Linda Butler

Pastor Wingard and Calvary Baptist Church taught me & my Marine Husband so much in our young marriage. God directed me to the church through the Yellow Pages. I needed to find a job teaching & a place to live. I called Calvary asking if there was a need. I was Connected to Pastor Wingard. Yes they had opening. It was August/ September. My husband was returning from Vietnam. He hired me on the phone. I felt it was God’s will and Pastors voice sounded like the Actor Forest Tucker. ( LOL). I had majored in English & Speach @ Mississippi State College for Women. I was an only Child from Memphis, Tennessee. A new bride leaving home for the first time. My husband & I ride into town will no home, rental arriving on a Sunday afternoon. We all met, prayed a Monday afternoon a rental house became available 4 houses from the church. We knew it was definitely God’s will. I taught 7/ 8 English. My Marine husband drove to Camp LeJune every day an we drove a Church Bus on Sundays. I learned trust in Lord in those old buses. I give this history to testify how I learned trust in Lord, keep eyes on Lord not Man, an to be humble in all ways of Life. Pastor Wingard was God’s most humble person I ever meet in my life. This was 46/47 years ago. I spoke & prayed with Pastor several times a year. During those years he had church secretary send me cassettes of Sermons. I so wish I still had them. I am not good with getting video on my phone. I pray to find someone to help me so I can see & hear Pastors voice a few more times. I still pray for Calvary all the time. I have never been in a Church like Calvary. Blessings to his lovely wife an children. I just thought of him an his phone rang too many times with no answer. I knew he was with Jesus.