A bit of luck and a dash of prayer helped attract an internationally known entrepreneur and motivational speaker to Abilene and Stamford next week.
Admission is free.
The luck involved in the process came when Andy Holloway and Eddie Hodges of Abilene were attending a Robert Schuller conference in California last March. At the end of his presentation, Daniels said he wanted to speak at more churches across the United States, and he invited the 8,000 people at the conference to drop a request in a box. Holloway has friends at Wylie UMC as well, and Daniels decided to speak at both churches. Daniels' rise to fame and fortune began during a 1959 Billy Graham Crusade in Australia. Having failed every grade in school, at age 26 Daniels was practically illiterate and worked as a bricklayer.