. At the end of each I use the Creation story from Genesis 1-3. Ben Sinclair had mobilized his people at Faith Baptist Church and Bible Baptist Church and they had handed out hundreds of invitations to attend my lecture at Congress Hall in Bamenda. Ben and I were walking down the street in town when a total stranger recognized me from a poster in the grocery store. He was so glad to meet “the professor” and shook my hand over and over. He assured me that he had read my book and that he would be at the lecture that evening. Only one problem: I have never written a...
by Gerald Whitely | Aug 8, 2015 | Friday Update
We were in Moldova Noua staying in a hotel in town and conducting evangelistic meetings while distributing John/Romans Scriptures during the day. One of our group, Brother Ron Kuhns was staying with the pastor, Adolphie Copriva in his village. Ron was out for a morning stroll and said, “Buna Diminaţa” to a passerby. The man replied, “Good morning.” Ron said, “You speak good English.” The man replied, “I should, I am an American.” Ron said, “Really! Where are you from?” The man replied, “Indiana.” Ron said, “Really! I am from Indiana! Where exactly?” The man said, “Oh you probably haven’t heard of it – it’s a small town in the northwest corner named Lowell.” Ron said, “Really! I am from Crown Point – it’s five miles from Lowell!” The man had married a Romanian and was visiting Romania with his wife. Ron said, “I have a pastor friend speaking tonight in town,. Would you like to come?” The man readily agreed. He was in Romania and didn’t speak the language and was staying in a small town bored to tears. Ron later introduced him to Dan Arsenault, a pastor from Lowell. The man hung around with us for three days enjoying the company of fellow Americans. He also heard six good salvation messages … in...
by geraldw | Aug 7, 2015 | Friday Update
In 1996 Dr. Kent Hovind wanted to go to Romania and teach Biblical Creationism. He knew that I had traveled several times to Romania, so he contacted me to organize the details. Mia and Costel Oglicia knew many preachers and churches and helped with other contacts. We flew in to Frankfort, Germany and then on to Arad, Romania. After several meetings in Arad and Timişoara, we flew to Buchareşt, then to Chişinău, Moldova. Next we flew to Suceava, Romania and then to Simeria by train. Besides his personal suitcase, Brother Kent had a slide projector, ten carousels of slides, and a heavy voltage transformer. Each time we flew, had to pay for the extra weight. But when we got onto the plane in Buchareşt bound for Chişinău, I was excited. The airline scales were broken and we did not have to pay for any extra weight. But then I began to think. Because the scales were broken, the Romanian airlines had no idea how much the plane’s contents weighed – the same plane that we were flying...
