Beginning Tomorrow Today - By Timothy Sherman

In the beginning I was moved around often to keep from be ing discovered and exposed to only a few men other than the eight. The :fires of the Holy Spirit would eventually spread and cause ter rible persecution and martyrdoms. I was smuggled into different places through secret passages under the floors. The older wooden

There was only an amazingly deep brokenness, godly sorrow for sin, and confidence in God and His nature among us all.

barracks were built off the ground about eighteen inches and were skirted all the way down to the ground to prevent snow and ice buildup and mud from causing damage to the structures underneath. I slept in unoccupied buildings and sometimes in the beds of others who were trusted and so graciously gave them up. I even slept in minimal confined crawl spaces constructed under beds with trapdoors that gave entrance and exit to passage under the building. It was like a constant hide-and-seek game, but with grave results if discovered. These passages were used for travel to other barracks for secret meetings, and for communication. It was also a way to smug gle contraband supplies of food, shoes, clothing, blankets, and other things that could be stolen or could be taken without permission. Most of the places I slept had very little heat and very little or no comfort. Fortunately I was twenty-eight years young, very strong, and healthy. Food was only survival portions, barely enough to stay alive. These men gave up their food from the beginning and sometimes were able to barter some extra handfuls through under ground sources, but there was always very little of this sometimes 52