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>> Welcome to It Is Written
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Canada.
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Thank you for joining us.
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Early Friday morning, May 21st,
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2021 when Guto Grings woke up
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with a stomach ache, he had no
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idea that he was about to die
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that day from a fatal heart
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attack.
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>> His wife, Maria, gave him
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some medicine, but it
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didn't help.
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Two hours later, he said he was
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feeling worse and worse.
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So she thought of her next door
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neighbour, who was a
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cardiologist, but when she
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looked next door, their
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neighbour was not home,
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which ended up being
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a very good thing.
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Today, our special guest is Guto
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Grings himself, who has agreed
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to share his story with us.
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>> Guto, thank you so much
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for joining us on It Is Written
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Canada.
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>> Thanks for having me here,
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René.
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>> So, Guto, you are a
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successful businessman from
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southern Brazil.
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Tell us a little bit about
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yourself.
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>> Pastor, we have a shoe
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company in Brazil and we have
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a kind of open mall in Brazil as
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well in our state.
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And it's a business that my
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grandpa was the founder and we
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are running this business for 66
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years already.
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>> Wow.
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And tell us about your family.
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>> I have a special wife.
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She is Maria.
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We have two kids.
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We have Maria Eduarda,
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she is 17,
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we have Luca, he is 13.
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And they are big blessings that
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God gave us.
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>> Guto, take us back to that
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Friday morning, May 21st, 2021
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when you woke up the morning
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with a terrible stomach cramp
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and your cardiologist neighbour
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was not home.
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What did you do next?
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>> That moment my wife decided
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to call.
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>> So I said, I'll check on
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Dr. João, which is our neighbor,
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a weekend neighbour, he just--
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they just come for the weekends.
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And I opened the curtains, said,
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"No, they're not here.
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It's a surprise."
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If Dr. João, he was-- if it
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happened that he was there that
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morning, Dr. João said, "If I
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would come in that morning to
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see, to check on Guto, we
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wouldn't have time to arrive at
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the hospital in time.
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We went to the hospital that
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morning because I've spoken to
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Dr. Daniel and he said, "Well,
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I'm finishing my shift here and
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Guto is not feeling good.
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Why don't you bring him?
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Bring him and I will wait for
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him, just to check him out and
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see if there is something really
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wrong," right?
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>> Then he decided to give me
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some medications because in his
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mind I was having really just a
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stomachache.
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Maybe I would have eaten
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something that wasn't good or
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something like that.
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I was there for maybe 30, 40
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minutes.
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I was talking to my manager, I
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was-- my wife was with me.
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She was sending messages with my
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phone, we were taking care of
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some issues.
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And then all of a sudden, I
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started to feel a bit colder.
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Then I asked my wife, "Could you
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bring me some blankets, please?
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I'm feeling cold."
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>> I covered him better because
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it was cold.
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It was winter.
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It was very cold and rainy,
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ugly day.
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And he said, "I'm feeling very
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dizzy right now."
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And he didn't finish the
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sentence.
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>> And all of a sudden,
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I don't remember anything else.
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That moment I had a first
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heart stop.
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And that moment my wife tried to
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help me.
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She didn't know exactly what was
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going on.
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>> But he put himself all
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straight on that bed and I had
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the feeling that he was
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swallowing his tongue.
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And so I yelled two times for
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someone to come and I walked
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towards him to try to open
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his mouth.
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As soon as Dr. Daniel ran in, he
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called and we had maybe four,
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five, six nurses and doctors,
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people coming in, because the
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way he called, everyone knew
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that it was urgent.
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>> It was Friday so me and my
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brother Luca, we were studying
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and my mom was giving us a
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little bit of information, just
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saying that we're still at the
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hospital, but everything's okay.
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She didn't really want to scare
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us, but at the end of the day,
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she did come back home to get
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some clothes for Dad, some
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clothes for herself 'cause she
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was gonna spend the night at
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the hospital.
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She came and sat us both on the
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couch, me and my brother, and
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she just started crying.
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And I just got really worried,
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not only for my dad, but for
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her, too.
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So it sunk in for a moment and I
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was like, something actually did
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happen.
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He's not just at the hospital
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because of the stomachache.
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>> From that moment on,
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during 6 hours,
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I had 13 heart stops
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in sequence.
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The last heart stop, when it
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happened, I had that flatline.
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It was a asystole.
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And everybody thought that...
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...I was dead.
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They were getting prepared to
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tell my family, to tell my wife
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that I passed away.
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And then all of a sudden, when
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they were around me, they told
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me that I just sitted on the bed
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and I tried to just start to
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talk to them.
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>> So wait, Guto, you-- they'd
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been working on you now
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for 6 hours.
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In that 6-hour period, your
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heart has stopped 13 times and
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up to the 12th time they shocked
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you and they had to shock you
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17 times.
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Now, the 13th time, you're
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saying your heart stopped
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altogether and there was a
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flatline.
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And so you were clinically dead
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and they'd been working on you
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for 6 hours and now they are
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exhausted and they're thinking
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to themselves, "This is it.
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We've lost him."
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And so they're giving in a
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circle around to prepare
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themselves to say goodbye and
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then all of a sudden you sit up?
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>> That's right.
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I don't remember anything,
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what happened.
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I was sleeping
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all this time long.
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I lost my mind, maybe 30 seconds
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before the first heart stop.
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When the 13th heart stop
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happened, they got all
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devastated because some of
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doctors, nurses, they knew me
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already since I was a child,
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some of them.
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And when they were getting
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prepared to let my family know,
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they told me that I sitted on
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the bed and started to, I
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started to try to talk to them.
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I was in the tube, that's why I
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was not able to talk, but they
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mentioned that I was-- I looked
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to them and I was trying to talk
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to them.
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>> That must have been quite
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miraculous.
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They're looking at you, they
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thought you were dead and now
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you're sitting up and you're
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fully conscious.
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Then they continued working on
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you for another two hours.
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>> Yes.
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At that moment, Pastor, as
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soon as I sitted, they put me to
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sleep again because they didn't
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know what was going on, what was
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happening that moment.
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And then after 2 hours, I
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opened my eyes and when some
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doctors and nurses, they saw I
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was waking up, they came to me
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and they could see that I was
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conscious, but I couldn't speak
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because I was in the tube.
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Then I asked them for a sheet
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and a pen, that way I could
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express myself.
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And then they realize that I was
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conscious and they decided to
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take the tube off.
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When they took the tube off,
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they realized that I could speak
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and they were not expecting this
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because I have had so many
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heart stops.
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The first miracle was that I was
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still alive and they were not
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expecting that I could wake up
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with no side effects.
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Then they, at the first moment
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they touch my hand and they ask
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me if I could feel my hand,
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if I could move my fingers.
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Then I said, "Yes, I can."
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Then they touch my other finger,
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they touch my feet.
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And at that moment I didn't
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know  why.
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And then when my dad, he came
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in the intensive care, that
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moment, and they asked me,
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"Do you know where you are and
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can you recognize this person?"
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And then they point to my dad.
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I said, "Of course I can.
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He's my dad.
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I am at the hospital.
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I came this morning and I
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realize it's dark outside
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already.
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What happened?"
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Then as I was lying down,
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I couldn't see my chest.
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Then Dr. Daniel told me,
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"Take a look in your chest."
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Then I saw all those...
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...marks, all those circles...
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>> From where they shocked you.
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>> That's right.
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>> Like the burn-- so there was
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actually burn marks on your
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chest when you looked down.
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[GUTO] That's right.
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Then I could realize what
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had happened.
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They couldn't believe because I
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was speaking, I could remember,
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I could recognize everybody.
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It was very hard for them to
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believe that was no side
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effects, physical and mental
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side effects.
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>> So, Guto, you were
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unconscious from the time that
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you had your first heart attack
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until the end.
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You had all these shocks
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happening, you had flatlined,
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but 8 hours of unconsciousness.
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Was anything going through
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your mind?
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Do you remember anything during
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those 8 hours?
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>> No, Pastor.
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Absolutely nothing.
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As Bible says, that when we are
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dead, we are in a sleep.
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It was exactly what happened
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to me.
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I was not afraid.
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I had no pain
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because I was totally
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unconscious for those 8 hours.
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>> So if you had...
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...stayed dead, then your next
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conscious moment would be when
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Jesus would come.
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That was your next conscious
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moment.
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But when you woke up, you're
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kind of looking around like,
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"Why is it nighttime?"
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>> That's right.
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I mentioned to my wife already,
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if I would have died that day
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when Jesus would come, I would
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have asked, "When did I passed
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away?"
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You know?
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>> So, Guto, did you need to
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have heart surgery because there
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was trouble with your heart?
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>> Yes.
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The day after, I needed to be
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transferred by helicopter to
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other hospital in our state
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capital, and I needed to do a
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surgery and I needed to put
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one stent...
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>> In your heart, okay.
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>> That's right.
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>> The doctors must have shared
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with you, like, what was their
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thoughts or what did they think
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about everything that happened
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to you?
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>> I am sure, René, that all of
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them increased a lot
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their faith.
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Two months ago I met a nurse and
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I didn't recognize her.
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We were in a birthday party and
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then a friend of hers came and
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he said, "Guto, could you come
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here with me for a while?"
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And he brought me to
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other table with other people.
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Then he said,
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"Do you know this girl?"
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Then I said, "Oh, so sorry, but
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I don't remember her."
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Then she said, "I was the first
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nurse that help you
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on May 21st."
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I started to hug her, I started
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to kiss her.
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Then at the end she said, "Guto,
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I was just graduated, my
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graduation was, I think, two or
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three months before and I can
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tell you, everything that I
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learned in my university, that
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day everything happened in a
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different way."
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>> So this was a miraculous
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experience.
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What part did prayer play in all
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of this?
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I know you're unconscious when
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it was happening, but I know
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there must have been people
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praying for you.
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>> I think my wife took the
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wiser decision she could have
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taken at that moment.
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>> I knew there was nothing for
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me to do there, right?
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And...
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...so I kneeled in the corner
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that was on a corner,
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that little room, right?
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Sorry...
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And I started to pray because I
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realized that it was really bad.
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>> And then she decided to call
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maybe three, four special
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friends, and she asked them to
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start to pray for me.
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>> Then I text Susanna, a very
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good friend, our Canadian
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family, Susanna Cho.
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I said, "Susanna, please let
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Kathy, Manny, and all of our
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friends here know and ask them
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to pray.
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We need prayers.
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>> Maybe after some minutes,
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I had many and many people
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praying for me.
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And I am sure that those prayers
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were the main reason that I am
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here today.
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Dr. Daniel, he's an Adventist
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doctor...
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...and he was used by God
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that day.
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And I am sure that...
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...his faith and his persistence
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were absolutely important
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to save me that day.
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>> So when you talk about his
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persistence, you told me earlier
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that he had just come off a
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whole 24-hour shift, right, and
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then he stayed with you.
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So he had been working a full
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shift, now he worked for another
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8 hours to try and save
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your life.
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What was he like when he
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got home?
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>> Yeah, he was at the hospital
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maybe for 30 hours, 32 hours.
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I know that he was very
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persistent because definitely is
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not common for a doctor to give
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17 shocks in a patient in a way
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to save him, right?
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I know that when Dr. Daniel
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arrived home, his wife was
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praying for me as well.
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When he arrived...
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...as soon as he parked his car
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and he went into his house,
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his wife came running and she
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asked him, "And what
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about Guto?"
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Then she mentioned that he
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started to cry and cry like a
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small child.
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Then she asked him,
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"Guto didn't survive?"
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Then he said...
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..."He's alive.
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I don't know how and I was
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talking to him a bit before."
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[MIKE] Wow. Wow.
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Guto, final question, how did
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this miracle change your life?
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>> You know, Pastor, after those
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8 hours...
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...when I woke up...
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...I was missing my family.
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But I was missing them in a way
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if I haven't seen them for,
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not for 8 hours, maybe for
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8 months.
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My biggest wish was to
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have them...
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...around me, hugging me, kissin
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me, and I would like to kiss
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them and to hug them.
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>> It not only affected our
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faith and strengthened our
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faith, but it also affected
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how we...
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...we see our family time.
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[MARIA] We give much more value
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for the time we are together.
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We spend even more time
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together.
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It connected us to God in a much
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higher level and in a much
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better way than it was before.
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>> And I think the biggest
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change...
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...is that...
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...from that moment on...
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...you start to...
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...get even more concerned
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with the eternal life.
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We see people all around,
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running and running, trying to
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support their own lives.
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And people need to do it,
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we need to do it.
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But some times or most of
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the times we don't have time to
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think about eternal life.
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We are concerned with the 60,
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70, 80 years that we will live
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in this world and we are not
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taking time to think about
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eternity.
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And...
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...my main message is that...
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...we need to stop...
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...and we need to think about
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the eternal life in Jesus.
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>> I feel like a lot of the
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times we see miracles as
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happening, not only in Bible
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times, but also we see them
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happening today, but only to a
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certain group of people.
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We feel like we're not special
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or deserving enough to have
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these miracles done
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in our lives.
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But when it happens in our lives
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and right in front of us is when
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we see that God truly does love
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us and that we are deserving of
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it, too, and not only others.
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>> Would you say it drew you
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closer to Jesus in your walk
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with Him?
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>> That's right.
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I think sometimes the regular
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routine brings us away from God.
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And we we don't take time to get
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closer to Him.
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I think we need to prioritize...
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...what's more important in our
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lives, right?
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Sometimes we think that
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everything that's important
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should be our priority.
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And unfortunately, it's not
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exactly like that, right?
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>> Guto, we've come to the end
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of our time together.
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I wonder if you could pray for
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our viewers.
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There may be someone who's...
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...looking at your story and
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saying, "You know, I never
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thought that God works miracles
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today, He worked them in Bible
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times, but not today."
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And maybe there's someone who
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wants to have an experience with
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God today.
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Maybe not the same as your
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experience, but an experience
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where they know that God is real
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in their life.
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I wonder if you could pray for
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them right now as we close.
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>> Yes, sure.
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Let's pray.
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Heavenly Father, Dear Lord...
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...thanks for the opportunity
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to be here.
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Thank You, Heavenly Father, for
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so many blessings You are giving
00:24:08.21\00:24:10.28
us every day.
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Thank You because you are such a
00:24:13.15\00:24:15.32
wonderful God.
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Thanks for Your mercy
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and thanks for Your love.
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And, Heavenly Father, please
00:24:21.92\00:24:24.53
give the opportunity to each
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person who would like to get
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closer to You, to have a real
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experience with You,
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Heavenly Father.
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Thanks for everything.
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In Jesus name, amen.
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[MIKE] Amen.
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Guto, thank you very much for
00:24:42.48\00:24:44.71
sharing your story with us today
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on It Is Written Canada.
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>> Thank you, Pastor.
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Thank you, René.
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¤ All nature sings
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¤ and round me rings
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>> From listening to Guto's
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story, you now know
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the power of prayer.
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>> Guto could not wait to share
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his testimony with everyone he
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met because he could personally
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see how God brought him back to
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life when he had died
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in the ICU.
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