82 "I don't suppose anybody around here's got a smoke?" Bullet asked. The others shook their heads. "I suppose that's one habit I'll have to quit," he continued. The others laughed. "What DO you guys do for excitement?" he questioned.
83 "There's a Church dance tonight," one of them announced, "that's why we're still around. Some out of town supporters are coming in to see him; big money people. He's staying over to meet with them."
84 "I didn't think he worried much about money," Bullet wondered.
85 "Personally," one of the men answered, "he doesn't. But we have youth groups in every city, adult meetings every night. We have to rent rooms, support workers. There's nothing in this world that's free, it all costs money and many of these people that are coming have something else we need ...free time. Most of them don't have to work for a living. They have time to work with young people, old people, fill many positions we need, maybe even run for public office! What amazes us, is that he always seems to know what person will do best in what position. It's uncanny, frightening!"
86 "You're telling me?" sighed Bullet. "I like him, but he gives me the shivers every time I'm around him. It's like he sees right through you. You don't have any privacy."
87 The others nodded. "But you get used to it," they assured.
88 "A Church dance," laughed Bullet, "no booze, no drugs, no smoke, just music and women? This is going to be a new experience! I don't suppose he lets you go to bars."
89 "If you want to," informed one of the men. "Just don't come home drunk! You wouldn't get in the house! He doesn't tell other people how to live. It's not his way. He shows them how they SHOULD live, but doesn't demand

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