I just got this story in an e mail.
I don't know if I should laugh or gag.
anyway, this sort of falls into urban legend territory.
Read and see what I mean...
This past Sunday (rainy and dreary) at our 3:30 p.m. meeting in Bowie, a
group of 12-14 individuals walked into the Bowie South Kingdom Hall. I turned
briefly and saw lots of people with long hair and fashionable clothes, and
made a mental note to be sure to say "hello" after the meeting to these "new
ones" coming to the Hall for the first time.
I noticed a little red-headed, freckled boy sitting in front of my daughter,
Emmanuelle, and I said to her "doesn't that little boy look like Prince
Harry, Princess Diana's son in England?" She sat up rigid in her seat and
started to scribble on her notepad feverishly. The words she wrote were,
"Don't say the word "Prince", because he is sitting right behind me."
Confused, I turned my head to the right and there he was, "Prince", "The
Artist Formerly Known As" or whatever he calls himself now.
He was very interested in all of the Watchtower comments made by the little
ones in the Hall, as I could see him lean forward to catch a glimpse of their
faces as they would answer questions. One person sitting beside him raised
his hand to answer a question, perhaps for the first time, and it was obvious
that he was not used to giving comments at the meeting. After he gave his
shaky response, Prince leaned over to him and asked, "Hey, what's the matter,
Man, are you nervous or something?" Then one of our brothers raised his
hand to read a scripture, but read the wrong one (nervousness) and the
conductor made a joke about him having "good intentions" even though he was
reading the wrong one, and Prince laughed out loud.
Later, the conductor called on another brother "in the back row" and the
brother took the microphone and gave his name as "Brother Graham". Yes, it
was "One In A Million" Larry Graham and his wife, who both gave lots of
excellent comments throughout the meeting. It was great to hear them
expressing their faith in Jehovah.
A few minutes later, the conductor called on another brother in the back row,
who quietly took the microphone and announced his name as "Brother Nelson"
and he explained that it was bible truths that made him change his life, turn
around and try to serve Jehovah. I didn't know Prince's real name is Prince
Nelson.......After the meeting and song, a long, black,
s-t-r-e-t-t-t-t-t-t-t--c-h limousine awaited the entourage as they shook
hands with publishers. Larry Graham said to my husband Pete and me, "We
serve a wonderful God. Look what He is doing with Prince. Jehovah draws all
sorts of people to Him, and then it is up to those individuals to do the
rest."
The party of about 14 slipped into the limousine with one of our brothers
(Bro. Craig Tracey) to go to the Warner Theater for Sunday's last show. It
wasn't until that moment that the friends realized the Craig used to play
guitar professionally in a band and his wife (Sis Jennifer Tracey) used to
sing professionally. They had been so modest in our congregation, one would
have never suspected that they had backstage passes to Prince's show the
night before, and had received a call from Larry Graham looking for a Kingdom
Hall in the area a week ago.
It was a great evening where we were all discussing thorns in the flesh in
the Watchtower study. I couldn't help but think about Prince's thorn (the
death of his child, which led him to ask bible-based questions about death,
the resurrection, etc.) If Prince could, I'm sure he would spend any amount
necessary to bring back his child, but all the money in the world can't do
that. Jehovah is the only answer for us all.
