The Greatest Reunion

By George William

This book is a true Testimony of my “NDE” (Near Death Experience) and an Out of Body Experience during a horrific vehicular wreck, that I pushed aside and denied at the time, in thinking that it was, from the blunt trauma to my head, from going through a windshield, then from the morphine and drugs the Ambulance crew gave to me at the crash site, along with my strength and achievement to escape death…only to finally recognize, that it was God and his Guardian Angel’s that saved myself and my College roommate…and once I finally fell into a life pursuit of chasing Money, driven by Greed…and fell into a deep pit of sin that I dug myself, I finally discovered the Truth and the only one True God, who Saved my life, and rewarded me with an incredible Great Awakening and the Greatest Reunion, in achieving my Salvation and to follow Christ Jesus, for the rest of my life on this earth, and into His Kingdom come!

• Language: English
• Publisher: WestBow Press
• Release date: Mar 20, 2024
• ISBN: 9798385020812

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CONTENTS

Foreword

Preface

Introduction

Chapter 1

Secret Journey

Chapter 2

When Did I Ever Sleep

Chapter 3

USMC Officer & Naval Aviator

Chapter 4

Hustling from Job to Job in the Aerospace Engineering Field

Chapter 5

Cyprus and S. Korea

Chapter 6

In Dire need for more Money, to Grow my Company

Chapter 7

One Spectacular Sunrise and the Moment That Changed My Life Forever!

Chapter 8

That Unforgettable Day in Court, and what I thought was an Injustice, became the ultimate Blessing, in Disguise!

Chapter 9

The Greatest Reunion

Conclusion

FOREWORD

The greatest gift of all that anyone can receive in this world is the gift of a new life. The Apostle Paul, who dramatically received this very gift, describes it as the gift of God (Ephesians 2:9). Paul, in other Biblical writings, describes it as: a new creation (II Corinthians 5:17); and a transformation (Romans 12:2), each of these processes being outside the range of human ability. Jesus, Himself, described it as being born again (John 3:3), again, a human impossibility. Yet, it continues daily throughout the world. Yes, thousands upon thousands of people yield their lives to Jesus each year. It is impossible to understand the human intellect until you experience it yourself. It might best have been described by a blind man, who when asked (John 9:25), what happened when he met Jesus, said once I was blind, but now I see! John Newton, who penned the powerful song Amazing Grace, his personal testimony, expressed the very same sentiment in the first verse of the song, . . . once I was blind, but now I see . . . Equally dynamic is the unique way God brings each individual into this new life. Just as no two humans are exactly alike, no two paths to reconciliation with God through Christ are anywhere close to the same. This is why every person’s story of their miraculous transformation is so exciting to hear and/or read about. For us, ministering in the prisons for over 20 years, it is even more dramatic to have seen this very same life changing experience in scores and scores of those incarcerated (the discarded of society), and the productive and meaningful lives these men and women experienced for the rest of their lives. Once again, it is a testimony to God’s great love that He would reach out to so many incarcerated and bring them into this new life in Christ. This is why we can highly recommend The Greatest Reunion, the life of George William, which will again remind you of how great and far-reaching God’s Love and Grace is. Remember God loves you, He always has, and He always will.

In His Service, Tom Heyer; Director of David Jeremiah’s Shadow Mountain Church Prison Ministry.

27 February 2024

Front Cover Art was created by Matthew Meiner, who was saved and gave his life to Christ, during a Bible study inside an Arizona State Prison, by George William in Tucson, AZ back in 2019 … which illustrates the Light of Christ Jesus, that came pouring into his Bonanza A36 during his departure climb to altitude, in a sign of approval for his cooperation with the Federal Government, and to turn away from sin, during that glorious morning on 2 September 2007!

PREFACE

To my Dear Reader; First and foremost, I want to share with you my Testimony to the Truth and the Life ... How I finally came to recognized my false beliefs and followings, in the pursuit of Money, driven by Greed, to ultimately fall so far down into a pit of darkness, that I personally dug myself, in finally allowing me to see and look up for the Forgiveness, Redemption and Restitution, that only our true God can offer to a sinner, just like me!

As you read my story, you will see and recognize how I was blinded by the pursuit of Instant Gratification, that can only be found in a Fallen world, that pursues a sin nature, and as you read this book, you will be able to see with clarity, how I completely ignored the Truth, that can only be formed on a solid rock formation, which is the Truth of Jesus Christ! And as Jesus clearly stated in Matthew 7:13 (NLT) you can enter God’s Kingdom only through the narrow gate, as the highway to Hell is broad, and the gate is wide for the many who chose that way.

You will see how easy it is to follow that wide gate of destruction, even when you think that you are a kind, nice person, even to the one who holds a door open for a stranger, who follows behind, when we are blinded by Satan’s lies and deceptions.

You see, you can be smart, and like me; achieve a 4.0 College grade average, while graduating the Harvard of the Sky (1979 Time Magazines article about Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University) in just 3 years, with a B.S. in Aeronautical Engineering & Aviation Business Management, back in 1980, while working a full-time job with Eastern Airlines, and also working a part-time job with a Corporate Flight Department, before joining our U.S. Military with the Marines as an Officer, with the desire to become a Naval Aviator (Pilot) ... and to be IQ tested by the US Marines at the Basic School in Quantico, VA at 141 and then enduring the greatest challenges that a young Military Officer must be subjected to ... yet overcome the outcomes and circumstances from our own mistakes and sins ... to continue running our race; in order to achieve what the great Apostle Paul declared in 2 Timothy 4:7 (NIV) I have fought the Good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the Faith.

Please read; 2 Timothy 2:15, Hebrews 10:36, 12:1 & 12:7

Now what I am expressing to you, by writing in detail my true life’s testimony, is just how Nieve we can become, when we follow manmade desires for instant self-gratification and monetary rewards, corrupted by the Evil one, which allows us to be led into further deception and harm, to which leads us into destruction, and predominantly away from the Truth of God and His order of obedience to follow one Master. Just as Jesus clearly said in Matthew 6:24 (NKJV) No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. For me, George William, that trap that I fell into, was the Love & Pursuit of Money, which led me deeper and deeper into Greed. You see, I believed that I could never be happy, unless I made more and more money, pursued more material things, to achieve instant self-gratification! For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people eager for money, have wandered from the Faith and pierced themselves with many griefs. 1 Timothy 6:10 (NIV)

Looking back over my life, it is easy to have a 20/20 hindsight, and clearly see how at even a young age, as a Spirit of darkness allowed me to follow down this wrongful path, to which would ultimately lead me to my destruction ... However, just as it is written in Genesis 50:20 (NKJV) But as for you, you meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, in order to bring it about as it is this day, to save many people alive. You will read; How and what happens when we build our foundations on sand, instead of Rock ... as in Matthew 7:24 – 26 (NIV) to where Jesus said everyone who hears His Words and puts them into practice, is like a man who built his house on the rock, and those who hears His Word, and does not put them into practice, is like the foolish man who built his house on sand!

This book is not only dedicated to God, Family and Country ... but to you, because I know how great is our God’s Love for you, and above all; just How Incredible that Love, Grace, Redemption and Forgiveness by our Lord & Savior; Christ Jesus, truly is ... and the only One who Truly matters, in order for you to be set Free, and walk in complete Restitution, as Jesus paid for you and I, in full as stated in John 8:36 (NIV) So if the Son sets you Free, you will be Free indeed!

The first three decades of my life, were all about Me, Me and Me ... as I was not able to see the Light of our Creator, until my first child; Lauren was born ... as I knew in an instant, that I had just witnessed a miracle, while observing her birth in the month of September, of 1995. Inside the delivery room, at the feet of my wife, and right at the delivery, I looked over at Dr. Brewer, and said to him; Wow ... You are just like God! And Dr. Brewer just looked back at me and replied with a smile; Well, it is for certain, a gift to witness the birth of a newborn child, and just went about his routine business as I stood there in complete awe and total amazement at what I felt in my heart and had just witnessed!

You see, whether you witness a total solar eclipse, a breathtaking view like the Grand Canyon for the very first time, or the birth of a child ... there is an outpouring of uncontainable emotions that release an overwhelming Joy and excitement, that allows one to feel and witness a Supernatural to a natural human event, that only parallels to the likes of an actual Supernatural Encounter with God!

This was my first True wake up call, that something is greater than this Life .... and just as I had witnessed that Supernatural beauty of my daughter’s birth in that delivery room ... to eighteen months later, stand at my wife’s feet again next to Dr. Brewer, and await the delivery of my son; Stefan, when he was born in July of 1997 ... as I felt that I got to witness another parting of the Red Sea moment ... and I felt Heaven on earth, and I wasn’t even a true Christian yet, let alone a true; Born (from Above) Again believer. So please, now recognize in our lives, as we walk this earth, we are allowed to see and witness signs of something much greater than us ... as this is one of the ways that God gets our attention, and gains our trust, for something much Greater to come and follow – Amen!

And you are about to read and see how it took me, another 12 years after the birth of my son, to Truly witness the greatest Supernatural Encounter that I would receive at 01:30 in the morning on 27 February 2010!

God: My God; our Heavenly Father, Christ Jesus the Son of God and the Holy Spirit are the intricacy to the overpowering Supernatural force, that not only wove my DNA into my Mother Eleanor’s womb, but utilized my mother and dad to lead me and my sister to Church at a young age, to receive the seed of the Living Word of God into my Heart ... so that one day, that seed would ultimately sprout and grow, and finally deliver me from the bondages of sin, and to finally become the man who today walks in lock step with the One who Gave it All; Christ Jesus ... so that I would one day be completely set Free, by only His Supernatural Love and Divine Wisdom and Knowledge ... as clearly stated in Proverbs 2:6 (NIV) For the LORD gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding.

Family: My Catholic Grand Fathers fled Sicily & Italy before and during WWI to sail on a ship to New York Harbor’s Ellis Island, by the Statue of Liberty, and after receiving their legal USA Immigration cards, and permission to legally migrate into the USA ... my Dad’s father migrated to his relatives in Chicago, IL while my Mother’s father; Alberto migrated to Ravenna, Ohio. My Dad; George Sr. married his Air Force military service best friend’s sister; Eleanor Dolly Coia ... and because my mom was only seventeen ... my dad figured it would be best to be accepted by my mother’s family by settling down, back in Ravenna, OH right after his Honorable discharge, from the US Air Force as a Sargent. My Dad had honorably served his Country in S. Korea at Osan Airbase, during the Korean War, before being transferred to Stead Air Force base in Reno, Nevada and this was why my dad was one of my early boyhood Hero’s! My sister and I would later figure out why, as my mother became pregnant right when she turned eighteen and had my sister in November of 1955! And not long thereafter, my parents had settled down in Ravenna, Ohio ... I was brought into this world, on my mother’s twentieth Birthday! Now mind you, my grandmother; Rose Coia’s mother: my Great Grandmother Trivelli, had her first child at thirteen ... so I guessed that my mom being pregnant at eighteen, might have imposed the question back then by my great grandmother; What took you so long?! But respectfully, since woman back in the early to middle 1900’s, marriage and then pregnancy for woman typically was at 20.8 years of age on average in the USA, and even younger in Europe! Now when you read about my NDE and Out of Body first meeting with Jesus in 1977, you will know more about my mom, than most children ever get to see! And know that family is everything and a true gift from God ... so for those of you that were abused, or maybe raised by a single parent ... or none at all; What you need to understand, is that our Heavenly Father Loves you and wants to adopt you, and to welcome you into His Kingdom’s Family, as He created you with a Love that is magnified over and over a million times what a human being could ever possibly give to their natural child, so trust me when you read my testimony that you are about to discover, I will share with you just how Supernaturally intense that Love truly can be!

The Love of God can and will literally set you completely Free ... no matter what you have; done, experienced and endured on this earth, and for that, we Praise the Almighty God ... Who is Love!

Country: My Country; the United States of America was founded by the Incredible European settlers, who God used to bring the Judeo-Christian values to the Americas. Even though Christer Columbus was a young Italian man, who followed God’s Christian values, in his gallant attempt to cross the Ocean in his trans-Atlantic voyage to discover a new trading route to riches, by being endorsed and funded by Ferdinand & Isabella of Spain, to export Catholicism to foreign lands across the globe, the Trade Winds of that launch across the Atlantic, blew him into the Islands, off the coast of the America’s! Even though Columbus’s journeys marked the beginning of centuries of exploration and the colonization of North and South America. Columbus’ ships the Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria landed in San Salvador, just east of the Bahama Islands ... and even though Columbus had successfully landed in the East Indies ... God used this for the Good of all men and woman settlers to follow; just as Jesus utilized His original twelve Disciples. God utilized Columbus and all the settlers to follow in Christopher Columbus’ explorations to achieve riches in gold and trade; for the Good of humanity, to settle in the land of America, and ultimately lead many Christians away from the tyranny of evil Kings in Europe, who chose enslavement, corruption, and greed over Humanity!

So therefore, I want to take a moment and ask you, before you start reading Chapter 1; to ask Almighty God in Prayer, in Jesus Yeshua’s precious name; for His Divine Spiritual Wisdom, Knowledge and understanding to set you Free as you read this ... and may the Holy Spirit open your heart, to see the Truth of this incredible message of God, through my Testimony, so that your Spirit and Soul may also be ultimately set Free ... This amazing journey, to which is my testimony to the Truth, and the Life, that can also set you Free, and deliver you to that narrow path to our Heavenly Father, who Loves you so very much, that He sent His One and only Son to walk this earth, to redeem and set us Free ... so we may live in Eternity, in Jesus’ Kingdom; forever and ever; Amen!

Now, as you read my complete story, and assure yourself, that you are also invited to join all of us true believers, one day in Heaven and in a forever lasting Eternity above, in His Kingdom come … as now thanks to Jesus, for what He did for all of mankind, when He walked this earth over 2000 years ago, and became our living sacrifice, so we can now: ...approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in our time of need. Hebrews 4:16 (NIV) Praise God; our Heavenly Father, Christ Jesus the Son of God, and the Holy Spirit; Amen and Amen! I dedicate this book’s message and my Testimony to my Loving mother; Eleanor Dolly and my dad; George William Sr., for assuring that their children; my sister and I, attended Church with them at an early age, so to have that seed of Truth & Life securely planted into our hearts! And I truthfully cannot wait for the Greatest Family Reunion, with Jesus and all my family on my mother and dad’s side, as well as all my Christian Brothers and Sisters, in His Kingdom! I will give Thanks to you, LORD, with all my heart; I will tell of all your wonderful deeds. Psalm 9:1 (NIV)

INTRODUCTION

My first recollection of memory was at an incredibly youthful age, as I clearly remember growing up on West Riddle Drive, in Ravenna, Ohio. I will never forget before the age of 2, when I was about 17 months old, my dad taking me to downtown Ravenna, to see a real Firetruck at the Fire Station on Main Street. I distinctly remember holding my dad’s hand and walking down the sidewalk to that Fire Station, and being so excited to see in person, a real Firetruck! As we approached the Fire Station, it was a Saturday and the Firemen could be seen out front and in the station garage bay, preparing to wash and service these humongous vehicles in bright red, with flashing lights! When we arrived in the center of the open garage bay, facing the street, there was this huge fire truck that was backed neatly in its bay ... and to me, just it’s presence as it was parked, with fireman walking around it ... was so special, as I remember letting go of my Dad’s hand, and walking right up to the front of that parked Firetruck’s grill ... and as I looked up in total awe, the grill of that huge Mack Truck, which was all chromed and shined so bright, looked as though it was like 2 or 3 stories tall, above me at this young age, and suddenly a fear came over me, that I was not expecting ... as now this massive Truck looked like an overbearing monster from another world, as it was so huge and now towering over me, and was now suddenly scarring me, being that close to it, as a small little boy! I remember turning and running back to my dad, and holding back my fear and tears, the best I could ... I clearly remember my dad calming me down and telling me; Georgie: Do not be afraid! and as my dad calmed me ... a few Firemen walked over to join my dad and to assure me, That everything will be alright! Then this one brave firefighter offered to my dad and me, to come closer inside the fire station ... and then asked my dad if he would like to hold me and climb up into the cab of the fire truck, to witness and see a real Firetruck? I went along with my dad for that experience, as I finally felt calm and assured that this Giant Red Monster was now safe to sit in and stand in front of ... with my father’s presence, and to hold my hand ... I will never forget that experience, at that immature age, and how truly small and powerless I felt during that day of transformation, only to recognize many years later, this was just an introduction of a Supernatural event that would follow, in such an amazing parallel, in 1977 and 2010!

Now mind you, my loving Dad was merely sharing an experience of manliness to his son, in thinking that I would be so excited to visit these respectful Fire fighters and to see a real Firetruck up close ... but at that age, I would have preferred to be in my living room, in front of a TV set at home, with my Mom, in a safe and secure environment, where one my size could watch cartoons and western’s ... and have my Mommy serving me lunch, right in the safety of my own home living room!

Looking back at this memory, I laugh because after the age of two, in 1960 ... I was falling in Love with Airplanes, Racecars, and those magnificent Astronauts in their Spacecraft, and at an early age after receiving my first tricycle and an Army tank, that you sat on, and pushed forward up and down the driveway with your feet ... as I just loved mechanical things, and anything that went fast!

I will never forget my parent’s friends that lived across town, and their son; Butch, who had a two-seat go-kart, and after getting a ride with Butch in that speed machine, that was it, I had just discovered my newfound Love for speed and fast cars!

And one day when I was playing with my sister in our back yard on our swing set, I distinctly remember looking up at the sky ... and seeing airliners and military aircraft that were very high up in the sky, and seeing those long white contrails that followed behind them ... and although I was very young, I felt pulled to an attraction with aircraft, and also a sensational feeling, that I could not properly describe ... and that powerful sensation, that while looking up at the sky, was accompanied by a feeling of being pulled closer to a much more powerful and indescribable desire, that felt more like a greater magnification from above! What was that sensation? Was it the Love of seeing an airplane ... or was there something greater above the sky, that had a control over me, that was too compelling to describe at such a