Paul's trip to the tsunami region was delayed for more than a week by funding woes and then a fuel system problem on Global Peace Initiative's 747. The jumbo jet, loaded with medicine and other relief supplies, finally took off from Ellington Field shortly after 8 p.m. Friday.
For many Houstonians, the hardball fund raising served as an introduction to Paul and his approach to Christian evangelism and humanitarian relief that has made him well-known worldwide.
"You know the old saying about the prophet without honor in his own hometown?" said Nelson Bunker Hunt, the Dallas businessman who has served on the board of Global Peace Initiative and Paul's Gospel to the Unreached Millions. "Frankly, until you attend one of his overseas missions, you can't conceive of what it is like.
The average person in Houston wouldn't believe it."
It stretches the imagination as Paul, 41, relates tales of ministry and meetings with some of the monsters of recent world history.
For many Houstonians, the hardball fund raising served as an introduction to Paul and his approach to Christian evangelism and humanitarian relief that has made him well-known worldwide.
"You know the old saying about the prophet without honor in his own hometown?" said Nelson Bunker Hunt, the Dallas businessman who has served on the board of Global Peace Initiative and Paul's Gospel to the Unreached Millions. "Frankly, until you attend one of his overseas missions, you can't conceive of what it is like.
It stretches the imagination as Paul, 41, relates tales of ministry and meetings with some of the monsters of recent world history.
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