For the glory of God, I can testify of what He has granted me by His grace. Exactly 70 years ago, I experienced my conversion and dedicated my life to the Lord. It was at the first tent meeting after World War II, which took place in June 1948, where I accepted Jesus Christ as my Savior. Exactly four weeks earlier, on May 14, 1948, David Ben-Gurion had proclaimed the founding of the State of Israel.

At the International Pentecostal Conference in Hamburg, I received the baptism of the Holy Spirit in June 1949. In August 1955, I witnessed the meetings of Brother Branham for the first time in the city of Karlsruhe and had my first personal meeting with him on Monday, August 15, 1955. On June 12, 1958, I was given the opportunity to have a detailed conversation with him in Dallas, Texas. On April 2, 1962, I experienced my calling to the ministry in a supernatural way. Especially since that time I can say, “My life has been in the service of my Lord, in cities near and countries far.”

I have already reported several times about the tremendous experience on April 2, 1962. What should be mentioned here once more are the events of December 1962. Over the phone I had arranged a personal conversation with Brother Branham in Jeffersonville in early December. On Sunday, December 2, I sat down among the worshipers in the Branham Tabernacle. When Pastor Neville asked the congregation to stand up for prayer, Brother Hickerson exclaimed in a loud voice, “Thus saith the Lord God: My son Frank, you have not crossed the ocean in vain. Do not be discouraged because you did not meet My prophet yesterday: You will meet him tomorrow, and he will tell you all that is upon your heart.”

In both of the meetings I attended, Pastor Neville called on me to speak to the congregation. I had the privilege of preaching two times from the same pulpit from which the prophet delivered his sermons.

It happened as Brother Hickerson had said in the prophecy: Brother Branham picked me up from the hotel on Monday, and we spent several hours talking. In the presence of the two brothers Fred Sothman and Banks Wood, the prophet repeated the words that the Lord had spoken to me on April 2, 1962. He told me that the famine did not refer to natural food, as I had thought, but to the spiritual food that I was to distribute. Brother Branham confirmed my calling by revelation and answered the burning questions I had. Finally, he said, “Brother Frank, wait with the giving out of the food until you get the rest that belongs to it.” The rest is found in the sermons about the seven seals from March 1963 up to and including the last sermon of the man of God in December 1965, all of which were sent to me. Only then the distribution of the food could commence.

The distribution of the spiritual food must always include the proclamation of the written Word. “Behold, the days come, saith the Lord God, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord …” (Amos 8:11). The Lord said, “It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.” (Mt 4:4).

The calling to the ministry is just as important to me as the speaking of the Lord was to Abraham in Gen 12, to Moses in Ex 3 and to Joshua in chap. 1, as it was to John the Baptist in Lk 3, to Paul in Acts 9, and to Brother Branham on June 11, 1933, and on May 7, 1946. Every divine calling and sending was and is con-nected to God’s Plan of Salvation. “Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that receiveth whomsoever I send receiveth me; and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me.” (Jn 13:20).

Then came Sunday, September 19, 1976, on which the faithful Lord scripturally placed the commission He had given me: “My servant, I have ordained you according to Mt 24:45-47 to give out the food in due season.”

Brother Branham saw in a vision how he stocked various foods on a shelf. He spoke about it on April 1 and on December 30, 1962. I have been given the divine commission to properly prepare the stored food and present it on the Lord’s table for the people of God. All of the brothers around the world distribute the same spiritual food by preaching the revealed Word.

For the glory of God, I can testify of what He has granted me by His grace. Exactly 70 years ago, I experienced my conversion and dedicated my life to the Lord. It was at the first tent meeting after World War II, which took place in June 1948, where I accepted Jesus Christ as my Savior. Exactly four weeks earlier, on May 14, 1948, David Ben-Gurion had proclaimed the founding of the State of Israel.

At the International Pentecostal Conference in Hamburg, I received the baptism of the Holy Spirit in June 1949. In August 1955, I witnessed the meetings of Brother Branham for the first time in the city of Karlsruhe and had my first personal meeting with him on Monday, August 15, 1955. On June 12, 1958, I was given the opportunity to have a detailed conversation with him in Dallas, Texas. On April 2, 1962, I experienced my calling to the ministry in a supernatural way. Especially since that time I can say, “My life has been in the service of my Lord, in cities near and countries far.”

I have already reported several times about the tremendous experience on April 2, 1962. What should be mentioned here once more are the events of December 1962. Over the phone I had arranged a personal conversation with Brother Branham in Jeffersonville in early December. On Sunday, December 2, I sat down among the worshipers in the Branham Tabernacle. When Pastor Neville asked the congregation to stand up for prayer, Brother Hickerson exclaimed in a loud voice, “Thus saith the Lord God: My son Frank, you have not crossed the ocean in vain. Do not be discouraged because you did not meet My prophet yesterday: You will meet him tomorrow, and he will tell you all that is upon your heart.”

In both of the meetings I attended, Pastor Neville called on me to speak to the congregation. I had the privilege of preaching two times from the same pulpit from which the prophet delivered his sermons.

It happened as Brother Hickerson had said in the prophecy: Brother Branham picked me up from the hotel on Monday, and we spent several hours talking. In the presence of the two brothers Fred Sothman and Banks Wood, the prophet repeated the words that the Lord had spoken to me on April 2, 1962. He told me that the famine did not refer to natural food, as I had thought, but to the spiritual food that I was to distribute. Brother Branham confirmed my calling by revelation and answered the burning questions I had. Finally, he said, “Brother Frank, wait with the giving out of the food until you get the rest that belongs to it.” The rest is found in the sermons about the seven seals from March 1963 up to and including the last sermon of the man of God in December 1965, all of which were sent to me. Only then the distribution of the food could commence.

The distribution of the spiritual food must always include the proclamation of the written Word. “Behold, the days come, saith the Lord God, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord …” (Amos 8:11). The Lord said, “It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.” (Mt 4:4).

The calling to the ministry is just as important to me as the speaking of the Lord was to Abraham in Gen 12, to Moses in Ex 3 and to Joshua in chap. 1, as it was to John the Baptist in Lk 3, to Paul in Acts 9, and to Brother Branham on June 11, 1933, and on May 7, 1946. Every divine calling and sending was and is con-nected to God’s Plan of Salvation. “Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that receiveth whomsoever I send receiveth me; and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me.” (Jn 13:20). 

Then came Sunday, September 19, 1976, on which the faithful Lord scripturally placed the commission He had given me: “My servant, I have ordained you according to Mt 24:45-47 to give out the food in due season.”

Brother Branham saw in a vision how he stocked various foods on a shelf. He spoke about it on April 1 and on December 30, 1962. I have been given the divine commission to properly prepare the stored food and present it on the Lord’s table for the people of God. All of the brothers around the world distribute the same spiritual food by preaching the revealed Word.