Thank You Dave

I can't even guess how old I was the first time I met him... I must have been in elementary school. My dad brought my brother and I to what seemed like a million conferences that Dave spoke at. We hated most of them. We were too young to really comprehend what was being discussed except the core message which seemed to be that we needed to have a care for what we accepted as truth as there were many false prophets out there looking to alter our paths with God. At the time I didn't really understand the topics discussed but I did feel a sense of urgency behind what they were saying. My dad bought the book the Archon Conspiracy. It was one of few fiction books he had purchased for himself so naturally we were interested. He began reading it to us bit by bit. Looking back, I realize how hard it had to be for him to read a grown up book to two kids who kept stopping him and asking what words meant or why something was happening. Some nights he only got a couple pages before we fell asleep. I think we actually got through the book twice before Sanctuary of the Chosen came out. Now that book was different! The opening pages had us enthralled with the chase and new characters... we were hooked again. We were starting to understand some of the concepts discussed at the conferences and how they could possibly be applied in the real world. These fictional characters were helping us to comprehend the potential difficulties Christians could face. It helped us to piece together the importance of the messages we were hearing from Dave, Constance Cumby, Johanna Michealson, and Jewel and Travers Van Der Merwe. I always felt small around Dave. He was so kind and friendly, but he felt very important, a man with an urgent message that had to be conveyed. I always felt special when he said hello. We probably never spoke more than a couple sentences between each other, but all my life he's been someone I've looked up to, respected, and trusted with his message. I'm 31 years old now and can say with complete certainty that Dave Hunt was a major contributing factor to my standing with Christ. I don't know what else to say. I thank God for the part he played in my growth as a Christian.