Rex Eugene Shinholt

I was born Aug 10, 1930, northwest of�Van Buren. I lived most of my life around�Van�Buren [Indiana],�except�for 1 year northeast of Warren.�I was married in 1950 for over 25 years. My�wife�passed�away in 1976. I accepted the Lord on I 69 coming home from�the�hospital�after seeing my first wife in Ft Wayne.

I went to church for a while at Union Chapel,�but�quit.�I�really felt lost, so I decided to see Adele�Ryggs�to�talk�about coming back to church. I tried to call�her�to�no�avail. After going to Ft. Wayne to get new�glasses,�while�waiting I ate too many peanuts. That night I�went�to�the�hospital with bad cramps, Adele was a�chaplin�assistant at�the hospital. So she came to see me. We�decided to�go�shopping over Thanksgiving weekend.�March 22, 1981, we were married, (The Lord sure�works�in�mysterious ways.) �

Shortly after going back to church I was�asked to be�a�Greeter. Later after an add-on to the church�I�was�asked to�greet at the new door. I was very shy so�Adele�decided�we�would greet as husband and wife. �

Shortly after coming to Liberty Baptist [church], Ken�Hussong�asked�us to greet. We thought it was only�temporary. No�one�ever�told us to quit so we just kept on greeting.�I feel that greeting has helped me to be able�to�meet�people easier and at the same time do�something�in�the�Lord's service.�We used to have everyone come in our door so�if�someone�didn't show up on Sunday we would send them a�card�to�let�them know we missed them. Folks seemed to�appreciate�this.�Now that the congregation is so large and a�small�number�come in our door that it's hard to tell who's�not�there on�Sunday. Also, there are families we haven't�met�because our�paths never cross, so it's hard to separate�the�regulars�from the newcomers.�We joined church shortly after becoming�greeters�so�we�wouldn't feel like outsiders greeting folks.

I feel that every person at Liberty is part�of my�family,�so when one moves, or leaves for other�reasons, I�feel�we�have lost part of our family.�I feel that you get God's word at Liberty and�in�the�words�of BR Laken "If you didn't get it, you�didn't�bring�anything. �to get it in.

NOTES

The testimony was written circa 2003.