1. Early Years
“A youth to whom has given So much of earth, so much of heaven.” “What kind of a man could William Miller have been?” is the wondering question often asked […]
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“A youth to whom has given So much of earth, so much of heaven.” “What kind of a man could William Miller have been?” is the wondering question often asked […]
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DALE RATZLAFF In 2003 I was asked by the Worldwide Church of God to give a presentation on the topic of the Sabbath at their Eastern USA Conference. They paid […]
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Meteorologists record atmospheric perturbations as scientific facts, as well as electrical disturbances, cold waves, heat waves, magnetic currents, and other invisible forces influencing man’s physical nature. There are also scientists […]
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That very special day I was preparing for by getting all those pictures in albums had arrived. It was the day of our 50th wedding anniversary, which was June 10, […]
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“I’m going shopping with my daughter this afternoon,” I heard Dale’s secretary say after church. We were still worshiping on the seventh day, and this comment jolted my mind. This […]
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The next few weeks were traumatic. Word was now out in the entire church about our situation. Our elders, now fearful of our being fired, came to our house trying […]
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We were enjoying our new home. Our garden, trees and yard landscaping plants were growing. Our church was continuing to grow. I continued giving Bible studies, but everyday new damaging […]
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When we left Monterey Bay Academy we rented a nice home, but it was still a rental. We had wanted to purchase a home when we were in the Southern […]
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We were sharing the gospel with people in our congregation in Watsonville and with the people with whom we studying the Bible. Dale prepared and printed about a thousand copies […]
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We were spending Christmas of 1978 with my parents in Weiser, Idaho. They had purchased a large ranch with an old, Victorian, two-story home built in the late 1800s and […]
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Dale made arrangements with MBA and with the Central California Conference to begin work on his doctoral degree program in church growth at Andrews University. His work with the students […]
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A few months after our alumni weekend visit Dale received a call from Harvey Voth to be one of the Bible teachers at Monterey Bay Academy. We would move as […]
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Samantha provided such laughter and pleasure for us our first evening when we stopped at a motel. That kitten was so glad to be out of the car! It literally […]
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We sold the Ford Econoline van with the bakery delivery business and our old Chevy that was on its last leg. We then purchased an old Rambler to drive to […]
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