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The Vanity Fair 'style' Interviews
- Major Alan Laurens
What is your idea of perfect happiness?
To be at peace with ones self and God.
What is your greatest fear?
To misinterpret the Word of the Lord in ministry.
What living person do you most admire?
General Eva Burrows A.C (Retired)
With which historical figure do you most identify?
William Booth,
What is the trait you deplore most in others?
Both Spiritual and Physical laziness.
What is your greatest extravagance?
Spending money on Christmas decorations for my Garden.
What is your favourite journey?
Visiting around the world,in particular Jerusalem, year
2000
What do you consider the most over-rated virtue?
Generosity (None of us can ever out-do God's giving no
matter how we try!)
What talent would you most like to have?
Truthfully, the talents I possess are given to me by my
Lord and I have given them all back to him anyway, I am
grateful for what I have to this present time.
If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it
be?
Sometimes feeling inadequate even thought my faith is
strong!~
What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
To lose one's faith
What is your most treasured possession?
My greatest possession is two-fold
1: The Presence and Power gifts of The Holy Ghost through the
Grace of Jesus!
2: My belonging to The Salvation Army as God raised it-- by
the Grace of Jesus!
What is your most marked characteristic?
A deep love and compassion for people because of my
complete love and devotion to Jesus!
Who are your favourite writers?
Commissioner Wesley Harris / Philip Yancey / Charles
Spurgeon
Who is your favourite hero of fiction?
Superman
Who are your heroes in real life?
My wonderful wife Val. / Mother Terressa / General Eva
Burrows A.C (Rtd)
What is your motto?
Go on- - forward! Together - God and me, we discover
nothing is impossible!
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