Mary Mary Hornyak:
CLASS OF 1964
East Rome High SchoolClass of 1964
Rome, GA
Mary's Story
I graduated from high school. I had grown up in a very good place on Superba Ave in Rome, Ga. My Grandpa had a garden and I ate very healthy. He also raised chickens. I thought I was poor, but really I was rich beyond measure. I had a few friends in High school. I married almost right away and had 6 children. With my 3rd child I had to have a c-section and so for all the others I had a c-section. That is why I only had 6. I wanted 12 children. I had read the book "Cheaper by the dozen". I thought that was great fun. There were very many things to do thru the years. When my first child was 5, I went to Ga to see my Aunt who I thought was dying with cancer. But when I got there, it was a false report. They had gotten her chart mixed up with someone else. She was my favorite Aunt. Chris, her son was there too and he invited me to go to Rome and see Grandpa. This I did. When I got there, I saw Grandpa, and then went with Chris to see the movie "Jesus Christ Superstar". It was bittersweet. Then I went with Chirs to his church which was pentacostal. I felt the presence of the Lord when I went in :but I didn't know what it was.
After the sermon, the preacher said that there was someone who God wanted to save. And I thought, it is not me. And I was holding on to the seat. Then the preacher started answering my thoughts. Yes, I said thoughts. This amazed me! I in my mind thought, I'm too proud, and the preacher said Don't be proud, give in. Then I thought, my sister is here and I don't want to make a fool of myself. And she got up and left the church by the front door.
He answered my thoughts several times but I can't remember what he said. At this time, I knew that only God could read my mind and so I went up the the altar. I felt as though God had put his arms around me and pulled me to himself and I have never been the same again. Chris gave me a little new tetament and told me to read it and find a church that had the full gospel and also the Holy Ghost. So I read that book all the way home and when I got there my husband looked at me and said a very funny thing. He said "Your different". I told him I had gotten saved and he told me to go and get the books his brother had sent to us. So I went into my lib...Expand for more
rary and got the "Church Age Book". We sat on the edge of the bed and both read and saw that this was what we wanted. We were babies in the Lord and so we drove around and looked at different churchs. I don't know what we expected. Tom went to Wisc. and saw some preachers there and they told him about a church that was in Flagstaff, Az. So we drove the 5 hours to get there for several weeks. At that time I had 3 children. Lee was 5, David was 4 and Lisa was 2. Oh, I'll tell you about another thing we did. I had been doing astrology charts for people and when I wanted to go in the Library, I could not, so I got Tom to go with me and we found that the hard bound books I had ordered about astrology was riddled with stories about witches. So we took these books into the desert and burned them. We went back a few weeks later and they had all burned. Something popped and scared us and we left. Anyway, we sold our house and our television and moved to Flagstaff, Az. We were there 20 years. Then Lisa was married and moved to Johnson City, Tn. I started listening to her preacher and found myself repenting and crying. There was a problem with our church. And so we went to a church in Phoenix, Az. for about 3 months, then we moved to Johnson City, Tn and stayed with Lisa. We have been here about 15 years. Lately I have been crying a lot. I think it is our Lord. For I can be reading my Bible and just start crying. We only wear dresses. The Bible says that Jesus Christ is the same. In the old testament it says that women should not wear a garment pertaining to a man. And in the Greek it means a long flowing garment. Also our hair is given us for our Glory and it means we are sumissive to our husbands, and it says that is a shame for a man to have long hair. I am ususally very happy and joyful. When I am in church and when I pray, I cry. I love the Lord Jesus Christ very much and will serve him all my life. I love the Lord with all my heart. There is only 1 Lord. The Jehovah of the old testament is the Jesus of the New. I feel so sorry for this world. The ladies don't know what to do and men are mixed up too. This is the end time and Jesus is going to come soon and then there will only be judgement. May God have mercy.
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