[Thankful Jane]

Originally Posted by Ohio

Thankful Jane, I have a question about the book Thread of Gold ...

On page 195, you talked about the promotion of Daystar in Houston. This seemed to be after that 1977 Memorial Day weekend quarantine and after the death of your mother in law.

I was under the impression that Daystar solicitations were several years earlier in time, more like the early 70's, and that by '75 or so, Max R. was traveling around requesting the saints to "forgive" these as "donations."

Can you clarify this?

Hi Ohio,

Another reader asked us this question in 2006. The following a summary of the answer we gave the inquirer:

My husband and I just finished discussing the question you asked. In our discussion we uncovered the problem with what is in chapter 13 about the inheritance money:

John remembered that he had actually asked his mother for a loan so that we could invest in Daystar. He did not tell her the reason for the loan. She answered his request by giving him the money, but with the condition that it would be deducted from his inheritance at the time of her death. So when she died in 1977, we received notification that John’s share of the inheritance was less the amount of the loan, as John had agreed.

At the time I was writing the book, what I remembered was that her death and the Daystar money were associated. I wrongly concluded from this memory that we had given it to Daystar after we had received the inheritance in 1977, when in actuality we had given it several years before. John and I probably missed the timing discrepancy when we were editing and reviewing the final version of the book, because the dates related to Daystar were not that important to us. The main point I was seeking to make by including a little about Daystar was that we were also being hurt financially.

In the disclaimer to the book we state that all dates are accurate to the best of our ability. We are very open to any information that helps us improve the accuracy of the dates in our book. This matter will be corrected in future editions of the book, if there are any. We are sorry for any confusion this error may have caused you, and we thank you for bringing it to our attention.

Hope this helps.

Thankful Jane