Praise the Lord
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| Praise the Lord The Testimony of Patty Pancake |
I am sure my childhood wasn’t a lot different
than anybody else’s. I had loving parents; mom
worked very hard and still does at taking care of
5 children and a husband. Dad worked a lot of
hours as a “pony express” driver for the Ohio
Power Company. Together they worked hard
to make sure we had everything we needed, not
all our wants but what we needed, and some of
our wants.
Mom was the one who instructed us about
religion. She even tried to keep us in a parochial
school system. Unfortunately, five of us were
quite expensive.
than anybody else’s. I had loving parents; mom
worked very hard and still does at taking care of
5 children and a husband. Dad worked a lot of
hours as a “pony express” driver for the Ohio
Power Company. Together they worked hard
to make sure we had everything we needed, not
all our wants but what we needed, and some of
our wants.
Mom was the one who instructed us about
religion. She even tried to keep us in a parochial
school system. Unfortunately, five of us were
quite expensive.
In Jr. High mom had to switch us to the public school system, it was there that I think the
made. I am not going to tell you that everyone brought up the way I was is wrong. That is
a personal thing between you and the Lord. It was wrong for me.
By the time I graduated High School, I had very little to do with a church of any kind.
Then Dan came along. Dan and I had been friends for a year or so, he use to come to our
house to talk with my sisters. But I believe God had other plans. Through a series of
events, Dan and I went out.
We went out I think the last week of October of 75’, engaged December of 75’, married
February 76’. Our first child was born July 77’. That’s when things started to change, as
if there hadn’t been enough changes in our lives.
Dan played in a band with his brother and few others. On the weekends we found
ourselves in bars and clubs, not real healthy for any marriage. After Amy was born, God
started working on Dan. Not knowing what conviction meant, never hearing about the
rapture, I had no idea what Dan was going through. In Jan of 78, Dan rededicated his life
to the Lord and my life changed drastically and for reasons that I didn’t understand.
Dan quit everything we did normally, his whole demeanor changed. He looked like my
husband, but was a totally different man, he was happy. He told me I needed to go to
church with him.
Right away, I noticed big differences from what I was use too, the church was small, very
small, about 50 people small, the church I came from could sit a 1000 easily. No statues
in the church, that was different, it wasn’t dark. The people were different too. They
smiled, introduced themselves and said, “how are you!” I had never heard that before at
church. The church house was packed; there wasn’t a seat in the place. I managed a
place on the back seat, Dan walked straight to the front with some other men.
This wasn’t your normal church service; it was a “Singin”? What the heck was a
“Singin”? Well, did I find OUT. It was the Perry Sisters, the ORIGINAL, Perry Sisters.
The place was jumpin. People were having a good time; they were enjoying themselves in
CHURCH. How could that be? Then all of a sudden, the Sisters were singing a song and
to my left, on the other side of the church near the window, jumped up a little older lady,
she was saying something, “Praise the Lord”, “Hallelujah”? who jumped up and said extra
stuff in church? She was waving her hands, she was crying too. Ok, I had had enough, I
wanted out of there.
That evening, I decided, I didn’t think this church was for me, but the Lord had other
plans, boy did He have other plans.
I kept going to church with Dan, it was a revival and people were coming forward. Did I
ever have a lot of questions, the more I found out, the more I needed to know. This
revival went on for weeks, maybe months.
In March, of the 78’, one night while Dan was at work, midnights, I sat on the couch, took
a Bible and tried to read it. I didn’t understand a lot of it, but that night, all alone and on
my couch, I asked God to help me understand, help me be the person he wanted me to
be, to save me from my sins and He did. The next day, I had something to tell Dan and
that night I told that little white haired preacher, Bill Jones too.
God had plans for us, plans that I never would have imagined. Dan announced his call to
preach in August of 78. I thought wait a minute here, I can’t be a preacher’s wife. I wear
make up, and jewelry. My hair isn’t all that long, and I never wear it on my head. I don’t
like to wear brown sack dresses and boxy shoes. The only women I knew that were
preachers wives, were not women I wanted to be like.
Praise the Lord, I didn’t have to be.
God has given me an awesome life, one I wouldn’t trade for anything.
made. I am not going to tell you that everyone brought up the way I was is wrong. That is
a personal thing between you and the Lord. It was wrong for me.
By the time I graduated High School, I had very little to do with a church of any kind.
Then Dan came along. Dan and I had been friends for a year or so, he use to come to our
house to talk with my sisters. But I believe God had other plans. Through a series of
events, Dan and I went out.
We went out I think the last week of October of 75’, engaged December of 75’, married
February 76’. Our first child was born July 77’. That’s when things started to change, as
if there hadn’t been enough changes in our lives.
Dan played in a band with his brother and few others. On the weekends we found
ourselves in bars and clubs, not real healthy for any marriage. After Amy was born, God
started working on Dan. Not knowing what conviction meant, never hearing about the
rapture, I had no idea what Dan was going through. In Jan of 78, Dan rededicated his life
to the Lord and my life changed drastically and for reasons that I didn’t understand.
Dan quit everything we did normally, his whole demeanor changed. He looked like my
husband, but was a totally different man, he was happy. He told me I needed to go to
church with him.
Right away, I noticed big differences from what I was use too, the church was small, very
small, about 50 people small, the church I came from could sit a 1000 easily. No statues
in the church, that was different, it wasn’t dark. The people were different too. They
smiled, introduced themselves and said, “how are you!” I had never heard that before at
church. The church house was packed; there wasn’t a seat in the place. I managed a
place on the back seat, Dan walked straight to the front with some other men.
This wasn’t your normal church service; it was a “Singin”? What the heck was a
“Singin”? Well, did I find OUT. It was the Perry Sisters, the ORIGINAL, Perry Sisters.
The place was jumpin. People were having a good time; they were enjoying themselves in
CHURCH. How could that be? Then all of a sudden, the Sisters were singing a song and
to my left, on the other side of the church near the window, jumped up a little older lady,
she was saying something, “Praise the Lord”, “Hallelujah”? who jumped up and said extra
stuff in church? She was waving her hands, she was crying too. Ok, I had had enough, I
wanted out of there.
That evening, I decided, I didn’t think this church was for me, but the Lord had other
plans, boy did He have other plans.
I kept going to church with Dan, it was a revival and people were coming forward. Did I
ever have a lot of questions, the more I found out, the more I needed to know. This
revival went on for weeks, maybe months.
In March, of the 78’, one night while Dan was at work, midnights, I sat on the couch, took
a Bible and tried to read it. I didn’t understand a lot of it, but that night, all alone and on
my couch, I asked God to help me understand, help me be the person he wanted me to
be, to save me from my sins and He did. The next day, I had something to tell Dan and
that night I told that little white haired preacher, Bill Jones too.
God had plans for us, plans that I never would have imagined. Dan announced his call to
preach in August of 78. I thought wait a minute here, I can’t be a preacher’s wife. I wear
make up, and jewelry. My hair isn’t all that long, and I never wear it on my head. I don’t
like to wear brown sack dresses and boxy shoes. The only women I knew that were
preachers wives, were not women I wanted to be like.
Praise the Lord, I didn’t have to be.
God has given me an awesome life, one I wouldn’t trade for anything.