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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Pierce" data-source="post: 974735" data-attributes="member: 12161">Guyzell's HistoryGuyzell was born in Eastaboga, AL on July 18, 1965.  His parents, Thomas and Barbara, were dirt poor farmers, raising hogs for their income.  When he was 18, Guyzell moved to Birmingham to take a job as a car salesman.  After a number of years bouncing from dealership to dealership, he found himself pretty much broke and on the edge of homelessness.  One weekend in the spring of 1989 he was driving out to see his parents when his old truck finally broke down.  He ended up hitching to the nearest exit and then walking to Embry Crossroads.  Searching for a pay phone to call his folks, he stumbled across a tent revival in an old used car lot.  Even though he was raised Christian, his family had rarely gone to church; there was always too much work to do around the farm.  The clapping and singing intrigued him and he decided to check it out.  Four hours later, he had been baptized and saved.After the service, the minister, John Frankenhowser, invited Guyzell and a few others to his house to eat and talk about Jesus.  The talk lasted long into the night and finally left Guyzell and Frankenhowser alone.  The minister, an old but hale man, saw something special in Guyzell and decided to confide in him.  He told Guyzell that the Devil was not just an idea - He was real and active in the world.  Old Scratch was always getting people into trouble, hurting the innocent and yes, even possessing the bodies and harvesting the souls of the unsaved.  He showed Guyzell the scars he had received in battle with Satan's minions, showed him pictures of beasts that weren't in the encyclopedia.  When Guyzell still wasn't completely convinced, Frankenhowser took him into the basement.  There lay what looked to be a mummified body, but it definitely wasn't human.  There were bat wings attached to the thing's back.  It had two-inch long horns coming out of its forehead.  Guyzell could make out the points of fangs parting the desiccated lips.  And the whole thing simply stank of evil.  Frankenhowser told him of how he had managed to defeat the demon with the help of his old partner a few months ago and in the process his partner had been killed.  He knew from experience that the demon wasn't completely destroyed, but he hadn't been able to get together all the necessary components to do so.  He was forced to remain with the body to ensure its state each night and could not leave long enough to get the supplies.  In the end, Guyzell volunteered to retrieve the needed objects - a sprig of mistletoe bathed in the mists of Niagara Falls (an extremely holy place), a child's boot and a condor's feather.  After a few weeks of flying across the country (Frankenhowser has quite a few resources available), Guyzell brought back the three components and Frankenhowser was able to banish the demon.Frankenhowser made Guyzell his new partner in the fight against Satan and funded the beginnings of his evangelistic campaign.  Frankenhowser is nearly too old to go "adventuring," preferring instead to stay in Embry Crossroads and hold his weekly revivals.  Occasionally he will call on Guyzell if he hears of a menace in the area, but normally just helps him write sermons and brainstorm ways to attract people to the Faith.In the last 10 years, Guyzell has been able to build a respectable congregation and has a weekly show on cable access.  His videotaped Sunday morning services are broadcast the following Thursday afternoon from 2:30 to 4pm.Guyzell is an avid reader and has a large and varied collection of books.</blockquote>

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