Stephen Wheeler:  

Life has definitely not turned out like I planned. After graduation I worked in a machine shop in Tulsa for 3 years and my parents farm. I stayed in Bristow and drove back and forth. In 1981 I took a trucking job with a harvest crew. I was 21, no bills to pay, and no relationships demanding my committment so I thought I would see the country and get paid for it. It was a great summer. I lived in Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado, and Montana. I had almost made up my mind to stay in Kansas. While it was out in the flat western desert part, I loved the community. On 9-14-81, however, life took one of those unusal turns. At 9:15 in the morning I had an accident that took my entire right arm. In 1989, I was finally told that the EMT crew lost me a couple of times in the ambulance and almost didn't get m back. Well .... I'm still here ..... just missing a few parts. I tried to get back on my feet but the next 6 years were a mess. Every time I tried to move out on my own and start my life, something would hit me either physically or financially. It all came to a crashing halt in 1987. During a 9 month period, I lost everything I held dear from jobs, money, relationships, and event the use of my remaining arm for a few months. I have said over the past 20 years that if my parents had not let me live at home for free at that time in my life, I would have been homeless or dead. Well ..... take it or leave it .... here's the turn around. Through a series of supernatural events, I found myself standing in the presence...Expand for more