It was 1970 and we heard there was going to be a blessing. I was matched to Hugh and he came to Kansas City. Afterwards it was decided that the church would grow more if we were consolidated rather than being scattered.
Hugh and I moved the whole Kansas City center, 14 people, to Berkeley, CA. We lived there for seven months. Then Father spread everyone out again and we were sent to Philadelphia. Our two oldest children were born there. Father came to Philadelphia on his first speaking tour. I had just had our first baby, and she was only about a week old. I was doing PR, calling people to come to the speech while I was in the hospital. Hugh got the mission to go to the Midwest with a bus team. I stayed in Philadelphia until our second child was born. Hugh went to Minnesota, and we followed soon after.
Hugh was the regional leader and had a bus team, and it was such a rich period in our life. A lot of people joined during that time from the regional center in Minnesota. Hugh traveled with the bus team, and I served as an IW who followed to help the members afterwards. We had our children in the Minnesota center.
We bought a workshop site in Iowa and moved our family there. I did advance work or follow-up work and Hugh took the bus team. During that time it was really wonderful. We worked together. The region was growing. We had it down to a science -- about six new members joined every week. There was a 7-day workshop. We’d give talks at the end, and there was a night of commitment. It was exciting; a lot of good people joined.
From 40 Years in America, 46-47.