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“This is Pastor Leo Ranzolin from the General Conference,” said the voice. “We are sending you three calls…”

After wrestling with God until about 2 am, at age 18, I finally made my commitment to completely surrender my life to Him and gave Him total control. My focus changed from preparing to make money to preparing for the mission field.

Soon after I recorded “Even at the Doors,” I received a phone call from a dear friend with some kind advice, “David be careful. I am afraid you will be left on an iceberg all by yourself and that could hurt your ministry.”

I thanked him very much for his kind call, but assured him that I have been there before, and if you are doing what God wants you to do, it has never hurt our ministry when called to stand alone. Obeying God might lead to distress and suffering, but always results in a blessing. Even martyrdom is used by God as a blessing to save others. Their blood was seed for other conversions.

Four weeks ago, I added full power on our Cessna 340 mission plane and waited for the turbos to kick in. The engines reached full turbocharged speed and we headed down the runway. About half way down the runway, the plane rotated as I lifted the nose gear.

We went to Dominican Republic because there’s a great need and insistence from the brethren that we should have a Radio Station there.

Uncle David’s Message The Most Difficult Trip “What is happening to South America?” I asked myself as I planned my trip North from Bolivia, across Brazil to Guyana and on into the US. After 22 years of flying these regular routes, all the variables are changing. One country will no longer allow humanitarian planes to…

“Look at all those people camped out on the lawn in front of the bus station,” I exclaimed as we drove through the small city of Boa Vista in northwest Brazil.
“Those are all Venezuelans who have fled their home country,” said Daniel, one of our Venezuelan pilots. “They left with nothing and with no money to travel. They can’t get further than the bus station.”

“Oh Lord, may I slow down now? It has been so many years working at breakneck speed. It would be so nice to slow down,”

I presented my oft repeated question in prayer.

God’s answer so far has been, “Night cometh when no man can work. When it comes then you can rest.”

Now, I pray for health, strength and energy and He is providing.

As I boarded my last connecting flight from the mission field to the US, I just wanted to rest. So I closed my eyes and soon I was sleeping. But in about 10 minutes I was wide awake and greeted the lady sitting next to me. When I found out she was from Haiti I perked up and greeted her in Creole. I told her I had flown eight medical trips to Haiti many years ago.

August 21, 2017 Pastor Ted Wilson, President General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists 12501 Old Colombia Pike Silver Spring, MD 20904. Re: Humble response to your letter being circulated on the Internet Dear Pastor Wilson, We have personally known each other, corresponded together and have been praying for each other for over twenty years. I continue…