The Life Stories of Leland Barney – Episode 5
Leland Barneys Spiritual moment and his marriage to Paula.
Hello there and welcome to this fifth episode of the life stories of Leland Barney podcast. He is joined up Behind the microphone by your host Christine Reidhead
Highlights from this episode;
- He talks about his spiritual moment and how he got married.
In this episode, Leland Barney remembers when they were in New Jersey and visited a big old man’s house. The man who was not very welcoming at the time, he chased them away. As they headed back, Barney told his companion that they never even told the guy who they were. So, Leland decided to head back, but His companion refused because of the dogs guarding the man’s house.
Barney went back alone and approached the guy. He told him that they belonged to the Church, the old man responded by telling Barney that he could have said that during the first time he knocked, and so he was told to come in.
Barney described him going back at that time as a spiritual moment, they ended up baptizing the Old Gentleman together with his family.
He also remembers when he gave his blessings to a certain lady who had a severe fever. The lady had very much insisted on receiving the blessings from Barney, whereas she was supposed to be rushed to the hospital. Barney says that her faith healed her in those circumstances.
As the episode continues, Barney married his wife Paula on December 9th and they started farming with his dad. He talks up the births of their children, he explains how the doctor had instructed them to move their new born kid away from the ponds and mosquitos and so they had to eventually move to a different region.
He goes on and talks about how they enjoyed different moments with their kids like when they took them to visit Disneyland, Texas and also to see Paula’s dad in Texas. A few stories are narrated over this episode, so please tune in and enjoy.
