March 22, 2021
I remember the first time that I was aware of Ben at Kerr plastic co. I was at my table (it was more like a big wagon) i was so far behind on doing my job. The table was full the bottles were running over n falling on the floor. Ben was the machine operator and was responsible for me n the line. I was hurrying with all my might trying at least not to let any bottles fall on the floor. I was only 15 which the friend that got me a job there said oh they missed up on her card. I'll fix that n changed my age to 18.
It was a loud fractory. I was singing very loud (hyms). He would run back n forth from working on on the machine n the bottles then back to my table. He said I see you like to sing. By the end of summer I thought it was really neat thing to have a man like me. The next summer i was back there and that guy was still there. He would still help me with my bottles. He would give me hints of how to stay on top n not get behind. He was a really sweet, nice, kind guy. I liked him. Nexed summer I was aloud to date. I did have other boy friends and we got to do things like going to the school dances n etc. We had a friend that we both knew to ask me if I would go to a party with him. I had to ask my daddy if i could go out with him. Later i told him I couldn't go out with him unless he went to church with me.Then we started dating n getting serious. One night while I worked the 2nd shift, my sister Garnet dragged him to church where he asked Jesus into his heart. He asked me to marry him on graduation night. I was concerned about how serious he was with the Lord. I told him I wanted to be a missionary. He said can't we be missionaries in our own back yard. After a few weeks I said yes. It wasn't until last night that I realized all through the 54+ yrs, we were missionaries. There was hardley a time that we didn't have many somebodies living with us n even families living wih us. He fulfilled his promise to me of being missionaries in our own backyard.
It was a loud fractory. I was singing very loud (hyms). He would run back n forth from working on on the machine n the bottles then back to my table. He said I see you like to sing. By the end of summer I thought it was really neat thing to have a man like me. The next summer i was back there and that guy was still there. He would still help me with my bottles. He would give me hints of how to stay on top n not get behind. He was a really sweet, nice, kind guy. I liked him. Nexed summer I was aloud to date. I did have other boy friends and we got to do things like going to the school dances n etc. We had a friend that we both knew to ask me if I would go to a party with him. I had to ask my daddy if i could go out with him. Later i told him I couldn't go out with him unless he went to church with me.Then we started dating n getting serious. One night while I worked the 2nd shift, my sister Garnet dragged him to church where he asked Jesus into his heart. He asked me to marry him on graduation night. I was concerned about how serious he was with the Lord. I told him I wanted to be a missionary. He said can't we be missionaries in our own back yard. After a few weeks I said yes. It wasn't until last night that I realized all through the 54+ yrs, we were missionaries. There was hardley a time that we didn't have many somebodies living with us n even families living wih us. He fulfilled his promise to me of being missionaries in our own backyard.