Most of you remember John Wayne as an actor. You may not know what

happened to him before he died. This is that story!

Robert Schuller's teenage daughter, Cindy, was in a motorcycle

accident and had to have her leg amputated. John Wayne is a big fan

of Robert Schuller. He heard Dr. Schuller say on one of his programs

that his daughter had been in an accident and had to have her leg amputated.

John Wayne wrote a note to her saying: Dear Cindy, sorry to hear

about your accident. Hope you will be all right. Signed, John Wayne

The note was delivered to her and she decided she wanted to write

John Wayne a note in reply. She wrote: Dear Mr. Wayne, I got your

note. Thanks for writing to me. I like you very much. I am going to

be all right because Jesus is going to help me. Mr. Wayne, do you

know Jesus? I sure hope you know Jesus, Mr. Wayne, because I cannot

imagine Heaven being complete without John Wayne being there. I hope,

if you don't know Jesus, that you will give your heart to Jesus right

now. See you in Heaven. And she signed her name.

She had just put that letter in an envelope, sealed it, and written

across the front of it "John Wayne" when a visitor came into her room

to see her.

He said to her, "What are you doing?"

She said, "I just wrote a letter to John Wayne, but I don't know

how to get it to him."

He said, "That's funny, I am going to have dinner with John Wayne

tonight at the Newport Club down at Newport Beach. Give it to me and

I will give it to him."

She gave him the letter and he put it in his coat pocket.

There were twelve of them that night sitting around the table for

dinner. They were laughing and cutting up and the guy happened to

reach in his pocket and felt that letter and remembered. John Wayne

was seated at the end of the table and the guy took the letter out and

said, "Hey, Duke, I was in Schuller's daughter's room today and she

wrote you a letter and wanted me to give it to you. Here it is."

They passed it down to John Wayne and he opened it. They kept on

laughing and cutting up and someone happened to look down at John

Wayne. He was crying.

One of them said, "Hey, Duke, what is the matter?"

He said (and can't you hear him saying it), "I want to read you this letter."

He read the letter. Then he began to weep. He folded it, put it in

his pocket, and he pointed to the man who delivered it to him and said,

"You go tell that little girl that right now, in this restaurant, right

here, John Wayne gives his heart to Jesus Christ and I will see her

in heaven."

Three weeks later, John Wayne died.

You never know how your witness to another will effect their eternity!

"To everything there is a season and a time to every purpose under

the heaven. (Ecclesiastes 3:1)