June 1995

 

 

Dear Saints,

 

Summer is upon us and another class of students has graduated from college.

 

A graduating student from Oklahoma University who attends a supporting church in the Oklahoma City area gave me the 1995 Commencement issue of the student newspaper commemorating the past four years of news on their campus.  This issue was available to every graduating student along with the entire faculty, staff and administration as well as each and every parent and guest of the attending graduates.

 

Guess who did not just have one picture, but the two largest pictures in the whole paper?  You got it, yours truly!  What really made my day was when I noticed that I had a larger picture and more print space than the one and only infamous Anita Hill of Clarence Thomas fame.

 

Just think of how many people were witnessed to that day and will be in the future by this one keepsake paper alone.  Praise God!!

 

The lawsuit against Virginia Tech is now in the Federal Courts of Appeal in Richmond, Virginia.  You may not believe this but the same Judge who ruled in my favor on every single issue even to the point of ordering Virginia Tech to allow me to preach for a week last March mysteriously recanted, flip-flopped, did a 180 degree turn around and ruled in the University’s favor.  It will be very interesting come judgment day to find out just how much it took to turn him around.

 

I continually thank the Lord for giving me a free $210 an hour A.C.L.U. First Amendment attorney who has won many a free speech case whether at the trial level or on appeals, and he is determined to go all the way to the Supreme Court if necessary.

 

I am hoping and praying that come September when school-reopens we will be in a position to upgrade our trailer to a two bedroom to accommodate our family of four.

 

We thank you for your love and prayers.

 

Brother Jim - Sister Bonnie - Aaron - Gabrielle