I have vivid memories of that night.  My boyfriend had asked me to go on a walk with him.  We were Bible school students.  Walking fit the budget perfectly.  I walked alongside this tall, handsome, lanky young man as we crossed the street and went up into the hills.  Walking slowly on the sidewalk we began noticing the lovely homes all around us.  And then we stopped in front of one of the nicer ones.  The occupants hadn't closed their drapes yet.  Seated around the table eating a meal, they looked like something right out of a Norman Rockwell picture, depicting the American dream. We discussed how, if we became missionaries, we might never own a home like this.  As we stood there, looking at the American dream through that window, we deliberately and intentionally gave up the prospects of owning our own home.  We gladly made that sacrifice in order that others might learn about our wonderful Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

 But God...we read in His Word "Jesus said, "Truly I say to you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or farms, for My sake and for the gospel's sake, but that he will receive a hundred times as much now in the present age, houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and farms, along with persecutions; and in the age to come, eternal life.…"  It's true.  It's really true!  We are living proof of that.  Not only do we own an earth sheltered house that the boyfriend turned husband built for us, but today we live in a lovely two story, five thousand square foot home.  We have balconies and porches galore, six bedrooms, five bathrooms, a large 2,000 volume library, a spacious living room that seats 30, and a dining room where sit-down dinners are served to 30 people.  We have marble floors and plaster ceilings.  This palace we are living in is indeed a hundred times more than the house we were looking at in the hills across the road from our Bible school.