True Stories of the Miracles of Azusa Street and Beyond by Tommy Welchel

Author:Tommy Welchel [Welchel, Tommy, Griffith, Michelle P.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780768484816
Publisher: Destiny Image, Inc.

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LEGS TO STAND ON

Say Hello to Sister Mangrum

AZUSA AGE: 22

Sister Mangrum enjoyed a special privilege. She not only possessed blessed memories from Azusa Street, but she also looked at and lived with one of her miracles every day. God healed many people through Sister Mangrum’s ministry at Azusa. Her most special miracle story involved the healing of a lady who was in her mid-forties during the revival. I considered it an honor that I got to meet this woman as she neared her hundredth birthday.

“Mother” Mangrum, as she was later called, was in her early twenties at Azusa but in her mid-seventies when I met her at Pisgah. She stood around 5'2" and weighed about 110 pounds. She was always very well dressed, very prim and proper, well-spoken, as well as kind and courteous.

Mother Mangrum often called me her “little” boy, and I had the honor of going once a month to her home, which was one of the larger apartments on the grounds. As tradition would dictate, she would bake chocolate chip cookies and serve cold milk during our time together. I sat on a huge throw rug that almost covered the entire floor. She sat on a good-sized, antique, wooden rocking chair that had belonged to her great-grandmother. Mother Mangrum was part of the “Carney” crowd and, like Sister Carney, was married at the time of Azusa and attended the revival services with her husband.

One of Mother Mangrum’s favorite stories was about the pigeon-toed woman. She was in her mid-forties and couldn’t walk very well as her knees bowed inward and had been that way since her teenage years. Mother Mangrum immediately noticed her as she came scooting and wobbling in, walking kind of funny. Mother Mangrum went over to her and asked, “Have you come to be healed?”

The lady responded, “I came to see what was going on. You say I can be healed? Of what?”

Mother Mangrum pointed to her legs and said, “Of your legs.” She sat down with the woman and tried to convince her that God would straighten up her legs.

The woman responded in a slight stutter, “Well, ah, ah, it’s worth a try.” She told Mother Mangrum that people had made fun of her since she was young.

Mother Mangrum eagerly responded, “What have you got to lose?” She prayed for her, keeping her hands on the woman’s head. She described a heat coming out of her hands onto the woman.

Finally the woman started shaking and said, “Something’s happening; something’s happening!”

Mother Mangrum looked down at the woman’s legs and excitedly told the woman to look. Her feet and legs were straightening out, and in about two minutes she was completely restored. Knees, twisted legs and pigeon-toed feet were totally straightened and healed.

She asked the woman, “Would you like to walk normal now? We could do a dance all over this place.”

The woman admitted, “I have never danced in my whole life.”

Mother Mangrum smiled and said, “Well, let’s learn now,” and they began to dance.

Soon the woman realized that a miracle had really happened to her and went “wild” dancing before God.

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