REVIVAL: Every night or Regular Service Nights?

[Sweet Pea]

Originally Posted by scotty

AIRFARE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I do remember the days of seemingly endless revival and long for it again, but I remember the evangalist and wife with two kids living in a 2 room camping trailer plugged into the church out back...

The airfare comment was about those evangelists who jet across the country to their various "meetings." (I'm NOT being critical - just stating facts.)

Yes, I remember the days of evangelists pulling a camping trailer behind a CAR. I also remember the church renting a little studio apartment for the evangelist's family. The ladies of the church would bring in prepared meals every day for them - or sometimes the evangelist's wife would request the opportunity to prepare their own meals (if the apartment had a stove/oven) and then the ladies would bring bags of groceries to them. Sometimes the evangelist's wife would give a "grocery list" so that she would receive things that she could fix that she knew her family would enjoy. I remember one evangelist's wife asked my mother if she would please bring a can of asparagus. She said, "I know it's expensive, but my husband enjoys it so much and we haven't had it in so long." If memory serves me correctly, my mother took several cans of asparagus.

Also, in those days, it seemed the evangelist was more likely to fellowship with the saints - and the pastor felt no threat. And there was no threat, the evangelist was there to help and knew that he would be moving on in a short (or not so short) time.

Steadfast, forgive us for hijacking your thread, but this has been a nice walk down memory lane for me.