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.What the X-Rays ShowedEvery year Miss Kuhlman's schedule grew tighter.Each week therewere at least a dozen major events television, radio, miracle services, andmedia interviews, plus a never-ending list of urgent decisions her homeoffice felt only Kathryn could make.In 1974 her staff became greatlyconcerned when suddenly, sheHER STAFF BECAMEwould stop dictating letters and lieGREATLY CONCERNEDon the floor.On a flight from LosWHEN SUDDENLY, SHEAngeles to Pittsburgh she was insuch pain they rushed her from theWOULD STOP DICTATINGairport to her physician.The X raysLETTERS AND LIE ON THEshowed that her heart was greatlyenlarged and digitalis was FLOOR.prescribed.Kathryn should not have been surprised at her problems.Twentyyears earlier she had traveled to Washington, D.C.For a physicalexamination where the doctor diagnosed her heart condition.He warned,"Miss Kuhlman, you are going to have to slow down."By the summer of 1975 Kathryn was confiding to her closest friends offrequent chest pains.More and more she was in contact with fellowevangelist Oral Roberts.The TurmoilOral first met Miss Kuhlman personally at a 1971 convention whereboth were featured speakers.As she spoke, he slipped into the back of theauditorium and was genuinely moved."I knew she was a woman of God,"114 "SHE WANTS TO GO HOME"he stated.The following year she conducted a miracle service at the CivicCenter in Tulsa.That's where she met Tink and Sue Wilkerson hevolunteered office space for Kathryn's advance team.Tink was a successful automobile dealer and a member of the Board ofRegents at ORU.His wife, Sue, became a close friend of Miss Kuhlmanand they would talk often by phone.The Wilkersons began regularlyattending her services across the nation and Tink let it be known toKathryn that if she ever needed an administrator, he would be ready tohelp.At that time the role was filled by Paul Bartholomew, the brother-in-law of Dino Kartsonakis the flamboyant pianist Kathryn featured inevery service and on the I Believe in Miracles telecast.Three years later, in February 1975, a series of traumatic eventsdevastated Miss Kuhlman.First, Dino, the musician who for years hadbeen one of her close confidants and someone she treated almost like ason presented her with financial demands she found unacceptable.Itwas a great disappointment.Dino immediately was fired and replaced the same day with PaulFerrin, who began commuting from San Jose, California, where he was onstaff at Bethel Temple.Next, on February 20, she received word that her beloved choirdirector, Arthur Metcalfe, had suddenly died.Oh, the loss she felt at hispassing not knowing that one year later, to the very day, she, too, wouldmake the same journey.Once again, she turned to Paul Ferrin as the replacement for Dr.Metcalfe.In May, she faced an additional dilemma.Paul Bartholomew was asalaried administrator, plus he received large compensation in agencycommissions for every television show he placed on stations.Not only washe demanding an extension of his contract, but Kathryn felt his attitude115 KATHRYN KUHLMANwas threatening.She turned to her friend Tink Wilkerson for help.Bartholomew was soon out of the organization and Tink and SueWilkerson were with MissKuhlman constantly.The staff inTHE TURMOIL TOOK ITSPittsburgh appreciated the care andTOLL.attention the Wilkersons weregiving to Kathryn, yet they felt awedge had been driven that separated them from their friend.The turmoil took its toll.Looking BackKnowing what was surely ahead, Miss Kuhlman took time to reflect.Marjorie Ferrin, who knew Kathryn from her early days in Denver,shared with me a letter she received July 16, 1975."We have seen God'shand of blessing upon this ministry honoring simple faith we have seenit grow from a tiny beginning (and no one knows this better than you).The work is not easy, the hours are long, the burdens heavy to carryofttimes; but when we all stop to look about us and evaluate theaccomplishments and results, we feel so well repaid for withholdingnothing from Him.It's worth the cost!"Two months later Kathryn returned to Concordia weeping quietlyin the cemetery where her mama and papa were buried.In her book, Glimpse into Glory, she wrote, "One day I will havepreached my last sermon, I will have prayed my last prayer, and I willstand in His glorious presence
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