My Exchange With A Local TV Anchorwoman in February, 1999

Needless to say, the replies to my letters are about one response per hundred of my letters. One noteworthy response that I received was a phone call from a local TV anchorwoman named Shan in February, 1999. I had written to Shan in yet another attempt to seek help in getting my five-year-old manuscript published as Shan is well-regarded by many in this area for her work as a local TV anchor (plus, she is on the attractive side) and I thought that Shan might have some 'name pull' among publishers.

After much nervousness on my part, I told Shan, "It's just that by 1991, I realized that no one is going to tap that person on the shoulder and say, 'Hey, you are meant to do this', and by 1992, I realized that there are no perks that come with this belief system and that my place in scripture and 27 cents will buy me coffee at Hardees."

Shan replied, "Huh."

After talking to Shan for a while, I recalled, somewhat wistfully, "I can remember back when I first went into the hospital in October of '89, I was full of faith and full of strength and full of courage and I placed my right index finger on the Revelation 12:5 verse and I calmly told my doctor, 'That is me', in that I believed that I was predestined to write and predestined to perform a major ministry through a woman and predestined to publicize this interpretation of Matthew 24:29-30a to the world-at-large."

I continued to tell Shan, "And looking back on how my doctor treated me, he probably thought to himself, 'This is all well and good IF this is true. But even if this IS the truth and you do eventually get out of this psychiatric ward back into the outside world with your mental health restored, you had better get used to the fact that people are not going to believe your claim.' So, I think, I believe, that my doctor placed himself in the position of being 'My Greatest Skeptic'. And after 35 years of being correct most of the time, it hurt. It really HURT." And my voice broke as I finished that sentence to Shan.

At one point, Shan told me, "Well, I didn't know if you wanted us (her TV station) to do a piece about a Hannibal man with this prediction or what."

I immediately became amused when I pictured Shan doing such a piece on a local TV station as most male astronomers (and female) are well aware that the words 'astronomy' and 'woman' are seldom used in the same sentence.

I replied, "Now,.....tell me, Shan........If you were to go on the air............and explain this prediction............don't you think that you'd feel a little silly?"

Shan exclaimed, "Well, yeah!"

I continued, "And wouldn't you be a little worried about how people would react to it? I realized years ago that when Christ left a prophecy that the masses cannot understand, that it's best not to share it with them (through instantaneous media). I tried to write a manuscript in 1993 under a pseudonym but I only have dozens of rejection letters to show for my efforts. So, scripture will be fulfilled: His coming will be like a thief in the night...........at least, it will be to almost everyone."

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For those who may not completely understand by now, since 1989, I have believed that Christ was telling His apostles in Luke 21:25a and Matthew 24:29-30a that He was planning to return to earth sometime after the year 1999 on our calender-----nothing more, nothing less.

When I began my letter-writing effort in November, 1991 to those in the highest positions of power, authority and influence, I banked on the assumption that these offices had at least a few employees that possessed the same level of intelligence and insights that I possessed when I was age 10 in 1964-----but there is no guarantee of that being the case.