September 1996

 

 

Greetings in the name of the Lord,

 

This School year is off and running and I have already preached on campuses in three different states, Virginia, Tennessee and North Carolina.

 

In Virginia, I opened up a brand new campus, Southwestern Virginia Community College in Richlands, Virginia.  The Dean of Student’s Alma Mater is Virginia Tech.  He had heard of my lawsuit against Virginia Tech.  He bent over backwards to accommodate me.  For example, he headed off the police and telling them not to stop me from preaching.  This was one of the few times that I pioneered a campus that I did not have to go through some type of legal run around.  It felt nice for a change to receive the red carpet treatment.

 

Southwestern Virginia Community College is a very small campus where it does not take much to literally turn it upside down.  One female professor walked hurriedly through the crowd and up to me and declared, "You can not preach on this campus," "Why Not?” I asked.  She exclaimed, "Because you are disrupting the classes."  Probing further I asked, "How am I disturbing the classes," "Because everyone of my students are out here listening to you preach I have no students to teach."  The crowd and I began to laugh at the desperation of this professor.  Some of the students told her to go back in the building because they wanted to hear Brother Jim preach.

 

Enclosed is a testimony from a University of Tennessee, Knoxville student who was saved right on campus three years ago and has since been faithful to the area church that I sent him to.  We are all thankful that the Lord has blessed us with a new trailer.

 

We thank you for your love and prayers.

 

Brother Jim - Sister Bonnie - Aaron - Gabrielle