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Faith As We See It

Sharon & Doug Reiswig

"The answer is to pray, and the affirmation that God gives lets me know that he's there. You know, sometimes it is the little things you ask for, like a parking place in the morning at work, just the little things. I know it sounds strange, but a lot of times if I'm down, something like that helps a lot."

---Sharon Reiswig

"I first really found God in a 12 step program with Alcoholics Anonymous, and I was able to approach God as more of a principle rather than a personality. So it's been an ongoing personal thing. My faith has come out of suffering, it was definately owned. I believe that God imparts grace to us with faith, and that came the hard way for me."

---Doug Reiswig

The married couple were among 4,000 Seventh Day Adventists who attended a weeklong summer camp in Soquel that attracted an additional 6,000 people for Sunday services.


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From the November 27-December 4, 1996 issue of Metro Santa Cruz

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