Why?: Tragedy, Trauma,Triumph

Journey with me through the odyssey of my dark night of devastation following the demise of Daisy, my wife and teammate of almost fifty-four years.

• Arrive with me at the dawn of a new day. Survey with me a new vista of life that is worth living - even amidst a changed landscape. Discover with me a serene and biblical secret for triumphing over tragedy and trauma.
• stand with me victorious on the summit of a new beginning - blurred but not blinded, dismayed but not dissuaded, wounded but not wasted, bruised but not broken.
• Tragedy is universal and strikes in many forms - flood, fire, storm, bankruptcy, divorce, disease, death, ect. May these pages inspire strength in tough times, ease pain in the face of loss, seed courage to not quit on life, and stimulate the healing power of treasured memories and of God's Love that enables one to transcend trauma and to triumph in life.

The ministries of T. L. and Daisy Osborn have made an unprecedented impact on the world in our time. They are valued among the great soulwinners of this century. Married at ages 17 and 18, the Osborns were missionaries in India at 20 and 21. In 1949 they instituted the OSFO International Gospel Center-a world evangelism and missionary church organization. Their life commitment: To express and to propagate the gospel of Jesus Christ to people throughout the world. Their guiding principle: the top priority of the church is the evangelization of the world. The Osborns have conducted mass crusades in over 70 nations, preaching to audiences ranging from 20,000 to 250,000 nightly and more. They have sponsored over 25,000 national preachers as full-time missionaries, reaching their own unreached tribes and villages. They have published gospel literature in 132 languages and dialects. They have produced documentary films and crusade tapes for public evangelism in nearly 80 major languages. They have provided airlifts and huge shipments of soulwinning tools for gospel missions and workers worldwide. They have furnished vehicles with films, projectors, screens, generators, P.A. systems, audio cassettes and cassette players, and great quantities of literature for evangelism abroad. They are energetic and prolific writers. T.L. Osborn's living classic, Healing The Sick-now in its 62nd printing-has been a faith-building best-seller since 1951. Their big 512 page Classic Documentary--The Gospel According to T.L. &Daisy, is unmatched among Christian Publications. The Osborns have probably reached and led more unreached souls to Jesus Christ in non-Christian lands, and may have witnessed more great healing miracles, than any other couple who has ever yet lived. Their team efforts in world evangelism are truly pace-setting as they proclaim the good news to the world: that Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, and today, and forever. (Hebrews 13:8).