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But Stevens refuses to give up.
Every time he has needed money in the past, Stevens
says, he has gotten down on his knees and prayed and the
money has arrived
"I don't do anything but pray, and the money comes,"
he says. "That's what this is, a gift to God. And the only way
it can be built is by the gifts. We have people praying all
over the country, nuns galore."
Tintern may indeed prove to be an example of the
power of prayer but God shouldn't get all the credit.
Stevens has done a bit of public relations on the side. Life
magazine featured him in its September 1986 issue. He has
been interviewed by National Public Radio, and NBC and
CBS "have called." Currently, Stevens is planning to write
Frank Sinatra requesting a benefit concert for Tintern.
"I'm going to write him," Stevens muses, "or maybe
Beverly Sills." .
Stevens has been writing such letters for years. He once
wrote Roger Staubach asking him to speak at a parish
breakfast. Staubach would have come, he says, except for a
prior commitment. He also has written Walt Disney
Productions and suggested they do a movie from the book,
"The Wild Dogs of Chon Do," an adventure story for
children set in North Korea.
"We are dying from lack of imagination in this country,"
Stevens says. "Too many administrators, businessmen,
and not enough innovators and visionaries who are willing
to put their necks on the line. Nobody wants to start from
scratch."
(Opposite page) Stevens checks
for mail in his scale model mail
box of the building he is now
living in. (Above) Stevens medi
tates in a chair overlooking a
small stream that snakes through
his property. (Left) Stevens waHis '
on the land that the new fettiHiftg
is planned to be built on. The
current building is in the back
ground. (On back) Stevens sits in
the entry way relaxing in the
early mornirg sun.
