The next day we had to move on to Kansas City. But I am sure there was a work done and seed sown in Everton that will bring forth fruit. The people came to bid us good-bye, saying they were so glad we had come and brought them the light of Pentecost.
At the depot we were told the price of our tickets was $20. We found we were short of that amount by $4.20. We had only $14.80. We went aside and prayed, telling the Lord He had told us to go to Kansas City, Missouri, and now the train was arriving and we did not have sufficient money. The Lord said, “Go to the window and call for the tickets.” We obeyed, knowing the Lord was able to send money right straight from Heaven. As husband received the tickets through the window, the agent said, “$14.80.” We were soon on the train speeding on our way. We do not know just how it came about, but we know God did it. Hallelujah! He makes a way where there is no way, if we believe.
It was after dark when we arrived in Kansas City. We prayed and asked the Lord just where He wanted us to go as we did not know anyone there. He directed us straight up a street. We walked several blocks, not knowing where there were any missions. We saw a nice little brick church on a corner, but no sign to tell about meetings, and the doors were closed. As we stood there praying, the Lord told me to open the door and go in.
As we pushed on the door it opened into a vestibule. From there some steps led into the auditorium through another door. We heard some one saying, “Praise the Lord!” and knew they must be Pentecostal people. A brother came with outstretched hands to greet us, asking, “Where did you come from?” It was dear Brother Huff from Chicago, who was in charge of the mission. We had a blessed time together praising God and seeing souls brought in and baptized in the Spirit. We were also blessed with Brother Scott in the mission in Kansas City, Kansas, and with his saints.
We then went on to Topeka, Kansas, by the direction of the Lord. We never went anywhere until we had prayed and received instructions from the Lord. Most of the time He spoke through my lips the name of the next place, even telling us when to go, and what train to take. Oh, the blessedness of the sweet Holy Spirit flowing in and upon our souls till we are lost in Him.
“He leadeth me, oh, blessed thought.”
We arrived in Topeka, knowing nothing of the missions there or how to find them. As we were walking down a street the Lord said, “Ask that boy where the mission is.” He was the son of one of the saints, and lived near the mission. We were at that mission two weeks and had a precious time.
The Lord provided for us to travel to Colorado Springs with Sister Bowers in her car. Many were the times and ways God showed His mighty arm out-stretched toward us. We started with very little money to buy food and gasoline, or to pay for repairs for the car. But He provided for all.
One morning as we were crossing a bridge, some drunken men ran their car into ours, throwing it over the edge of the bridge which had no rail, the bridge being a new one and not completed. Our machine hung out over the water fifty feet below. But as we went over the edge the power came upon us all, and we began speaking in tongues. The glory of God came down like a great white cloud, and the machine was picked up and set in the middle of the bridge without a scratch on us or on it.
Another time when we came into a town we were told that the road ahead was impassable; that twenty cars had been pulled out of the place where the water covered the road for about a mile. We asked the Lord if we should go on or not. He said we should go on, and if we believed we should see the glory of God. As we approached the water, which came up to the doors of the machine, and with great ditches on either side, filled with water, we could not see where the road was, nor where the ditches were. The power came down over the machine, and we all began to sing in tongues. Sister Bowers’ hands went up in the air, and never touched the wheel till we were over the place, about a mile in length. The mud and water did not even splash the wind shield or machine anywhere.