No matter what situation I am lead into, the Holy Spirit will deliver me!

Author: Pat Sue

It is written in Exodus chapter 13-14: The Israelites left Succoth and camped at Etham on the edge of the wilderness. The Lord went ahead of them. He guided them during the day with a pillar of cloud, and he provided light at night with a pillar of fire. This allowed them to travel by day or by night. And the Lord did not remove the pillar of cloud or pillar of fire from it’s place in front of the people. Then the Lord gave these instructions to Moses: “Order the Israelites to turn back and camp by Pi-hahiroth between Migdol and the sea.” Camp there along the shore, across from Baalzephon… So the Israelites camped there as they were told. When word reached the king of Egypt that the Israelites had fled… Pharaoh harnessed his chariot and called up his troops. He took with him 600 of Egypt’s best chariots, along with the rest of the chariots of Egypt, each with it’s commander. The Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, so he chased after the people of Israel, who had left with fists raised in defiance… The Egyptians caught up with the people of Israel as they were camped beside the shore near Pi-hahiroth, across from Baalzephon… Then the angel of God, who had been leading the people of Israel, moved to the rear of the camp. The pillar of cloud also moved from the front and stood behind them. The cloud settled between the Egyptian and Israelite camps. As darkness fell, the cloud turned to fire, lighting up the night. But the Egyptians and Israelites did not approach each other all night. Then Moses raised his hand over the sea, and the Lord opened up a path through the water with a strong east wind. The wind blew all that night, turning the seabed into dry land. So the people of Israel walked through the middle of the sea on dry ground, with walls of water on each side! Then the Egyptians- all of Pharaoh’s horses, chariots, and charioteers, chased them into the middle of the sea… When all the Israelites had reached the other side, the Lord said to Moses: “Raise your hand over the sea again. Then the waters will rush back and cover the Egyptians and their chariots and charioteers.” So as the sun began to rise, Moses raised his hand over the sea, and the water rushed back into it’s usual place. The Egyptians tried to escape, but the Lord swept them into the sea. Then the waters returned and covered all the chariots and charioteers, the entire army of Pharaoh. Of all the Egyptians who had chased the Israelites into the sea, not a single one survived.

It is written in Exodus chapter 17: At the Lord’s command, the whole community of Israel left the wilderness of Sin and moved from place to place. Eventually they camped at Rephidim, but there was no water there for the people to drink. So once more the people complained against Moses. “Give us water to drink!” they demanded. “Quiet!” Moses replied. “Why are you complaining against me? And why are you testing the Lord?” But tormented by thirst, they continued to argue with Moses. “Why did you bring us out of Egypt? Are you trying to kill us, our children, and our livestock with thirst? Then Moses cried out to the Lord, “What should I do with these people? They are ready to stone me!” The Lord said to Moses, “Walk out in front of the people. Take your staff, the one you used when you struck the water of the Nile, and call some of the elders of Israel to join you. I will stand before you on the rock at Mount Sinai. Strike the rock, and water will come gushing out. Then the people will be able to drink.” So Moses struck the rock as he was told, and water gushed out as the elders looked on.

Rev Minner gave up his successful career and began to work with Love All People. Along with the career went the money, the credit cards, and the luxury cars. All that was left was the home, and the motor home, where the girls stayed. If they lost that, the girls would have no place to stay. We needed $1,800.00. Roger McDuff, a friend of Rev. Minner’s, invited him to a pastor’s convention in Anaheim, California. The Holy Spirit told Rev. Minner to go.

Rev. Minner’s family told him he was crazy to go all the way to California; 1. We have no money to pay these bills. 2. We have no food money. 3. We have no gas money, how are you going to get there? To which he replied: “ I have to go, God told me to go.” So the group gathered together to pray before departing. Just then a knock at the door. Rev. Minner went to look through the peep hole and said; “ Oh no, not another handout.” But he opened the door, and there stood Harmony, a young veteran who usually came over for coffee and conversation. But not this time. He said he couldn’t stay, and that the Lord told him to give Love All People $125.00. So he did and then left. Be careful how you treat strangers, you never know when you might be entertaining angels. With that money, we gassed up our vehicles, and left for Anaheim.

Love All People was expecting to receive a love offering for our first major appearance. Looking at the size of the crowd, we just knew we would have enough to catch up on all our bills! Then we got the word there would be no love offering that night. How are we going to pay for the motor home? How are we going to get home? Just before benediction, Dick Mills called Love All People to the podium so the people could stretch forth their hands and pray for us. As they were praying, people were standing in the aisles and placing money into the kids hands, who began shoveling the money into their pockets. There was over $1,800.00 received that night.

Rev. Cleveland invited us to the G.M.W.A. National Convention which was held in Miami, that year. Once again, the Holy Spirit told Pastor Minner to go. When Pastor Minner told his Board of Directors that L.A.P. was going to Miami with as little money as we had, the board was flabbergasted. Two members actually quit saying: “We can’t work with a fool like you!!” But Pastor Minner was obedient!!! So we left Vegas and headed for Miami. Everything was fine until we came to Birmingham, Alabama. This was where L.A.P. started complaining: “Rev., we’re hungry!” After filling up the bus, we had only $100.00 left. Pastor Minner then said, you better start praying! So we got down on our knees, in the bus, and prayed. When we got up, we saw a sign in the distance. It read: Po’ Folks. That’s us! 40 of us piled off the bus and into the restaurant. After Pastor Minner explained our situation to the manager, they offered us one piece of chicken, two vegetables, and a glass of iced tea. We then asked if we could sing our grace. The manager reluctantly agreed. Then, at the table, we held hands and sang; “Thank You Lord,” as was our custom. As a result, people began coming over to our table to ask what we were all about. After we explained our ministry and the purpose of our trip, some customers went to the manager and said: “We want to hear these kids sing.” And so we did right there in Po’ Folks. Then the people brought money to our table, and the manager brought out plates of chicken, and vegetables and threw in rolls and dessert. Then he tore up the bill and said: It’s on the house! We were now in Miami for the G.M.W.A. National Convention. We were once again broke. That night, when we got up to sing, Rev. Cleveland stood up and addressed the convention. He said that tonight, he was breaking the 14 year tradition of never receiving an offering for a group. He then received an offering for us of over $1,900.00. This paid our hotel bill, and for all our meals in Miami! As we set out to return home, we found that we had just $8.00 left. So John Lerner treated us to ice cream. Prentice would finish the story this way. John, who was still having doubts about our finances, said: “We need to stop and sing somewhere to get some money!” And that’s exactly what we did. We stopped at a church, which I believe was a ’Walk-in’. During our performance, the church took up an offering for us. Rick Lane, our lead singer, said to Prentice: “I know it’s a thousand.” The preacher announced that the offering was $700.00. “Wait a minute,” a member said as they were coming forward. Here’s another $300.00. John fell to his knees and wept, saying: “I have seen God at work on this trip. I have seen the glory of the Lord.” This was another life changing experience! Wisdom is shown to be right by what results from it. Matthew chapter 11.

It was spring of 1986. We were just finishing a tour of schools in Washington state sponsored by M.A.D.D. It was during this time that the Holy Spirit instructed Pastor Minner to take L.A.P. and begin to travel all over the country wherever he was sent. But Rick wanted to be an entertainer, just like Prentice. Since Vegas was the entertainment capital of the world, well, you get the idea. What about Charles, who’s heart’s desire was to get his music published and heard. And most important of all, was his wife Pam, who had a good job here in Las Vegas. So Prentice decided to stay in Vegas. Things went well until Fall. L.A.P. would have a morning meeting every day without fail. The purpose was devotion, a time of teaching, and daily schedule. Only this morning was different. Prentice came to the meeting more somber than we’d ever seen him. He began to weep as he announced that there was going to be a tragedy, and that it would take place in our own front yard! The Holy Spirit revealed, however, that everything would be O.K. Less than two weeks later, Rick Lane, and Jay Forde, were shot in our front yard. The doctor who removed their bullets called the incident “Miraculous,” saying: “The bullets were hollow points and ordinarily open up on impact! But these bullets did not open!!”

A few days later, in the still of the night, the Holy Spirit woke Prentice up and warned him to flee to California for safety. With only $250.00, no place to sing, no place to stay, Prentice told everyone to pack up, we were leaving for California. This time he was obedient! When we arrived in L.A., we were invited to sing a song or two, at a Minister’s Alliance meeting which hosted ministers from all over California. When Pastor Minner mentioned that we needed a place to stay, one lady offered us the use of her home. John called Pastor Minner and told him that we needed $7,000.00 to keep our homes by the following Saturday afternoon. During devotion and announcements, Pastor Minner suddenly stopped. Then he began to name off seven girls in the group and instructed them to isolate themselves from the rest of the group for three hours and pray for our miracle. One of the girls’ mother, whom he was supposed to call was visiting, so Pastor Minner substituted another girl in her place. Shauna went to Pastor Minner and said: “Prentice, why didn’t you call my name? I am supposed to be one of the seven in the prayer group, aren’t I? This is far more important than visiting!”

Three hours later, the girls came out singing a victory song. They didn’t know how the Lord was going to work it out but they were sure that something really great was about to happen! That’s faith! Between Wednesday and the following Sunday, we received eight invitations to sing at various churches in that area. We received over $7,800.00 in one day with enough time to get the money back to John for our homes! HALLELUJAH