It was March 1996 at TrueWay BC of Los Angeles, Apostle was there in a three day revival. On the last day of the revival he did an altar call so that he could lay hands of us. Well I had seen this on TV, but never had experienced it for myself. I had no knowledge of this man of God, but I knew he was anointed by God, so I decided to go to the altar to see what this was all about. When he laid hands on me, I wept like a baby(it seem like hours) as his team consoled me.
2 Corinthians 5:17NLT (This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life begun!)
I was fire baptisted under the leadership of Apostle WT Broadous as a member of TWBC.
A few years later, some things had occurred in the BOC and the Lord put in my heart to find the man of God that had laid hands on me years earlier. I didn't know what church he was from, nor where the church was located, as a matter of fact I didn't remember his name...so I started asking around and God directed my path to Pacoima. This is where it gets interesting...I came to Calvary to get directions for this problem as it relates to someone else ...little did I know I was going to be dealt with...during one of the the "After Care" services, when I told him my situation...he looked me directly in my face over his glasses and said "first you need to get yourself together", he laid hands of me and this time I went out under the anointing of the Holy Spirit. Once I came to, I got up and walk swiftly out of the church and told my then boyfriend (Reche), "you gotta move out, this man just told me all about myself." I did not step foot back in Calvary until I came correct, which was two years later, I came back a married women. Now the rest is history!
When I first visited Calvary I discovered not all preachers sounded like the adults in the Charlie Brown cartoons, I understood what the preacher was saying about God's Word. Then one Sunday he prayed Psalm 27:14 and that is when I began to fall in love with the Word of God, so I responded to the call and joined the body of Christ and became a member of Calvary Missionary Baptist Church of Pacoima. I began attending service and Wednesday Night Corporate Prayer, even Sunday School, you would think I would have known the pastors name but I was never introduced and his name not mentioned I did not. So can you imagine my surprise when one Wednesday night after corporate prayer I hear my name being sung loudly by this strong booming voice, lol. I never really cared for that much, but to turn and see the man I had been listening to (with understanding) preach the Word for about a month was the one singing, now that made me smile.
This was my first personal contact with MY pastor, I was completely caught off guard because to this day I have no idea how he knew my name since we had never been introduced and I never said anything in his class. Yet, it was that night I KNEW I was in the place God wanted for me. I had made the correct choice.
Calvary is my home and as I remember this night I rejoice because Apostle William T. Braodous knew me before I knew him and through him I learned of my Heavenly Father who also knew me before I knew Him.
