BEFORE THEY BRING THE BACKHOE

If you have done any traveling, you know the crazy situations you can
find yourself in. The author has traveled to 113 countries on all seven
continents. Feeling your way through different customs and cultures,
you often end up laughing at your embarrassing and comical situations.
Woodrow Kroll gained a reputation on radio as a uniquely understandable
teacher of God's Word. Much of his success was due to the humor woven
throughout his teaching. BEFORE THEY BRING THE BACKHOE reflects
on his sixty years of Christian ministry and the precarious and hilarious
situations he found himself in. For example, once his brother and he had
preached at a church in New Hampshire, but a snowstorm stranded
them and they had to sleep on a hide-a-bed in the pastor's living room
with a cat. Unfortunately, through the night, his brother and he rolled
together and suffocated the cat, until Woodrow revived it. He recalls
a heated bartering session with an Arab shopkeeper in Jerusalem who,
when the shouting and haggling were over, the shopkeeper kissed
Woodrow on both cheeks and said, "I like you." You have to read "You
Touch That You're A Dead Man." Funny stuff. And, in the tiny town
where he grew up, their only bridge was stolen.
These 201 stories range from mildly humorous to knee-smacking
hilarious. They are the kind of stories you will want to phone a friend
and read to them.