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My Testimony
by RichG3

This is my story, this is my song, Praising my Savior all the day long. (from the song: "Blessed Assurance", written by Fanny Crosby)

My story started on Labor Day, September 3, 1934 in Springvale (Sanford) Maine.

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I was raised in a good home but not a particularly religious one. Church attendance was limited to an occassional Christmas or Easter service, and meant very little to me.

I graduated Sanford High School in 1953. And then I worked in my home town until I joined the Army on December 31, 1956.

While stationed at Fort Monmouth in New Jersey I went into New York City on pass. While in the City I went to Madison Square Garden where for the first time in my life I heard the true Gospel message concerning Jesus Christ and who He is and what He had done for us.

Until that night I thought that one religion was as good as another. I felt that if we tried to live a good life and did not do too many bad things that if there was such a place as Heaven that we would possibly go there. I did not care much either way about spiritual things. I thought that it was probably good for kids and old people; but, not for me.

That night, May 26, 1957, I came to realize that I had sinned against a Holy God. I had taken things that did not belong to me. I had "stolen" small items from friends and neighbors. I had lied. And I had definately used the Name of Jesus Christ in vain.

Not only did I see myself as a sinner before God that night but I heard that He had already forgiven me of my sins. I heard that He loved me and was offering me a new life through faith in His Son. I learned that night that if I would receive Jesus into my life He would come in and change me and make me to become a child of God.

That night as best as I knew how I asked Jesus to come into my life. And He did. I had a new reason to live. As it says in the Bible, "old things (habits, thought patterns, etc.) passed away and things became new".

Time Line

for

RichG3@WebTV.net

a.k.a. Richard E Goodwin

1953 ..... graduated Sanford High School

1952 to 1956 Worked at Sanford Trust Company

1956 to 1963 .... U S Army Signal Corp
stationed at:
Fort Dix, NJ
Fort Monmouth, NJ
Army Pictorial Center, Long Island City, NY
Fort Ord, California
Hunter-Liggette, Paso Robles, CA
Camp Coiner, Seoul Korea
Camp Zama, Japan

1963 to 1993 St Johnsbury Trucking Co, NYC NY

1993 to 1997 Taught at Teen Challenge, Brooklyn NY

1997 back to Sanford Maine.

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