amen

going to church

We lived just a mile from two churches, the Holy Rollers and the Baptist Church. Mama would send us down there if we couldn't make it to our own Sunday school. They would go on their knees to pray, and holler amen. I would jump up and they would all be praying again. I would look around and they would be on their knees a praying so I would knelt down again and someone would holler amen. I would jump up again until Daphne got a hold of me. She held me down on my knees till they all got through praying, which was about an hour I think.

temper
Papa and mama used to go down there at night and listen to them pray and leave Don to take care of all of us and put us to bed. When they would leave, they would always tell us to say our prayer's before going to bed. So one night Don got us all in a circle and was saying the prayer. He had his hands up and he was praying and all at once he said God bless Kate that she might not have any more crying spells.

“ I jumped up out of that circle and I made kids scatter”.

I just kicked and screamed and hollered and Don laughed. He just rolled on the floor and laughed. He thought he had done something big by praying for me to hold my temper. I guess I used to have an awful temper.

papa's preisthood
One time Papa and mama went to one of their meeting and the preacher just about had a heart attack, but none of the people got the spirit and papa said it was because he had the priest hood and the devil spirit could not come in.