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It is written in Matthew chapter 6: My heavenly father already knows all my needs, and he will give me all I need from day to day, If I live for him, and make the kingdom of God my primary concern. In our early years, many churches wanted nothing to do with Love All People. Their fear was that this group of former gang members, and drug addicts, would have loose morals, resulting in a negative influence on their own children, or worse, be a cult!! In 1981, one Baptist preacher decided to come investigate for himself whether L.A.P. was the ‘real deal’, or not!

It was a normal Monday afternoon: teens being teens. So the curious pastor showed up and saw kids being kids. So the pastor and Rev. Minner began to converse intensely until the dinner hour. Then, over dinner, Rev. Minner shared with his guest, the vision God had given him. After dinner, our guest had the opportunity to meet our family, L.A.P. We shared our individual testimonies with him. By the end of the evening, he must have been convinced that we were indeed the ’Real Deal’, because after giving words of encouragement to every member, he got up to leave, and shook Rev. Minner’s hand and left. When Rev. Minner opened his hand, he immediately called a family meeting. As he cried, he began to recite the twenty-third Psalm. He began with; “The Lord is my shepherd.” As he unrolled a one hundred dollar bill, “I shall not want,” then another hundred dollar bill. By the time he finished reciting the twenty-third Psalm, he had unrolled $1,000.00. In light of L.A.P.’s current financial situation, this was another miracle story.