Anyone could do that!

FrAnCis sChAeFFer
slept here
In 1966, I joined Operation Mobilization for a
year of ministry in France, but spent two years in
India instead. While in London in the summer
of 1966 at a one-month OM orientation, I
volunteered to work on a clean-up crew late
one night. Around 12:30 am, I was sweeping
the front steps of the conference center when
an older gentleman approached and asked if this
was the OM conference. I told him it was, but
that almost everyone was in bed.
He had a small bag with him and was
dressed very simply. He said he was attending
the conference, so I said, “Let me see if I can
find you a place to sleep.” Since there were
many different age groups at OM, I thought he
was an older OMer. I took him to the room
where I had been sleeping on the floor with
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