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el), I was at the breaking point. I felt that I just couldn’t go on. I had heard of the Hume Lake Pastors’ Con ference severa l weeks before and had planned to attend. But with so much on my mind, the conference date had slipped up on me before I realized it. I still wanted to go but had serious doubts as to whether the “ old jalopy” I had bought would make it up the mountains. But I felt that I had to “ get away from it all” for a few days and get my “ spiritual bearings.” I didn’t see how I could continue in the min istry under the circumstances. The burdens on my heart were so heavy. Feeling that I would probably resign my pastorate and seek secular employment when I re turned, I went to Hume Lake. Little did I realize how much I would benefit from the Pastors’ Conference. As I drove into the beautiful Sierras, and then on in to the Hume Lake grounds, I be gan to feel the peace and tran quility that a child of God can feel as he beholds the beautiful handiwork of God. But this was just the beginning of the “ spirit ual therapy” which I experienced in those few short days. In this Rev. E. Ward WiUoughby is pas to r o f Lakeside Community Church, Hanford, Ca lif. R ev . Sherman Williams is pastor of Redwood Community Church, Castro Valley, Calif.
T h e t i m e was early June in 1962. I had never been so discouraged in my fifteen years in the ministry. We had recently moved to the San Joaquin Valley from Washington where I was pastor of a well-estab lished church, because the doctor had suggested a drier climate for our son who was constantly ill with asthmatic bronchitis. I had ac cepted the pastorate of a small s tru gg lin g church and had worked hard in my pastoral min istry while building a new par sonage. Several families from my small congregation moved from the area and consequently my meager income became even smaller. I couldn’t supplement my income with secular employment because of our building program. We had just moved into the new parsonage and had resided there one week when my wife’s clothing caught fire and she was seriously burned. Infection result ing from the burns made her con d ition even m ore cr itica l. Through prayer and faith and the techniques o f modem medical sci ence, she was able to return home for complete bed rest after two weeks of hospitalization. She was home only three days when she had a heart attack, probably the result of after-shock. This meant another week in the hospital. With mounting medical ex penses, a sick wife and baby, loss of income, trying to carry on my pastoral work without a car (I finally bought a ten-year-old mod
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