My Racket, How It Worked Out is the remarkable story of how Ray Allen who grew up in poverty in the mountains of Virginia. After graduating with a poor record in high school, failing marks in spelling and beset with acute stage fright, he joined the Army and ended up teaching in both the aviation and transportation schools. He served for over 20 years as senior pastor of the Blacksburg Baptist Church across the street from Virginia Tech. From this dynamic church, he traveled extensively preaching, teaching, and leading ...
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My Racket, How It Worked Out is the remarkable story of how Ray Allen who grew up in poverty in the mountains of Virginia. After graduating with a poor record in high school, failing marks in spelling and beset with acute stage fright, he joined the Army and ended up teaching in both the aviation and transportation schools. He served for over 20 years as senior pastor of the Blacksburg Baptist Church across the street from Virginia Tech. From this dynamic church, he traveled extensively preaching, teaching, and leading volunteer mission efforts. On these pages you will read exciting transforming mission stories from many lands. There are personal stories from the Sinai Desert, refugee camps in Thailand, travels in Australia, China, the Galapagos Islands and living and traveling in recreational vehicle in and throughout the U.S. and Canada. You will find it hard to put this remarkable life story aside. It is a teen age love story that has lasted over half a century, the story of an avid bass fisherman who fished for fish and men throughout America and the world, and how God took a rather ordinary man from a shanty in the mountains around the world to share a message of grace and hope.
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