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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center"> <b>RAY
JOHNSON of “LIFE MESSENGERS” - 2010-10-23 - MEMORIAL SERVICE</b></p>
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My wife Marie and I had the privilege of taking part in the above
Memorial Service in Bothell, Washington, for our friend Ray. He was a
man who did not blow his own horn, but walked in the counsel of
Solomon in Proverbs 27:2 - “<b>Let another man praise you, and not
your own lips.” </b>He was a rare person according to Bible
standards. <b>“Most men will proclaim every one his own kindness;
But </b><u><b>a faithful man</b></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>
who can find?” </b></span><span style="text-decoration: none;">Oswald
Chambers says there are very few that completely sell out to the
Lord. Ray was one of those at the age of 23, immediately following
his father's accidental death. For six years he tried to get his
father to “back off” from what Ray considered a fanatical
religious position. But following that sudden and unexpected death,
he did some serious thinking. Though he had worked many jobs in the
church, he wasn't sure if he was prepared for heaven, or that he
really knew Jesus. Then and there he made a sold-out decision for the
Lord, and for the </span><u>next 75 years</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">
did not deviate from that decision.</span></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left">
<span style="text-decoration: none;">His “eulogy” was read at this
Memorial Service by Greg Johnson, Ray's first grandchild. The details
were take from a paper written by Ray in 2000 on the occasion of his
90</span><sup><span style="text-decoration: none;">th</span></sup><span style="text-decoration: none;">
birthday. It was titled “A Brief Overview of My Life This Far”!!
-</span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<b>- EULOGY - RAY W. JOHNSON - October 23, 2010</b></p>
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<b>Chapel of the Resurrection - Campus of Cedar Park Church -
Bothell, WA</b></p>
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<b>Raymond Walter Johnson was born on March 3, 1912 in Bellingham, WA</b></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<b>to Henry and Nellie Johnson, and died September 16, 2010 in
Bothell, WA. He was 98.</b></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<b>He was the first-born in his family, which later included five
others:</b></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<b>William Stanley Wallace Eugene, LaVerne Bernice, Donald Floyd, and
Eleanor Marie.</b></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>The family moved to Ferndale,
WA and later to Alberta, Canada, where Ray started school.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>Then there was a move back to
Bellingham, and Ray attended Whatcom High School.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>Because it was during the
Great Depression,, the family relocated to Seattle, looking for work.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>After graduating from Lincoln
High School, Ray became involved in the family's </b></font>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>small bread-baking business,
started in the basement of their rented home.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>He would bake bread half the
night, and then the following day, </b></font>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>he and his brother, Stan,
would go house-to-house selling the freshly baked loaves.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>The bakery business didn't
last too long, and Ray went from job to job,</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>no one job lasting very long
because of the depressed economy.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>About that time, Ray's
father, Henry, passed away after being in a car accident.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>It took that incident to make
Ray realize he, himself, was not right with God.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>Then and there, he decided to
dedicate his life fully to the Lord.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>The next fall, in 1938, Ray
began attending Moody bible Institute in Chicago, </b></font>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>where he met his future wife,
Vera Wakeley.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>He also had the privilege of
being a radio announcer on Moody's radio station, WMBI,</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>during his last year there,
and for several months after graduating in 1941.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
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</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>Ray and Vera were married in
Erie, Pennsylvania, Vera's home town, on September 13, 1941.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>Ray accepted the call to
pastor at Cedar Home Baptist Church in East Stanwood WA,</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>arriving there Dec. 6, 1941,
the day before the bombing of Pearl Harbor.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>They remained at Cedar Home
for a year and a half, </b></font>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>during which time their first
child, Dale Richard, was born.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>Ray left the church to become
the General Director of The Bible Crusaders, </b></font>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>which he helped to organize.
Bible Crusaders' ministry was to put scriptures on billboards,</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>beginning in Seattle and then
expanding to many other cities.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>While he was a party of Bible
Crusaders, Ray rewrote and improved </b></font>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>the first Christian booklet
he had written while at Moody.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>Because Bible Crusaders
decided not to get into the publishing business,</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>Ray published “Here's How”
himself.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>Eventually, that little tract
was printed in over 50 different languages, and went throughout the
world.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>Ray's interest swung from
Bible Crusaders to Life Messengers, the ministry he founded and
directed,</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>and would be involved with
the rest of his life.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>He painted houses for a
living until Life Messengers had grown to the place </b></font>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>it could support his growing
family.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>David Merle was born in 1944,
Ross Gregory in 1948, Jeffrey Bruce in 1955, and Kevin Ray in 1960.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>At about age 58, after
publishing a wide variety of booklets which all carried</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>a clear message of salvation,
Ray became interested in Bible prophecy.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>For nine years he
corresponded with Ken Taylor of Tyndale Publishing House</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>as Ray assisted him in
revising The Living Bible.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>He finally decided to write
his own translation, calling it The Last Days Bible,</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>emphasizing end-time
prophecy, and including his own notes.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>Ray dedicated nearly 40 years
of his life to this work, and published a full New Testament.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>The Old Testament is finished
also, but is yet to be published.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>Ray continued to write until
very recently, and he never stopped sharing the Lord with others. </b></font>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>He lived at Merrill Gardens,
near Northgate for three years,</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>and for the past two months
has been lovingly and patiently cared for</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>by Semida and Ray Moldovan at
Queen's Hill Adult Family Home.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>Even there, up to the end, he
would ask his housemates,</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
“<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>Do you know where you are
going if you were to die tonight?”</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>Ray was preceded in death by
his second son, David Merle, who went to be with the Lord in 1982,</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>and by his beloved wife Vera,
who passed away in 1998 after 56 years of marriage,</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>as well as three brothers,
Stan and Wally Johnson, both of WA, and Don Johnson, of CA.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>Ray leaves behind his four
sons and their wives; his two sisters, LaVerne Gencarella (husband
Bill),</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>and Eleanor Rhymes (husband
Paul), all of CA;</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>two sisters-in-law, Mabel
Johnson of WA, and Tallah Johnson of CA;</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>10 grandchildren and their
spouses;</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>17 great grandchildren; two
great, great granddaughters, and many nieces and nephews.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>We can only imagine Ray's
welcome into Heaven by his loved ones who had gone on before,</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>as well as by the many souls
from around the world who are there because of his faithfulness,</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>not to mention the Lord
Himself, who surely would have said the words we all long to hear,</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
“<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>Well done, thou good and
faithful servant.”</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="left">
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</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="left">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">The Scripture Reading for this
service was 2 Corinthians 5:1-9, taken from Ray's “Last Day New
Testament” translation. At the suggestion of a family member, I had
the congregation of relatives and friends read together this portion
of Scripture. I then read Ray's notes on this portion. Ray has made
the complete translation of the Last Day's Bible, finishing it just
prior to his Home-going! His son Ross has been elected President of
Life Messengers at his father's recommendation - to complete the
editing of the OT and the publishing of the Complete Last Days Bible.
I have been on the Life Messengers Board the last 10 years or so at
Ray's invitation, and have committed myself to support Ross in the
completion of this project, just as I gave myself to his father. </font>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="left">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="left">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">This is the third complete Bible
translation I have had a connection with. For 17 years I served as
secretary first with the Indo-Burma Pioneer Mission founded by Watkin
Roberts of Wales, and later directed by Rochunga Pudaite; this then
became “Bibles for the World”. Rochunga's father Chawnga
dedicated his son to translate the complete Bible in the Hmar tongue
in Assam India, centered in the Senvon village. Through Rochunga, one
million copies of “The Greatest is Love” - Ken Taylors Living New
Testament - was mailed to the million phone subscribers of India. I
spent a month in 1972 interviewing 50 top Hindus and Muslims
concerning their reaction in receiving this gift. 250,000 from India
replied to this gift by saying “Thank you”, and could we receive
more along this line? Many made first time decisions for Christ.</font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="left">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="left">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">Prior to this Ray Johnson gave
millions of his Gospel pamphlets, especially “Here's How” to
George Verwer of Operation Mobilization. This sowing of the Gospel
has no doubt laid the foundation in India for much of the extension
of the Gospel there ever since.</font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="left">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="left">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">I reported back to Wheaton,
Illinois and Ken Taylor concerning the result of his Living New
Testament being placed in the home of every phone subscribe in India.
As some of you will know, Ken - as editor of Moody Monthly of
Chicago, translated the entire bible with millions of copies of the
NT in many languages place in over 50 countries of the world.</font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="left">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="left">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">Ken Taylor helped my wife start
a Christian Book Store in Lake County, Illinois, and gave me
permission to use his Living NT as part of God's Bible Numeric
Interlinear Greek NT, using the texts of Ivan Panin.</font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="left">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="left">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">Ken strongly encouraged Ray to
translate the Bible with his vision of a Last Days Prophetic insight
through his notes; which he did, and of which I have had a very small
part. Ray sometimes 2-3 times in a day phoned me to get insights on
Greek and Hebrew words for his translation. This year I should
complete the above Bible Numeric Interlinear Greek NT and have it
ready for the printers.</font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="left">
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">Ken Taylor felt Ray's
translation had the touch of God upon it like his original Living
Bible. I agree. I heartily recommend that every reader obtain a copy
of Ray Johnson's Last Days New Testament now, and the Complete Last
Days Bible as soon as it is published. Here is the information you
need to obtain the NT and the Gospel of Matthew for witnessing
purposes:</font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>Life
Messengers - <<a href="mailto:info@lastdaysbible.org">info@lastdaysbible.org</a>></b></span><span style="text-decoration: none;">
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</span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b><<a href="http://www.lastdaysbible.org">www.lastdaysbible.org</a>></b></span><span style="text-decoration: none;">
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">In 1955 in Chicago at the
Kostner Avenue Baptist Church, Marie ordered 1000's of Ray Johnson's
“Life Messengers” pamphlets, including “Here's How.” We
distributed them widely, and did so also at the Broadway Tabernacle
of Seattle after we moved out west in 1962.</font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">Ray Johnson heard my wife Marie
share her testimony at the Philadelphia church of Ballard, Seattle.
Ray asked if she would be willing to write a special edition of
“Here's How” to help Catholic friends find a Living Relationship
with Jesus. Later he wrote a recommendation for her to the Greek
River Community College, and added that she had one of the best
platform deliveries he had come across.</font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">I
closed my Memorial message for Ray last Saturday by mentioning the
Marks of Ray Johnson as a </span><u><b>faithful</b></u><span style="text-decoration: none;">
man in the following areas. He was uncompromising and absolutely
faithful in his witness. His whole family down to great great
grandchildren are in the Lord and many faithfully serving Him. Every
spouse marrying into the Johnson clan got the challenge: Do you know
where you are going if you were to die tonight? And do you really
know Jesus in a living way? And every telephone solicitor was his
delight - he very soon gave them the same challenge and explained
“Here's How” you can if you don't! He was faithful as a writer
and Translator; faithful to His family; faithful to his friends; an
example in not losing his temper, and not allowing worldly music or
literature in his home. One attorney wrote Ross - that it was a copy
of his father's “Here's How” - that led him and his whole family
and many friends into the Kingdom of God.</span></font></p>
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<span style="text-decoration: none;">“<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">Abu
ben Adam - may your tribe increase” comes from a famous poem. I
apply that to Ray - “Ray Johnson, son of Henry - may </font></span><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><u>your
tribe</u><span style="text-decoration: none;"> increase.” Jim Watt</span></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><u><b>NOTE</b></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>:
Ray Johnson's booklet “Here's How” went out to over 66 million
people in 50 languages.</b></span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b><span style="text-decoration: none;">All
of his booklets combined had 173 million go out over the past
decades.</span></b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b><span style="text-decoration: none;">Ken
Taylor of the Living Bible of Tyndale House Publishers encouraged Ray
Johnson of Life Messengers to translate the “Last Days Bible”.
This was completed before his home-going. Pray that the editing and
printing will soon be completed so it can be published. The Last Days NT is available now. Jim Watt -
Life Messengers Board Member.</span></b></font></p>
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