I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Removing pain
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Lord, let my words
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Heal a heart that hurts
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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Hello, and welcome to
another 3ABN Today program.
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I'm Jill Morikone,
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and I have my husband
Greg here with me today.
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Normally, I'm sitting
there and he's sitting here,
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but today, we decided
to switch it up a bit.
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And we're so excited
to bring this special,
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incredible
testimony to you at home.
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Many times with
the Today programs,
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we feature different ministries.
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We feature what God
is doing around the world
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in many different ministries,
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but our guest today
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has an incredible miracle story.
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A miracle of what
God is doing in her life,
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especially with health.
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And it's just incredible to see
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what God is doing in
people's lives, isn't it?
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Yeah, you know, it is.
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And it's really...
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We are
encouraging you to stay tuned
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for the entire program
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because can you
imagine being active,
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being, you know, running as in,
like marathon type of training,
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and then basically
going to paralyzed,
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you would think that's it.
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And then God did
an incredible thing
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in her life.
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We're not going to
tell the story here
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'cause she's going to share it.
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But God has done
some amazing things
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and how God
gave her the strength
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through that experience too
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because in that experience
you don't always know.
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You know, in Isaiah 43,
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it talks about us going
through storms in our lives.
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And in the storm,
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you don't necessarily
know how long is that storm,
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what's it going to
be on the other side.
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We know that God is with
us through the storm, right?
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And He is,
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but we don't
always know the outcome
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because we know
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it's always God's will to heal
whether it's here in this life,
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like
immediately or when He comes
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and our bodies are
made perfect again.
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So this is going to be exciting.
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I mean, I'm excited to
hear this story myself.
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That's right.
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We don't want to
waste anymore time.
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We want to introduce
our special guest to you
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and that's Loretta Spivey.
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And, Loretta, we're so delighted
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to have you here at 3ABN.
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I can assure you
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that I'm more
excited than you are.
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I'd love to
tell the story. Amen.
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And why do you...
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Why are you
excited to tell the story?
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I want this earth, I
think, for one reason now,
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and that is so that
people know there's a God,
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and that that God is still
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in the miracle-working business.
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Praise the Lord.
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And if you, if
after you hear the story,
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you don't believe
that there's a God,
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and you don't believe
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that He is still in the
miracle working business,
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I don't know what else
would make you believe it.
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This is why I think it's
good to hear these stories
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because a lot of
times we read in the Bible,
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you know, the Old Testament or,
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you know, and the gospel
is about God healing people,
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or how God worked
just miraculously,
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you think it was then, not now,
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but you are
living testimony to that.
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And He still does
it right now today.
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And so many people are hopeless
and feel like, "Yeah, that's...
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It's the Bible and it's old,
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and that's what
God did back then."
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But I'm here to say
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that's what God does
right here, right now.
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Amen. So I'm excited.
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I'm excited too.
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We're so excited
to have you here.
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And if the name Loretta Spivey
is familiar to you at all,
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I was thinking,
"I know this woman,"
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because I used
to read years ago.
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I used to read her
columns in the Adventist Review.
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She's a fabulous author.
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You and your sister-in-law,
was it your sister-in-law?
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My sister-in-law,
my sister-in-law Gina,
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and as we all know, we
took two sides of an issue,
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and we always know
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that I was the
one that was right,
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she was the one that was not.
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So, yeah, I'm sure
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that's how you
remember the story.
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That is exactly how I
remembered your story...
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That's very good. That's good.
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But it was like, always to get
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the two different sides
of the issue, I love that.
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Absolutely. It was awesome.
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Now, you used to be New
York, Northeastern Conference,
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all of that stuff, New York,
and then where do you live now?
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I live in Connecticut,
up there in Northeastern.
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And then I moved to Pennsylvania
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where most of
this story took place,
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and now I live
in North Carolina.
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Okay.
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So before we go to our music,
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let's just take back
before you became ill
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and before you had all
those health challenges,
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so what was your life like then?
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Before I had all
those health challenges,
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I went to the doctor
once a year, like we do.
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It's good, get your,
like, yearly checkup.
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My yearly checkup.
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And it was always fine,
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no high blood pressure, no
diabetes, no issues at all.
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I have five children,
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and so I was
actively taking care of them.
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I did mission trips
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with Maranatha Volunteers
International, several.
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Oh, yeah. That's
a great ministry.
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One or two year.
And I was a runner.
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My big races up to that point
were 10Ks and half marathons.
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Wow! And that's really...
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And, of course, I
was active in church,
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and that's really
how I spent my time.
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So let me ask about then
your training then so too,
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you know, 'cause
you don't just go out
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and run a half
marathon or a 10K,
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so you probably
have a pretty strict
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exercise regimen every week?
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I had.
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Well, let's call
it relatively strict
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since people who know my
training may be watching.
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Okay, so tell what you
mean. I want to tell the truth.
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We want the truth.
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I want to be
honest, so I trained...
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I was not a super athlete,
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and I just
mentioned all the other things
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that I did.
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So I didn't
want to go out though
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and just try to run something
without training, so I trained.
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I also tried to eat well. Good.
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And be healthy.
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Sometimes I would take
someone to soccer practice
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and get a little
exercise in while
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they were doing practice.
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Oh, yeah.
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Or, you know,
while I was waiting
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for someone at piano lessons,
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I would, you know, go
and hit the street there.
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So, yes, but it absolutely
takes training to run a 10K
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and absolutely a half
marathon at 13.1 miles.
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Oh, yeah. So, yeah.
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And I was very
active, and it was great.
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Absolutely.
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Now I think we have a photo
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of whom we wanted
to do put this up.
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This is of a
baptism, is that right?
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The photo of the baptism
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was in Ecuador
for a mission trip
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with Maranatha
Volunteers International.
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And the funny
thing about that baptism
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is that we camped
right near that river.
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Okay.
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And that was a trip
called Ultimate Workout,
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so it was for
teenagers, 14 to 18.
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Oh, yeah.
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Did you take any
of your kids with you?
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None of my
children went on that.
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But all of my children,
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four of my children have been
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on Ultimate
Workout for the five.
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And so, I promised the kids
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that I would not
ever get in that river
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because I didn't like
the way the river looked.
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And I didn't know
what else was in the river.
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Yes.
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And so I promised them,
I'm not getting in the river.
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I don't care...
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They bathed in the river,
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they went and
had fun in the river
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after work every day,
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and I gladly stood on
the shore and watched them.
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But then this young lady decides
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she wants to get baptized.
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At first, I thought
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it was just a ploy
to get me in the river.
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But it was my honor to get
in the river for that reason
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to baptize her.
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Yes, amen.
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So this is all before
your major health challenge,
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you know, you're
involved with mission trips.
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It sounds like on yearly
basis you'd go on one trip...
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Yes, yes. A trip or two a year.
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Okay. Absolutely.
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Okay, and you're exercising,
taking care of your family,
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involved in your church,
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I think we should just
hit on the mission thing too.
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So when did you get
interested in missions
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'cause for you to go there
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and do this
once or twice a year,
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you're
baptizing this young lady,
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you're involved.
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So somehow, missions
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has a special
place in your heart.
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Missions has a
very special place
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in my heart.
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I was the first
Adventist in my family.
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Oh, wow!
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When I was nine years
old, I went to camp meeting.
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And my joy of camp
meeting was the ABC
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they called it
back in those days.
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Yes. Oh, yeah. The
Book and the Bible House.
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The Book and the Bible House,
that's what they called it.
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That's right.
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Now it's the
Adventist Book Center.
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And when I went to the Book
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and Bible
House, I got two books.
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And I read one of them
between Mount Vernon, Ohio
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and Pittsburg, Pennsylvania
where I lived at the time.
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I literally finished the book
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as we were pulling
up at nine years old.
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What was the
book? Do you remember?
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Mighty Mary.
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One was called Mighty Mary
and one was called Dr. Rabbit.
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Both of them were
about missionaries.
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Dr. Rabbit
would be Eric B. Hare.
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Dr. Rabbit
would be Eric B. Hare.
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Yes, okay. Yeah. Exactly.
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And Mighty Mary had a
very difficult early life.
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Yes.
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That I wouldn't say
was exactly like mine,
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but I could relate,
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and I literally pulled
up in front of my house,
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closed the book and
said, "I'm going to do that."
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At nine years old? Oh, wow!
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Nine years old.
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And so, I just always...
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I didn't announce it to anyone.
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It was just always
in the back of my mind
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that that was going to happen.
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So when I went to Oakwood,
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I spent a year as
a student missionary.
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Oh, amen.
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In Indonesia and Korea,
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and then the opportunity
didn't present itself.
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I didn't know about Maranatha,
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I didn't know, and
I waited and waited.
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And then I was a youth leader
in my church in Connecticut.
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And I wanted to take
them on a mission trip.
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And there was Ultimate Workout,
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and I was able
to go and be staff.
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That was 2003, it
was Ultimate Workout 13.
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And Ultimate
Workout 28 is coming up,
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and I've literally missed two.
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Wow. Oh, wow!
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One because of what
we're going to talk about
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and one because
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of this little
11-year-old named Jordan
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that prevented me from
going on a mission trip.
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So I love Ultimate
Workout, I love Maranatha,
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and it's what
I'm supposed to do.
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And so, I don't want to go ahead
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but that's why this
other thing was a problem.
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Yeah, you know
what's exciting, Loretta?
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What's that?
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I'm just thinking what God
put in your heart as a child,
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in the dream, the vision to say,
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"I want to do that.
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I want to go help people.
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I want to, you know,
spend my life doing that."
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And yet, it took a few years,
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but God brought that dream back
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where you can still
do that and go overseas,
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where we want to get
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to the main
point of this testimony
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about what
happened with your health,
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how you became paralyzed
and the miracle got performed,
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but first, we're
going to go to some music.
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Right now, we have
Pastor John Lomacang with us.
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And the song he
will be ministering is
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"Be Still And Know".
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Be still and know that He is God
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Be still and know
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That He is holy
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Be still oh,
restless soul of mine
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Bow before the Prince of Peace
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Let the noise and clamor cease
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Be still and know
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That He is God
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Be still and know
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That He is faithful
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Consider all that He has done
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Stand in awe and be amazed
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And know that He
will never change
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Be still
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Be still
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And know that He is God
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Be still
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And know that He is God
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Be still
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And know that He is God
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Be still
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Be speechless
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Be still and know
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That He is God
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Be still and know
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He is our Father
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Come rest your head
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Upon His breast
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Listen to the rhythm of
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His unfailing heart of love
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Beating for His little ones
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Calling each of us to come
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Be still
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Be still
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Amen.
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Thank you Pastor
John, "Be Still And Know".
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You know, I
think there's something
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beset for that, isn't there
to be sitting and listening.
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I know God wants to hear
us talk to Him, but at times,
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I know He wants me to be still
and to realize that He is God,
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and that He
wants to speak to me.
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Praise the Lord.
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Thank you for
ministering to us, Pastor.
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In case, you're just joining us,
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we have with us Loretta Spivey,
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and it is an
incredible testimony
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of what God has done
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and is continuing
to do in her life.
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She had a very active life
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with mission work,
with her family, her church.
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She was into running,
doing half marathons, 10Ks.
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And that's what
we just talked about
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in the first
what, 10 minutes or so.
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Now we're getting
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to actually talk about
her major health challenge
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and how God
helped her through that.
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So, Loretta, tell us
how did you first know
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you had any physical
problem or any issue?
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So this thing
really snuck up on me.
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Because I told
you I had, quiz time,
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how many children do I have?
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Five. Five.
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Five children. Shoo! A plus.
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And we passed the quiz now.
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Four... You get an A plus.
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Four of those
children were still at home.
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Okay.
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One was a senior in high school,
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and this is for another program,
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one was in first grade.
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Okay.
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And so, what mother dealing
with that wouldn't be tired?
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Right. Of course.
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So I felt really
tired, just really run down.
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A friend reminded me yesterday
that I was going up my stairs,
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and I had to stop and
rest midway my stairs.
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You know, a regular
house, 15, 16 stairs...
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Oh, wow.
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And then I had to stop and rest.
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Now as a person who
runs a half marathon,
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you can run up
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a flight of
stairs with no problem.
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Of course, yeah.
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And I said,
"This is really weird,
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like I had to rest on my stairs.
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Something is wrong."
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And I said to Gina,
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"Listen, if I'm
not better tomorrow,
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I'm going to the doctor."
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That was Monday.
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Tuesday, I woke up and
my hands were tingling.
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And they had
been tingling a little
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but I had a
little carpal tunnel,
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you know, all the typing.
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And so I didn't
pay a lot of attention.
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But my feet were also tingling.
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And I thought,
"This is really strange."
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Yeah. Then my
tongue was tingling.
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Your tongue? My tongue.
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Oh, wow!
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Now that's what I said,
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because I can
handle the feet tingling,
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and I can handle
the hands tingling...
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Something's wrong.
But something's wrong.
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And I like to talk,
you see that already,
00:16:17.27\00:16:18.77
and so, I said,
with the tongue tingling,
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I'm calling the doctor.
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So I called the
doctor, and when things tingle,
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they immediately think stroke.
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But I told you, no
high blood pressure,
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no former problems.
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I knew, I didn't
know what it was,
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but I knew I was
not having a stroke.
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My blood pressure at that
time was generally 96 over 54.
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Yeah. But you were a
runner. I was a runner, right?.
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To me, you're a
picture of health.
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Yeah, low hear
rate, so no problems,
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but I went to the
doctor, and I live...
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At that time in a
little small town,
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Corners, no...
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Allison Park,
Pennsylvania. Okay.
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And so, we had a little
small community hospital.
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So I went to the hospital,
and they were changing shifts,
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and they apologized.
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People in big cities will laugh,
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they apologized because I
had to wait 15 whole minutes,
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15 whole minutes
to get to the back.
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I got to the back, I
waited a couple more minutes
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and a little older, vested,
00:17:05.69\00:17:09.52
three-jacket
doctor came in, glasses.
00:17:09.56\00:17:12.43
And he talked to
me, and literally,
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in another 10 or 15
minutes, he had diagnosed me.
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Wow!
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This is a little
country hospital?
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This is a little, small
town, suburban hospital.
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Yeah.
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And I didn't know
00:17:23.41\00:17:24.74
how significant
that was at the time.
00:17:24.77\00:17:26.74
So he says, "I
know what this is.
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You have..."
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And he called it
Guillain-Barre syndrome.
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And so what is
Guillain-Barre syndrome?
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Well, first of all,
what do you do in this age
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when somebody says
Guillain-Barre syndrome,
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yes, that's what I did.
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You whipped out your cell phone,
00:17:40.22\00:17:41.56
and you try to
Google that real quick.
00:17:41.59\00:17:42.92
I whipped out my cell phone,
00:17:42.96\00:17:44.29
and I didn't
know how to spell it,
00:17:44.33\00:17:45.66
but I figured
it out, he told me.
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And when I looked
at it, I looked at him,
00:17:47.36\00:17:53.80
and I looked at it,
and I turned off my phone.
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And I said, "I
really shouldn't have
00:17:55.87\00:17:57.21
even looked at it."
00:17:57.24\00:17:58.57
Because... It was scary.
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It was scary, I saw intubation,
00:17:59.97\00:18:02.24
pair of paralysis, and death.
00:18:02.28\00:18:04.98
And so, I thought,
00:18:05.01\00:18:06.35
"Okay, let's just
take this slow roll.
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Let's just take our time.
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And so, obviously
I had to be admitted
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into the hospital.
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So I was
admitted, and they did...
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I won't go through the
names of the treatment.
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I don't know that
they're all that important,
00:18:18.39\00:18:19.73
but I did a round of treatments.
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And then I did a
week of physical therapy,
00:18:22.33\00:18:24.23
and I went home.
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Were your symptoms the same?
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The tongue tingling,
the fingers and the toes,
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and that was it or
had they progressed?
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The other symptom was
that I felt very weak.
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Okay. And very tired.
00:18:34.48\00:18:36.58
But what mother of five
doesn't feel weak and tired.
00:18:36.61\00:18:38.91
So I...
00:18:38.95\00:18:40.52
And I kept telling
him in the hospital like,
00:18:40.55\00:18:41.88
"I feel weak.
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I feel weak."
00:18:43.28\00:18:44.62
And they were doing the tests,
00:18:44.65\00:18:45.99
but I was
passing all of the tests.
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And so, they were thinking,
00:18:47.39\00:18:48.72
"Okay, she's not
failing these tests.
00:18:48.76\00:18:50.43
These physical test, she can,
00:18:50.46\00:18:51.79
you know, push my hand
down and push her leg out."
00:18:51.83\00:18:54.23
And so, they said,
00:18:54.26\00:18:55.60
"We caught this,
you should so grateful,
00:18:55.63\00:18:57.37
you saw what
it's on the internet.
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This could be terrible,
but we caught it in time.
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You're in good shape.
00:19:01.24\00:19:02.67
Go home with a
walker but just use it,
00:19:02.70\00:19:05.57
just in case you need it.
00:19:05.61\00:19:06.94
You won't need it all the time
00:19:06.98\00:19:08.31
but just if you
need it, use it."
00:19:08.34\00:19:09.91
So, okay...
00:19:09.94\00:19:11.28
Go ahead. Sure, sure.
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This actually is
at the emergency room
00:19:12.68\00:19:14.02
'cause you went to
the emergency room, right?
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I went to the emergency room.
00:19:15.42\00:19:16.75
Yes, so then
this doctor diagnoses
00:19:16.79\00:19:18.12
which to me is a miracle
because like you were saying,
00:19:18.15\00:19:19.75
usually this
should take a while.
00:19:19.79\00:19:21.12
I mean, you go in,
and they're saying,
00:19:21.16\00:19:22.49
"Well, we're not sure,
run some tests, and then,
00:19:22.52\00:19:24.09
oh, we're not sure
and run some more tests."
00:19:24.13\00:19:26.63
But this was diagnosed,
you said, in 15 minutes?
00:19:26.66\00:19:28.76
This was
diagnosed in 15 minutes,
00:19:28.80\00:19:30.13
but here's the
thing, at this time...
00:19:30.17\00:19:31.50
It's amazing.
00:19:31.53\00:19:32.87
I still didn't know
that that was a big miracle
00:19:32.90\00:19:35.04
because I
didn't how rare it was.
00:19:35.07\00:19:37.01
I didn't know how
hard it was to pinpoint.
00:19:37.04\00:19:39.31
Okay, so this is
hard to pinpoint.
00:19:39.34\00:19:40.74
So it's hard to pinpoint,
00:19:40.78\00:19:42.11
but he just named it so
quickly that at that point,
00:19:42.14\00:19:45.41
I still didn't realize
00:19:45.45\00:19:47.12
that that was
miracle number one.
00:19:47.15\00:19:48.48
It's incredible
00:19:48.52\00:19:49.85
'cause now they're saying
they caught it soon enough.
00:19:49.88\00:19:51.22
They're saying they
caught it soon enough.
00:19:51.25\00:19:52.82
And so, and I am
borderline complaining
00:19:52.85\00:19:57.39
about being in the
hospital for two weeks.
00:19:57.43\00:19:59.26
Right. That's a long time.
00:19:59.29\00:20:00.63
That is a long time. Right?
00:20:00.66\00:20:02.00
And so after two weeks,
I come out of the hospital,
00:20:02.03\00:20:04.43
and like I say,
just with the walker,
00:20:04.47\00:20:06.57
but just in case,
00:20:06.60\00:20:07.94
you know, we know you
don't really want to use it
00:20:07.97\00:20:09.30
but just in case.
00:20:09.34\00:20:10.94
You've done well
in physical therapy.
00:20:10.97\00:20:13.38
The personality
of this "disease",
00:20:13.41\00:20:16.04
syndrome is that you go down,
and then you steadily climb up.
00:20:16.08\00:20:22.55
That's the personality
of the disease, right?
00:20:22.58\00:20:24.55
So they're telling
me, "When you get home,
00:20:24.59\00:20:26.29
you will
continue to get stronger,
00:20:26.32\00:20:28.79
and stronger, and stronger.
00:20:28.82\00:20:30.93
So I get home...
00:20:30.96\00:20:32.29
Well, that's
encouraging. Very encouraging.
00:20:32.33\00:20:34.53
I get home not needing
to really use the walker
00:20:34.56\00:20:37.30
but being careful, right?
00:20:37.33\00:20:40.17
And then I realized
that I'm not getting better,
00:20:40.20\00:20:43.14
I'm not getting
stronger, I'm getting weaker.
00:20:43.17\00:20:45.01
Oh, wow.
00:20:45.04\00:20:46.37
So I get home,
and I'm able to slowly
00:20:46.41\00:20:48.34
but carefully
walk without my walker
00:20:48.38\00:20:51.48
from my room to my bathroom.
00:20:51.51\00:20:54.18
Wow!
00:20:54.22\00:20:55.55
Well, day two, I need to use
00:20:55.58\00:20:57.62
my walker to get to my bathroom.
00:20:57.65\00:20:59.92
Okay, this is a problem.
00:20:59.95\00:21:01.52
Day three, I really
need to use my walker to get
00:21:01.56\00:21:04.53
to the bathroom.
00:21:04.56\00:21:05.89
Oh, wow.
00:21:05.93\00:21:07.26
Day three, in the evening,
I have a fever of 103 or 104,
00:21:07.30\00:21:10.47
crazy.
00:21:10.50\00:21:12.33
It's day four, I am literally...
00:21:12.37\00:21:15.60
You know, you teach children
to slide down the stairs
00:21:15.64\00:21:17.31
on their behind?
00:21:17.34\00:21:18.67
I'm literally sliding
down the stairs on my behind
00:21:18.71\00:21:21.58
because I can't walk.
00:21:21.61\00:21:23.21
This is four days
after coming home?
00:21:23.24\00:21:24.75
Four days after coming home.
00:21:24.78\00:21:26.11
And they're saying
you should be going up?
00:21:26.15\00:21:27.48
I should be coming up, not down.
00:21:27.52\00:21:29.28
I get to the
bottom of the stairs,
00:21:29.32\00:21:30.69
and I still can't
walk 30 feet to my car.
00:21:30.72\00:21:34.56
So my husband picks me
up and takes me to the car
00:21:34.59\00:21:37.66
and takes me back
to the emergency room.
00:21:37.69\00:21:39.09
Good. Okay.
00:21:39.13\00:21:40.46
Okay, we get back
to the emergency room,
00:21:40.50\00:21:42.06
and they say,
00:21:42.10\00:21:43.43
"Yeah, something's
definitely wrong here.
00:21:43.47\00:21:44.80
You should not be...
00:21:44.83\00:21:46.17
You're going in
the wrong direction."
00:21:46.20\00:21:47.54
Right.
00:21:47.57\00:21:48.90
So now there's more
tests and the vampires,
00:21:48.94\00:21:52.14
you know, more
blood and more blood.
00:21:52.17\00:21:54.51
One time, the lady came in
00:21:54.54\00:21:55.88
and took my blood,
and she said, "Wow!
00:21:55.91\00:21:58.21
I've never taken
this much blood before."
00:21:58.25\00:22:01.95
That makes me feel
really good, thank you so much.
00:22:01.98\00:22:04.45
That's real good
bedside manners at that moment.
00:22:04.49\00:22:05.82
Thank you so much.
00:22:05.85\00:22:07.32
And then the next
day, they came and said,
00:22:07.36\00:22:08.69
"Oh, your blood
count's really low.
00:22:08.72\00:22:10.13
We have to take..."
00:22:10.16\00:22:11.49
"Oh! My blood
count's low? Really?
00:22:11.53\00:22:13.06
You just took four 15
vials of blood from me.
00:22:13.09\00:22:15.76
You think it's low?"
00:22:15.80\00:22:17.70
But more tests and
more tests, and they said,
00:22:17.73\00:22:19.47
"Yes, you do have this thing.
00:22:19.50\00:22:21.10
You do have Guillain-Barre.
00:22:21.14\00:22:23.24
We need to approach
it more aggressively."
00:22:23.27\00:22:27.18
By the time...
00:22:27.21\00:22:28.54
And now I'm
still going down. Yeah?
00:22:28.58\00:22:29.91
Wow.
00:22:29.94\00:22:31.28
By the time they decided
00:22:31.31\00:22:32.65
to approach it
more aggressively,
00:22:32.68\00:22:34.05
I can't even stand
up to use the little,
00:22:34.08\00:22:37.59
I'm going to use
the term porta potty
00:22:37.62\00:22:39.45
that's in the room
three steps from my bed.
00:22:39.49\00:22:41.69
I can't get up to do that.
00:22:41.72\00:22:43.36
A question for you, so
this would be now what,
00:22:43.39\00:22:44.89
three weeks
00:22:44.93\00:22:46.26
since you originally
went to the emergency room?
00:22:46.29\00:22:47.63
Exactly.
00:22:47.66\00:22:49.00
Let me ask you
something right, you know, okay.
00:22:49.03\00:22:50.37
Sure, sure.
00:22:50.40\00:22:51.73
So in your mind,
00:22:51.77\00:22:53.10
how are you
dealing with this mentally,
00:22:53.13\00:22:54.47
your family,
00:22:54.50\00:22:55.84
because there's
somebody at home right now
00:22:55.87\00:22:57.21
that could be just
exactly where you are,
00:22:57.24\00:22:58.57
maybe not with that disease,
but it was something else.
00:22:58.61\00:22:59.94
So you, again, active in church,
00:22:59.97\00:23:03.14
active mom, a runner,
00:23:03.18\00:23:05.25
mission trips, now
you're using the walker,
00:23:05.28\00:23:07.52
now you can't even
really use the walker,
00:23:07.55\00:23:08.88
you can barely make it
00:23:08.92\00:23:10.25
to the little thing by your bed,
00:23:10.29\00:23:11.62
what is going
through your mind mentally?
00:23:11.65\00:23:14.22
I'm not going to give
you the answer you want yet
00:23:14.26\00:23:16.32
because at this
point, my mind is thinking,
00:23:16.36\00:23:18.69
"Man, this is going
to be an awesome story."
00:23:18.73\00:23:21.10
Okay, so you still had
courage then in your heart.
00:23:21.13\00:23:23.06
Oh, yeah. Are you kidding me?
00:23:23.10\00:23:24.77
At this point, I'm thinking,
00:23:24.80\00:23:26.23
"This is going
to be a cool story,
00:23:26.27\00:23:27.94
like I can't wait to see
00:23:27.97\00:23:29.30
how this thing really shapes out
00:23:29.34\00:23:30.67
in another one or two weeks."
00:23:30.71\00:23:32.04
That's what I'm thinking. Okay.
00:23:32.07\00:23:33.41
This is going to be
00:23:33.44\00:23:34.78
an amazing testimony honestly...
00:23:34.81\00:23:36.14
So your outlook still really...
00:23:36.18\00:23:37.51
My outlook is amazing.
00:23:37.55\00:23:38.88
At this point,
I'm not even trying
00:23:38.91\00:23:40.25
to have a positive outlook.
00:23:40.28\00:23:41.62
I just know like this is
going to be a great story.
00:23:41.65\00:23:43.59
I'm going to be fine.
They caught this thing.
00:23:43.62\00:23:45.55
Yup. We're having a little...
00:23:45.59\00:23:46.92
There's a little hiccup,
but it's going to be fine.
00:23:46.96\00:23:49.39
And so, at this point,
this is what I'm thinking.
00:23:49.42\00:23:51.26
Okay. Okay, yeah.
00:23:51.29\00:23:52.63
Next thing I know,
we had a good friend
00:23:52.66\00:23:54.30
who lived in Pittsburg
00:23:54.33\00:23:55.70
who was a pediatric
neuro, something or other,
00:23:55.73\00:23:59.40
I can't remember.
00:23:59.43\00:24:00.77
Sorry, I can't
remember your official title.
00:24:00.80\00:24:02.70
And she said to my husband,
00:24:02.74\00:24:04.11
you know, when they go
out in the hallway and talk,
00:24:04.14\00:24:05.47
there's always something.
00:24:05.51\00:24:06.84
There's an issue.
00:24:06.88\00:24:08.21
She says, "You need to
get her to the main hospital,
00:24:08.24\00:24:10.95
and you need to
do that quickly."
00:24:10.98\00:24:12.31
I'm still at the
community hospital.
00:24:12.35\00:24:13.85
And you need to do that quickly.
00:24:13.88\00:24:15.35
So now, my husband's like,
00:24:15.38\00:24:16.72
"Oh, man, how am I going to tell
00:24:16.75\00:24:18.09
these people
like, we need to move."
00:24:18.12\00:24:20.69
Well, when my husband
went and talked to the doctor,
00:24:20.72\00:24:22.32
guess what he said?
00:24:22.36\00:24:23.69
"You're right".
00:24:23.73\00:24:25.69
He said, "You're
absolutely right.
00:24:25.73\00:24:27.06
We need to get her over there.
We need to get her there now."
00:24:27.10\00:24:29.53
So they did the paperwork
and immediately shift me
00:24:29.56\00:24:31.93
over to the main
teaching hospital.
00:24:31.97\00:24:35.87
I get there
00:24:35.90\00:24:37.24
and the doctor comes
in the room, I'm in bed.
00:24:37.27\00:24:38.91
The doctor comes in the
room, and the doctor says to me,
00:24:38.94\00:24:41.21
he looks me over, and he says,
00:24:41.24\00:24:43.04
"Hi, Loretta, can
you give me a thumbs up?"
00:24:43.08\00:24:48.65
And I literally could not
give the doctor a thumbs up.
00:24:48.68\00:24:51.59
Oh, wow.
00:24:51.62\00:24:52.95
You couldn't even
move your hand, so...
00:24:52.99\00:24:54.32
I could not move my hands
00:24:54.36\00:24:56.73
enough to give the
doctor a thumbs up.
00:24:56.76\00:25:00.63
Wow!
00:25:00.66\00:25:02.00
So I looked at my hand,
and I looked at the doctor,
00:25:02.03\00:25:05.40
and I looked at
my hand, and I said,
00:25:05.43\00:25:07.24
"I can give you smile,
00:25:07.27\00:25:08.80
but I can't
give you a thumbs up.
00:25:08.84\00:25:10.47
I can't do it." Oh, wow.
00:25:10.51\00:25:12.84
And so, and I understood later
00:25:12.87\00:25:15.64
that that's kind
of the last thing.
00:25:15.68\00:25:17.38
You know, after the thumbs up,
00:25:17.41\00:25:18.75
they're asking, "Can
you blink your eyes."
00:25:18.78\00:25:20.42
You know, I mean,
but he knew I could blink
00:25:20.45\00:25:22.42
because I was able
to talk and communicate.
00:25:22.45\00:25:24.69
And so, he then
started from the beginning.
00:25:24.72\00:25:27.32
We don't what this is.
00:25:27.36\00:25:28.69
Let's start from the beginning
00:25:28.72\00:25:30.06
with testing and
getting it all figured out.
00:25:30.09\00:25:32.66
And so, they
tested, and they said,
00:25:32.69\00:25:36.10
"Yeah, it's that what it is.
00:25:36.13\00:25:37.63
We just have to treat
it more aggressively."
00:25:37.67\00:25:39.83
And this doctor,
you know, I would say,
00:25:39.87\00:25:42.47
he was a bit of a hotshot,
you know, and kind of...
00:25:42.50\00:25:44.67
I guess you have to
be a little confident
00:25:44.71\00:25:46.64
to be a neuro...
00:25:46.68\00:25:51.08
Not a neurosurgeon,
a neurological doctor.
00:25:51.11\00:25:52.45
Neurologist.
00:25:52.48\00:25:53.82
Neurologist, thank
you, thank you, thank you,
00:25:53.85\00:25:55.18
to be a neurologist.
00:25:55.22\00:25:56.55
And so, he was a little
cocky and a little confident,
00:25:56.58\00:25:58.05
and so he was
like, "We got this.
00:25:58.09\00:25:59.52
You know, this is
what we're going to do."
00:25:59.55\00:26:01.86
And so, they started
a different treatment
00:26:01.89\00:26:05.96
which was every other
day for me, for five days.
00:26:05.99\00:26:08.86
And we did that, and they
said, "You're getting better."
00:26:08.90\00:26:12.73
You know, I
could do this a little,
00:26:12.77\00:26:14.77
and I could...
00:26:14.80\00:26:17.04
I think we have a picture. Okay.
00:26:17.07\00:26:18.47
So go to that... I
think we have a picture.
00:26:18.51\00:26:19.84
Of you in the hospital
there? Of me in the hospital.
00:26:19.87\00:26:21.34
I don't like
this picture. Oh, wow!
00:26:21.38\00:26:23.68
Yeah, somebody
put my arm up there.
00:26:23.71\00:26:27.08
I didn't put it there, right.
00:26:27.12\00:26:28.45
So you couldn't
even move your arm?
00:26:28.48\00:26:29.82
I couldn't move it at all.
00:26:29.85\00:26:31.42
Just barely moved your
thumb against your forefinger.
00:26:31.45\00:26:34.42
Barely moved my thumb
against my forefinger,
00:26:34.46\00:26:36.16
so I asked someone to,
00:26:36.19\00:26:37.53
you know, plop it
there so that I could,
00:26:37.56\00:26:39.59
you know, rest.
00:26:39.63\00:26:40.96
And so, they did the treatments,
00:26:41.00\00:26:43.20
I got stronger, I was
able to move a little.
00:26:43.23\00:26:45.53
And they said, "You're
ready for physical therapy."
00:26:45.57\00:26:47.70
That's a good sign.
00:26:47.74\00:26:49.07
Now mind you, it's a good
sign, and I was active, right?
00:26:49.10\00:26:53.34
Seriously, I went to
physical therapy like Rambo,
00:26:53.38\00:26:57.61
like I was ready.
00:26:57.65\00:26:59.55
I mean literally
when they were wheeling me
00:26:59.58\00:27:01.48
in to the
physical therapy place...
00:27:01.52\00:27:03.69
Now I wasn't doing all this,
but when they wheeled me in,
00:27:03.72\00:27:06.19
I was talking...
00:27:06.22\00:27:07.56
Going past talking
to the people saying,
00:27:07.59\00:27:09.36
"I'm going to be your star.
00:27:09.39\00:27:10.89
You're going to
have my picture up.
00:27:10.93\00:27:12.26
I am going to take
this physical therapy thing,
00:27:12.29\00:27:14.46
and I'm going to
run out of this place."
00:27:14.50\00:27:16.77
You really took
the bull by the horns.
00:27:16.80\00:27:18.13
I took the bull by
the horns. I was ready.
00:27:18.17\00:27:20.44
And I went in there,
00:27:20.47\00:27:21.80
and you know, they do some test,
00:27:21.84\00:27:23.17
and I was like, "What you got?
00:27:23.20\00:27:24.54
Like, let's do it." You
know, they said, "Do five?"
00:27:24.57\00:27:26.54
I'm going to do seven,
00:27:26.57\00:27:27.91
like I'm taking
this thing by the horns.
00:27:27.94\00:27:30.65
But something strange happened.
00:27:30.68\00:27:33.21
Day two or three
in physical therapy,
00:27:33.25\00:27:35.38
instead of getting stronger,
00:27:35.42\00:27:38.35
I'm getting weaker.
00:27:38.39\00:27:42.49
And so, you know, one
day in physical therapy,
00:27:42.52\00:27:45.39
I could do five,
00:27:45.43\00:27:47.00
the next day in
physical therapy,
00:27:47.03\00:27:49.43
I could barely do anything.
00:27:49.46\00:27:50.80
And I said to them,
00:27:50.83\00:27:52.17
"I'm getting
weaker, I'm getting weaker."
00:27:52.20\00:27:54.30
The first time this happened,
00:27:54.34\00:27:55.74
and they didn't
really believe me, they said,
00:27:55.77\00:27:57.11
"Oh, let's give it a day
or so and see what happens."
00:27:57.14\00:27:59.41
And so, in a day or so,
00:27:59.44\00:28:01.44
I was back to barely
being able to give a thumbs up.
00:28:01.48\00:28:05.01
In a day or so,
00:28:05.05\00:28:06.38
I was barely
able to feed myself.
00:28:06.41\00:28:07.75
In a day or so,
you see I like to talk,
00:28:07.78\00:28:09.85
I could barely even
hold my little iPhone
00:28:09.88\00:28:13.56
to talk on the phone.
00:28:13.59\00:28:15.16
So they said, "No
more physical therapy,
00:28:15.19\00:28:16.73
back to the hospital you go.
00:28:16.76\00:28:19.49
We got to get this
thing figured out."
00:28:19.53\00:28:21.33
So now, I'm
back in the hospital,
00:28:21.36\00:28:24.30
I'm back getting
another treatment
00:28:24.33\00:28:26.20
and trying to figure out.
00:28:26.23\00:28:27.57
So they're saying
00:28:27.60\00:28:28.94
you don't have
Guillain-Barre at this point?
00:28:28.97\00:28:30.31
No, no, no, no. This
time they still have...
00:28:30.34\00:28:31.67
They're still thinking it, okay.
00:28:31.71\00:28:33.04
They're still thinking it.
00:28:33.07\00:28:34.41
They're just
thinking they can't...
00:28:34.44\00:28:35.78
It's a tough case,
00:28:35.81\00:28:37.15
and they can't
really wrestle it down.
00:28:37.18\00:28:38.51
They have to figure out
exactly which treatment.
00:28:38.55\00:28:39.88
So we go back...
00:28:39.91\00:28:41.25
Let me just ask you again,
00:28:41.28\00:28:42.62
how far then after
your original diagnosis
00:28:42.65\00:28:43.99
in the emergency room
00:28:44.02\00:28:45.35
with the little
doctor that was there?
00:28:45.39\00:28:46.72
You're talking maybe a month now
00:28:46.76\00:28:48.09
all this has taken
place with going...
00:28:48.12\00:28:49.46
This is to...
00:28:49.49\00:28:50.83
I went to physical therapy
right after Thanksgiving.
00:28:50.86\00:28:55.36
Okay, so maybe a month or so.
00:28:55.40\00:28:57.07
It's a month 'cause
I went in, October 26,
00:28:57.10\00:28:58.43
that day I remember.
00:28:58.47\00:28:59.80
That's amazing.
00:28:59.83\00:29:01.17
Well, it's a lot to
take place in a month.
00:29:01.20\00:29:02.54
It's a lot to take
place in a month, so.
00:29:02.57\00:29:03.91
Okay, so they're saying,
00:29:03.94\00:29:05.27
"Now we need to treat
it with something else."
00:29:05.31\00:29:06.64
"We need to really
go after this thing."
00:29:06.68\00:29:08.08
So we're back in
the hospital now,
00:29:08.11\00:29:10.55
and we're going after it,
and I'm reading your mind,
00:29:10.58\00:29:12.85
and you want to know
what I was thinking, and...
00:29:12.88\00:29:15.32
Very good.
00:29:15.35\00:29:16.69
I want to know
what you're thinking
00:29:16.72\00:29:18.05
because that's a lot to process.
00:29:18.09\00:29:19.42
It is, yeah.
It's a lot to process.
00:29:19.45\00:29:20.79
But I'm a little crazy.
00:29:20.82\00:29:22.16
So what I was thinking was,
00:29:22.19\00:29:23.53
"Boy, this is really
going to be a good story.
00:29:23.56\00:29:25.16
I mean, I didn't know
you had all this mind, God.
00:29:25.19\00:29:26.90
This is really shaping
up to be a good story."
00:29:26.93\00:29:29.36
So you still had
a positive outlook?
00:29:29.40\00:29:31.13
Still had a
positive outlook. Yeah.
00:29:31.17\00:29:34.27
That's a testimony
to your faith in God.
00:29:34.30\00:29:35.90
It is. You know, that really is.
00:29:35.94\00:29:37.81
No. It's not?
00:29:37.84\00:29:39.17
That's a testimony
to God's keeping power.
00:29:39.21\00:29:41.58
Amen.
00:29:41.61\00:29:43.04
That's not a
testimony to anything
00:29:43.08\00:29:44.58
that has to do with me.
00:29:44.61\00:29:45.95
That's good.
00:29:45.98\00:29:47.32
Nothing, nothing at
all that has to do with me
00:29:47.35\00:29:49.08
because we have
to understand that,
00:29:49.12\00:29:51.39
in these situations,
00:29:51.42\00:29:53.49
we're sometimes
trying so hard to get better
00:29:53.52\00:29:56.32
and trying so
hard to be positive
00:29:56.36\00:29:58.59
and sometimes, the song said,
00:29:58.63\00:30:01.43
we really have to be still
00:30:01.46\00:30:03.37
and know and be
still and let God be God.
00:30:03.40\00:30:07.80
And so, it had nothing to
do with my great attitude.
00:30:07.84\00:30:11.01
It just had
everything to do with God.
00:30:11.04\00:30:13.11
Maybe God said,
00:30:13.14\00:30:14.58
"I have these
imaginations in my mind,
00:30:14.61\00:30:16.85
maybe God said,
"You know, we can...
00:30:16.88\00:30:19.21
Devil, you can
mess with her body,
00:30:19.25\00:30:21.12
but you can't have her mind."
00:30:21.15\00:30:22.48
I don't know. I don't know...
00:30:22.52\00:30:23.85
Like a Job experience.
Like a Job experience.
00:30:23.89\00:30:25.55
Maybe, I do not in any
way compare myself to Job,
00:30:25.59\00:30:28.59
just want to say that.
00:30:28.62\00:30:29.96
Right.
00:30:29.99\00:30:31.33
But at this point,
I was still positive.
00:30:31.36\00:30:33.73
So now, what happens now
00:30:33.76\00:30:37.33
is that this back
00:30:37.37\00:30:41.77
and forth happens four times.
00:30:41.80\00:30:43.84
Wow.
00:30:43.87\00:30:45.21
So we get
stronger in the hospital...
00:30:45.24\00:30:46.57
You think you're getting better?
00:30:46.61\00:30:47.94
And we go to physical therapy.
And then you get weaker?
00:30:47.98\00:30:49.84
And then we get weaker.
00:30:49.88\00:30:51.21
And then you go
back to the hospital?
00:30:51.25\00:30:52.58
And then we go
back to the hospital.
00:30:52.61\00:30:53.95
And we go to...
And every time I go...
00:30:53.98\00:30:56.42
Now I'm getting to know
the people in rehab, right?
00:30:56.45\00:30:57.92
Yeah.
00:30:57.95\00:30:59.29
Because I'm going
back to the same rehab.
00:30:59.32\00:31:01.96
And this is an awesome rehab.
00:31:01.99\00:31:03.36
The people literally come
from all over the United States
00:31:03.39\00:31:06.33
and the world to
go to this rehab.
00:31:06.36\00:31:07.90
Oh, wow. Top-notch.
00:31:07.93\00:31:09.26
And so... Top-notch.
00:31:09.30\00:31:10.70
And so, I come
back, and they're like,
00:31:10.73\00:31:12.07
"Oh, great, you
know, you're back.
00:31:12.10\00:31:13.44
This is awesome."
00:31:13.47\00:31:14.80
And then they're like,
00:31:14.84\00:31:16.17
"Oh, great, you're
sick, you're going back."
00:31:16.20\00:31:18.57
The fourth time this happened,
okay, time number four,
00:31:18.61\00:31:24.08
I go back to the
hospital, and they say,
00:31:24.11\00:31:25.75
"We need to rethink some things.
00:31:25.78\00:31:28.05
We need to
really look at exactly
00:31:28.08\00:31:30.99
what's happening here."
00:31:31.02\00:31:32.65
And so they do more test
00:31:32.69\00:31:35.19
and they do this
nerve and muscle biopsy,
00:31:35.22\00:31:38.03
and take a chunk of nerve
00:31:38.06\00:31:39.46
and a chunk of
muscle out of my leg.
00:31:39.49\00:31:43.70
I'll tell you something funny.
00:31:43.73\00:31:45.80
You see how your
face is like ooh.
00:31:45.83\00:31:48.30
That's what I'm thinking, ooh.
That doesn't sound pleasant.
00:31:48.34\00:31:51.87
The scar for this
thing is about this big.
00:31:51.91\00:31:54.81
It's a little small skinny scar.
00:31:54.84\00:31:58.21
And when I came out of surgery,
00:31:58.25\00:32:00.02
there was a little
band-aid on my leg, down there.
00:32:00.05\00:32:03.79
But my leg hurt,
like my whole body hurt.
00:32:03.82\00:32:06.22
I'm sure.
00:32:06.25\00:32:07.59
It was so painful,
and I said to them,
00:32:07.62\00:32:08.96
"Listen, I need a
bandage that commiserate
00:32:08.99\00:32:12.89
with the size of this
pain that's going on."
00:32:12.93\00:32:14.50
Not a band-aid. I
don't need a band-aid.
00:32:14.53\00:32:16.46
I need people to
walk in this room
00:32:16.50\00:32:18.07
and feel some kind of way...
00:32:18.10\00:32:19.63
Feel like, "Oh,
Loretta's really gone
00:32:19.67\00:32:21.17
through a lot of stuff.
00:32:21.20\00:32:22.54
Loretta's really hurt." Yes.
00:32:22.57\00:32:23.91
I need something to
show what's going on here.
00:32:23.94\00:32:26.88
So all through this, I said...
00:32:26.91\00:32:28.58
I'm laughing, I'm in
good humor, God is...
00:32:28.61\00:32:33.25
So now though...
00:32:33.28\00:32:36.38
Oh, I skipped
something really important.
00:32:36.42\00:32:37.85
It's fine.
Let's go back to that.
00:32:37.89\00:32:39.22
Really important. Let's go back.
00:32:39.25\00:32:40.96
When I was home
for those four days,
00:32:40.99\00:32:43.02
you know, I was
starting to feel weak and tired.
00:32:43.06\00:32:44.66
Yes. Literally God spoke to me.
00:32:44.69\00:32:48.66
And God said to me,
00:32:48.70\00:32:50.90
"This isn't over, but
you're going to be okay."
00:32:50.93\00:32:54.10
Oh, wow. Okay.
00:32:54.14\00:32:56.44
So now though, it's...
00:32:56.47\00:32:59.11
I went in October,
00:32:59.14\00:33:01.24
short stint at home in November,
00:33:01.28\00:33:04.11
back and forth,
December, January,
00:33:04.15\00:33:08.65
now we're into February.
00:33:08.68\00:33:10.19
Wow. Okay, several months now.
00:33:10.22\00:33:11.79
So now we're into some months...
00:33:11.82\00:33:13.15
Yes, you are.
00:33:13.19\00:33:14.52
Did they come up
with the diagnosis
00:33:14.56\00:33:15.89
after they did this nerve...
00:33:15.92\00:33:17.26
They took this
piece of nerve out
00:33:17.29\00:33:18.63
in that big surgery?
00:33:18.66\00:33:20.00
Well, after they took
the piece of nerve out,
00:33:20.03\00:33:21.36
they were still
counseling with each other
00:33:21.40\00:33:22.73
and trying to get
it all figured out.
00:33:22.76\00:33:27.00
But in the meantime, I'm
having some questions now,
00:33:27.04\00:33:30.67
and I'm talking to God now...
00:33:30.71\00:33:33.07
'Cause this has been
like four months now.
00:33:33.11\00:33:34.51
Yes, and I wanted to know,
00:33:34.54\00:33:36.75
my main question
is, I have a few,
00:33:36.78\00:33:38.75
but my main question is
what does okay really mean,
00:33:38.78\00:33:42.58
because you said, God...
00:33:42.62\00:33:43.95
He had said you'd be
okay. You said it's not over.
00:33:43.99\00:33:46.99
But you'll be okay. But
you're going to be okay.
00:33:47.02\00:33:49.09
So, you know, when people die,
you say they're resting now.
00:33:49.12\00:33:51.89
They're in a better place,
they're okay, they're resting.
00:33:51.93\00:33:55.20
And so I'm like,
well, let's go back,
00:33:55.23\00:33:56.77
maybe I
misunderstood this thing,
00:33:56.80\00:33:58.20
like what exactly is okay.
00:33:58.23\00:34:00.24
I don't know if you're familiar
with Joni Eareckson Tada.
00:34:00.27\00:34:01.60
Oh, yeah. Yes, we are.
00:34:01.64\00:34:02.97
Absolutely.
00:34:03.00\00:34:04.34
Okay, so now I'm
trying to rethink this thing
00:34:04.37\00:34:06.31
and think that I
missed the message
00:34:06.34\00:34:07.71
because okay, for me,
00:34:07.74\00:34:09.28
meant I was going to be
back at my regular life.
00:34:09.31\00:34:12.31
So I'm asking God,
you know, when am I going
00:34:12.35\00:34:13.95
to be able to be a
wife to my husband,
00:34:13.98\00:34:17.22
when am I going to be able
to be a mother to my children.
00:34:17.25\00:34:19.82
That's right.
00:34:19.85\00:34:21.19
My oldest is getting
ready to get married in May,
00:34:21.22\00:34:25.16
it's February.
00:34:25.19\00:34:26.53
And I can't pick
up the cell phone,
00:34:26.56\00:34:27.90
I can't go and shop for dresses
00:34:27.93\00:34:31.43
and party favors and...
00:34:31.47\00:34:35.20
My youngest is in first grade.
00:34:35.24\00:34:37.27
He's learning to read
without me, like when.
00:34:37.31\00:34:40.14
So I'm asking
God these questions,
00:34:40.18\00:34:42.74
and God says to me,
00:34:42.78\00:34:44.11
"No, no, no, no, no,
00:34:44.15\00:34:45.48
we need to back up a little bit.
00:34:45.51\00:34:46.85
Let me ask you a question."
00:34:46.88\00:34:48.22
Now I got scared
00:34:48.25\00:34:49.58
'cause, you know, I
know the story of Job,
00:34:49.62\00:34:52.32
but God was merciful,
00:34:52.35\00:34:53.69
and He only
asked me one question,
00:34:53.72\00:34:55.06
and that question
00:34:55.09\00:34:56.42
was not when are
you going to get well,
00:34:56.46\00:34:58.03
not what does okay mean,
00:34:58.06\00:34:59.89
not are you going to be telling
of my love from a wheelchair,
00:34:59.93\00:35:03.77
the question is,
"Loretta, do you trust me?"
00:35:03.80\00:35:06.67
That's deep.
00:35:06.70\00:35:09.00
That's the question,
and I want to tell you
00:35:09.04\00:35:10.37
because I already
told I was a Christian,
00:35:10.41\00:35:12.41
I already told you I was
going on mission trips...
00:35:12.44\00:35:13.88
Oh, yeah.
00:35:13.91\00:35:15.24
I already told you I
was active in my church.
00:35:15.28\00:35:16.61
That's right. Yeah.
00:35:16.64\00:35:17.98
So what I want to tell
you now is that God said,
00:35:18.01\00:35:19.35
"Do you trust me?"
00:35:19.38\00:35:20.72
And I said, "Yes, Lord,
I absolutely trust you."
00:35:20.75\00:35:24.79
But that's not what happened.
00:35:24.82\00:35:26.15
Yeah. And...
00:35:26.19\00:35:30.29
It's easy to
generally trust God.
00:35:30.33\00:35:33.29
It is. I would
agree with you. Right.
00:35:33.33\00:35:34.66
It's very easy.
00:35:34.70\00:35:36.03
If I ask anybody,
anybody in the audience,
00:35:36.06\00:35:38.00
do you trust God?
00:35:38.03\00:35:40.00
You'd say, "Yeah, I do."
00:35:40.04\00:35:42.20
But, you see, when God
says, "Do you trust me?"
00:35:42.24\00:35:45.44
And you look over there
and you see what you want.
00:35:45.47\00:35:47.41
You see.
00:35:47.44\00:35:48.94
But you look over
there... And see what's reality.
00:35:48.98\00:35:51.45
And see what
could be the reality.
00:35:51.48\00:35:53.68
It's not so easy to then...
00:35:53.72\00:35:56.89
"Yes, God, I trust
you." That's right.
00:35:56.92\00:35:59.65
So it took about two weeks.
00:35:59.69\00:36:02.12
And I couldn't have the
conversation with everyone
00:36:02.16\00:36:05.89
because I had been so positive.
00:36:05.93\00:36:09.23
And it wasn't
that I was negative,
00:36:09.26\00:36:10.77
but I had to have some real,
00:36:10.80\00:36:12.63
honest what does
this really mean.
00:36:12.67\00:36:17.41
Oh, yeah. That's right.
00:36:17.44\00:36:18.77
What could this
really look like,
00:36:18.81\00:36:20.14
and if I say,
"Yes, God, I trust you."
00:36:20.18\00:36:23.51
And I get that over there,
whatever that over there is,
00:36:23.55\00:36:27.32
I'm going to have
to be good with it.
00:36:27.35\00:36:28.72
Yeah, am I okay with
that? Am I okay with that?
00:36:28.75\00:36:30.95
And I'm not going
to lie. I'm going to...
00:36:30.99\00:36:32.59
Took a couple of weeks
00:36:32.62\00:36:35.49
and finally I said,
"God, I'm yours, I trust you."
00:36:35.52\00:36:39.89
Amen. Amen.
00:36:39.93\00:36:43.20
It's going to be
what it's going to be,
00:36:43.23\00:36:45.40
and we're in
this thing together.
00:36:45.43\00:36:46.87
You know, a lot of...
I'm sorry, go head, sweety.
00:36:46.90\00:36:48.47
I was just going to
say I think, Loretta,
00:36:48.50\00:36:50.01
that's pivotal
in the whole story.
00:36:50.04\00:36:51.81
To me, you know, you
reach a point in that,
00:36:51.84\00:36:54.68
and I didn't go through that,
00:36:54.71\00:36:56.04
I'm just walking
through the journey with you,
00:36:56.08\00:36:57.45
I got goosebumps
just sitting here,
00:36:57.48\00:36:59.18
you know, as you told
the story because I think
00:36:59.21\00:37:01.38
that's the place the Lord Jesus
wants to bring each one of us,
00:37:01.42\00:37:04.95
to that point
of do we trust Him,
00:37:04.99\00:37:07.06
not in a general
sense of do we trust God,
00:37:07.09\00:37:09.69
but do we trust
Him with our lives,
00:37:09.72\00:37:11.79
do we trust Him
in the midst of God
00:37:11.83\00:37:14.50
is the reality of my life
going to be something painful,
00:37:14.53\00:37:17.53
can I still trust
you in the midst of that.
00:37:17.57\00:37:20.57
That's powerful. Yeah.
00:37:20.60\00:37:23.84
And I think that...
00:37:23.87\00:37:26.57
Just to divert
for a quick second,
00:37:26.61\00:37:28.48
I think that
00:37:28.51\00:37:30.68
that's the question
that God asks all of us.
00:37:30.71\00:37:35.35
It may not be in
health situation,
00:37:35.38\00:37:39.39
it could be in a
health situation,
00:37:39.42\00:37:41.12
but it could be in
a marriage situation.
00:37:41.16\00:37:42.66
That's right.
00:37:42.69\00:37:44.03
It could be in a
financial situation.
00:37:44.06\00:37:45.49
With your kids.
00:37:45.53\00:37:46.86
With your kids,
00:37:46.90\00:37:48.96
with a wayward
child, whatever it is,
00:37:49.00\00:37:52.43
you know, God doesn't
want us to generally say,
00:37:52.47\00:37:54.30
"Oh, yes, God, I trust you."
00:37:54.34\00:37:55.97
He wants us to...
00:37:56.00\00:37:57.34
Look over there
00:37:57.37\00:37:58.71
and look at the
worst-case scenario and say,
00:37:58.74\00:38:00.38
"Yeah, if that
happens, I'll trust you."
00:38:00.41\00:38:04.78
And honestly, I think
anybody that does that just like
00:38:04.81\00:38:08.05
that is not being honest.
00:38:08.08\00:38:09.72
You're not
processing it fully, you know.
00:38:09.75\00:38:11.15
You're not processing
fully, at least for me.
00:38:11.19\00:38:13.02
Maybe I shouldn't
put that on everybody.
00:38:13.05\00:38:14.69
It took me a while...
00:38:14.72\00:38:16.06
Yeah, that makes
sense. To get to that.
00:38:16.09\00:38:17.43
Because remember,
from the beginning,
00:38:17.46\00:38:18.89
this is going to be a testimony.
00:38:18.93\00:38:20.53
Oh, yeah.
00:38:20.56\00:38:21.90
And so, here's
another little truth
00:38:21.93\00:38:24.73
in telling the story moment.
00:38:24.77\00:38:27.64
Many times,
during the experience,
00:38:27.67\00:38:29.47
I felt like I was
in a life time movie.
00:38:29.50\00:38:32.21
And I anytime
expected to wake up
00:38:32.24\00:38:33.98
and hear the director say,
00:38:34.01\00:38:35.34
"Okay, cut, go to commercial,
you know, new thing."
00:38:35.38\00:38:38.61
And so
honestly, when I told God,
00:38:38.65\00:38:41.68
"Yes, I trust You,"
00:38:41.72\00:38:43.72
deep in the recesses of my mind,
00:38:43.75\00:38:45.65
something was
supposed to happen.
00:38:45.69\00:38:47.16
Yup.
00:38:47.19\00:38:48.52
You think, "Okay,
He's going to do a miracle.
00:38:48.56\00:38:50.06
Something's going to happen.
Something's going to come out."
00:38:50.09\00:38:52.33
And soon, it's God waiting
for the surrender, right?
00:38:52.36\00:38:54.56
God's waiting for me to
say, "Yes, God, I trust You."
00:38:54.60\00:38:57.13
Now He can work
in my life. Bingo!
00:38:57.17\00:38:59.40
But what if that doesn't happen.
00:38:59.43\00:39:00.77
Absolutely. It was Abraham.
00:39:00.80\00:39:02.60
You know, he was
ready, right? Right.
00:39:02.64\00:39:04.11
And God provided
the ram in the thicket.
00:39:04.14\00:39:05.64
God provided that
ram in the thicket.
00:39:05.67\00:39:08.21
Yeah.
00:39:08.24\00:39:09.58
Said, "Dude, like
I got this." Right?
00:39:09.61\00:39:11.85
And so, God
probably didn't say dude,
00:39:11.88\00:39:13.21
but anyway, you got my point.
00:39:13.25\00:39:14.58
And so...
00:39:14.62\00:39:15.95
But the thing is
Abraham was obeying, wasn't he?
00:39:15.98\00:39:17.32
He was obeying. Right.
00:39:17.35\00:39:18.69
To what God asked even
though it didn't make sense.
00:39:18.72\00:39:20.29
And he was in full trust mode.
00:39:20.32\00:39:22.02
I would say 100%,
00:39:22.06\00:39:24.19
"God, I got
this, and I'll do it."
00:39:24.23\00:39:26.23
And God said, "You
don't have to do it."
00:39:26.26\00:39:27.60
"Yup, that's far enough."
00:39:27.63\00:39:28.96
So deep in my mind,
00:39:29.00\00:39:30.33
after I said,
"Yes, God, I trust you."
00:39:30.37\00:39:33.23
Then I was supposed to
take up my bed and walk.
00:39:33.27\00:39:38.07
Did that happen? No.
00:39:38.11\00:39:40.18
What happened was that...
00:39:40.21\00:39:42.14
the doctors came in.
00:39:45.31\00:39:47.32
You know when they all
come, it's not good, right?
00:39:47.35\00:39:49.28
I mean, it's never
good when they all show up.
00:39:49.32\00:39:53.09
And so they came in
and my reward for saying
00:39:53.12\00:39:57.53
"Yes, God, I trust you"
00:39:57.56\00:39:59.46
was one, we have a
new diagnosis, and again,
00:39:59.49\00:40:04.53
I don't know, the first word
in the diagnosis is chronic.
00:40:04.57\00:40:09.20
Boy, that
doesn't sound good. No.
00:40:09.24\00:40:12.11
When I think of that,
00:40:12.14\00:40:13.48
the rest of your
life basically I think.
00:40:13.51\00:40:14.84
That's the rest of your life.
00:40:14.88\00:40:16.21
Okay, so that's
the first problem.
00:40:16.24\00:40:19.71
The second problem is
that not only is it chronic,
00:40:19.75\00:40:24.15
there are chronic conditions
that you can be okay with.
00:40:24.19\00:40:26.92
You can function with. Sure.
00:40:26.96\00:40:28.29
They said, "So
what we want to do
00:40:28.32\00:40:29.89
is we want to
start setting you up
00:40:29.92\00:40:32.63
to live
00:40:32.66\00:40:36.83
from a wheelchair.
00:40:36.87\00:40:38.93
We want to start
setting you up to live
00:40:38.97\00:40:42.77
like you are now."
00:40:42.80\00:40:46.71
This is definitely
a problem. Oh, yeah.
00:40:46.74\00:40:48.74
This is not the way it...
00:40:48.78\00:40:50.11
This is not the way the
story is supposed to go.
00:40:50.15\00:40:52.25
I'm supposed to say,
"Yes, God, I trust You."
00:40:52.28\00:40:54.68
And He said, "Loretta,
you're going to be okay."
00:40:54.72\00:40:56.25
And He already said,
00:40:56.28\00:40:57.62
"Loretta, you're
going to be okay."
00:40:57.65\00:40:58.99
Now you're thinking,
"Wow! What does this mean?"
00:40:59.02\00:41:00.36
So this is the
time in the story...
00:41:00.39\00:41:01.72
And now they come and
say, "Chronic and wheelchair."
00:41:01.76\00:41:03.49
Now they're saying
chronic and wheelchair forever.
00:41:03.53\00:41:06.83
So if you know anything
about the way that insurance
00:41:06.86\00:41:10.10
and medical things work,
00:41:10.13\00:41:12.20
you know that
getting a wheelchair
00:41:12.23\00:41:15.10
is not like getting a car.
00:41:15.14\00:41:16.47
You get a car, and you go,
00:41:16.50\00:41:17.84
and you say, "I
want everything."
00:41:17.87\00:41:19.21
Well, the wheelchair features,
00:41:19.24\00:41:21.54
you get the features
depending upon what you need,
00:41:21.58\00:41:24.95
depending upon
how bad off you are.
00:41:24.98\00:41:28.72
So one other thing
00:41:28.75\00:41:30.09
that happened is that
they started bringing people
00:41:30.12\00:41:32.92
to my room and
bringing pamphlets
00:41:32.95\00:41:34.36
to my room about
getting my home set up
00:41:34.39\00:41:37.66
to be handicapped accessible.
00:41:37.69\00:41:39.69
About getting my car set up,
so possibly I could drive it.
00:41:39.73\00:41:43.83
About this
super-duper power wheelchair
00:41:43.87\00:41:48.70
that had every
feature under the sun.
00:41:48.74\00:41:51.14
That thing raised up and down,
so that if you go to a counter,
00:41:51.17\00:41:54.68
you know, you could
raise it up or lower it down.
00:41:54.71\00:41:57.58
That thing
swiveled at 360. Nice.
00:41:57.61\00:42:01.12
It had a joystick, you know,
there's just a little joystick.
00:42:01.15\00:42:03.59
So you could
control it with your finger.
00:42:03.62\00:42:04.95
So you could control
it with your fingers.
00:42:04.99\00:42:06.32
It even flipped back so
that the weight could be
00:42:06.35\00:42:09.92
on your back
instead of on your bottom,
00:42:09.96\00:42:12.19
so that you wouldn't get sores.
00:42:12.23\00:42:13.66
I mean, it had all...
00:42:13.70\00:42:15.03
This is a
state-of-the-art wheelchair.
00:42:15.06\00:42:16.40
This is a state-of-the-art...
00:42:16.43\00:42:17.77
It had all terrain wheels
00:42:17.80\00:42:19.70
so that you didn't just
have to have a smooth surface,
00:42:19.73\00:42:21.07
you could...
00:42:21.10\00:42:22.44
Go through the yard.
00:42:22.47\00:42:23.81
You could go
through the yard and,
00:42:23.84\00:42:25.17
you know, go on the beach and...
00:42:25.21\00:42:26.54
But you're
thinking this is serious.
00:42:26.57\00:42:27.91
I'm thinking, "This is serious."
00:42:27.94\00:42:29.28
And let's not
forget, it came in 18 colors.
00:42:29.31\00:42:33.78
I just want to
jump in a moment here
00:42:33.82\00:42:35.42
because I'm looking at our time,
00:42:35.45\00:42:36.79
and if we don't
accelerate the story,
00:42:36.82\00:42:38.49
we're not going to
get to the end of it too.
00:42:38.52\00:42:39.85
Okay, let's get to the due part.
00:42:39.89\00:42:41.22
Yeah, absolutely. So let's...
00:42:41.26\00:42:42.59
I think we have a video
of you doing arm exercises.
00:42:42.62\00:42:47.23
Is this around that time?
Can we look at that video?
00:42:47.26\00:42:49.96
No, we can skip that
video and get to the good part.
00:42:50.00\00:42:53.00
Okay, let's go to the good part.
00:42:53.03\00:42:54.74
Okay, so I'm struggling now,
00:42:54.77\00:42:58.94
do I let them measure me
for the wheelchair, or do I...
00:42:58.97\00:43:03.24
I'm still trying to
talk faith and walk faith.
00:43:03.28\00:43:05.61
But I decided to
let them measure me
00:43:05.65\00:43:07.15
for the wheelchair.
00:43:07.18\00:43:08.52
One of the worst days
00:43:08.55\00:43:09.88
of my entire
life in the hospital.
00:43:09.92\00:43:11.75
They measure me
for the wheelchair.
00:43:11.79\00:43:13.19
I'm not given to drama,
but honestly, if I could have,
00:43:13.22\00:43:15.86
I would have jumped up
and ran out of the room.
00:43:15.89\00:43:18.39
Couldn't wipe my tears,
couldn't jump, couldn't run,
00:43:18.43\00:43:20.76
so I sat there.
00:43:20.80\00:43:22.30
I told the wheelchair
rep, this is all great.
00:43:22.33\00:43:24.37
I'm really happy,
you're happy about this.
00:43:24.40\00:43:26.74
I don't care that
it comes in 18 colors.
00:43:26.77\00:43:28.54
At the end of the
day, it's a wheelchair.
00:43:28.57\00:43:30.11
Yeah.
00:43:30.14\00:43:31.47
Right? Absolutely.
00:43:31.51\00:43:32.84
Now the treatments are
working, I'm getting stronger.
00:43:32.87\00:43:36.54
I'm not strong
enough to be at home...
00:43:36.58\00:43:38.75
Okay.
00:43:38.78\00:43:40.12
I'm not sick enough
to be in the hospital.
00:43:40.15\00:43:41.62
So where'd they put you?
00:43:41.65\00:43:42.98
Quiz question,
where do you go then?
00:43:43.02\00:43:44.39
Nursing home. You
go to the nursing home.
00:43:44.42\00:43:46.19
That's where you
went? Cals 40 something.
00:43:46.22\00:43:49.22
Remember, runner, mission trips,
00:43:49.26\00:43:51.73
so here I land
now in a nursing home.
00:43:51.76\00:43:55.70
And so, now I want to
go back to your question.
00:43:55.73\00:43:59.20
Now I want to go
back to your question
00:43:59.23\00:44:00.57
about what was I thinking?
00:44:00.60\00:44:01.94
Yup, absolutely. Yeah.
00:44:01.97\00:44:03.30
What was
happening in my head? Yes.
00:44:03.34\00:44:04.67
And they're still
trying to convince me
00:44:04.71\00:44:07.84
that I'm going to
be in this wheelchair.
00:44:07.88\00:44:10.65
Everybody knows
00:44:10.68\00:44:12.01
that you don't get
the best physical therapy
00:44:12.05\00:44:13.38
in a nursing home, right?
00:44:13.42\00:44:14.75
That's correct.
00:44:14.78\00:44:16.55
And so, now I'm
really struggling like,
00:44:16.58\00:44:19.35
I want them to still
treat me like I want to learn
00:44:19.39\00:44:21.29
how to walk, I want
them to give it all to me.
00:44:21.32\00:44:23.86
People are saying, "Go
into physical therapy gym,
00:44:23.89\00:44:26.23
no matter what and
just keep working."
00:44:26.26\00:44:29.06
But somebody
forgot to tell Mary,
00:44:29.10\00:44:31.70
the physical therapist there,
00:44:31.73\00:44:33.30
that she wasn't supposed
00:44:33.34\00:44:34.67
to give me good
physical therapy.
00:44:34.70\00:44:36.54
Somebody forgot to tell
her that she was just supposed
00:44:36.57\00:44:39.67
to be just kind
of biding my time.
00:44:39.71\00:44:42.44
So Mary said, "You
want to walk, let's do it.
00:44:42.48\00:44:45.25
I know where you came from,
00:44:45.28\00:44:46.61
I know they have
all this equipment."
00:44:46.65\00:44:47.98
That's great. Oh, this is you.
00:44:48.02\00:44:50.19
This is it right here.
00:44:50.22\00:44:51.62
And Mary said...
00:44:51.65\00:44:52.99
There was so much
that happened before this.
00:44:53.02\00:44:54.36
You're trying to get
out of the wheelchair.
00:44:54.39\00:44:55.72
Mary knocked me
around on my knees,
00:44:55.76\00:44:57.39
Mary put me on my knees,
00:44:57.43\00:44:58.76
and said, "You have to
learn to crawl before you walk."
00:44:58.79\00:45:01.13
But eventually,
we get to this point.
00:45:01.16\00:45:05.23
Wow! So this is a big day?
00:45:05.27\00:45:06.74
This is a huge day.
00:45:06.77\00:45:09.27
Same time. This is a huge day.
00:45:09.30\00:45:11.81
So you're working all you
can and praying all you can.
00:45:11.84\00:45:15.08
Let me tell you something.
00:45:15.11\00:45:16.88
You have to work like
00:45:16.91\00:45:19.21
there is no God and
pray like there is no you.
00:45:19.25\00:45:22.65
That's good. Absolutely.
00:45:22.68\00:45:25.49
'Cause you had to really
work at that physical therapy.
00:45:25.52\00:45:27.49
They're all the
way through my arms.
00:45:27.52\00:45:28.86
My legs aren't doing anything.
00:45:28.89\00:45:30.36
Yeah, yeah. Wow.
00:45:30.39\00:45:32.03
My legs aren't
doing anything. Wow.
00:45:32.06\00:45:33.40
You were a runner,
what, a year before that?
00:45:33.43\00:45:35.53
Yeah. Yeah.
00:45:35.56\00:45:36.90
Yeah. Yeah.
00:45:36.93\00:45:38.27
And we get to this.
00:45:38.30\00:45:39.63
So you're obviously
not in a wheelchair.
00:45:39.67\00:45:41.80
Now we're watching you here in
physical therapy, you're not...
00:45:41.84\00:45:44.01
So something has happened,
and I think that's what you...
00:45:44.04\00:45:45.77
And the pastor came
00:45:45.81\00:45:47.14
and prayed for
you, is that right?
00:45:47.18\00:45:48.51
Let's jump ahead to
that. Yeah, let's go to that.
00:45:48.54\00:45:50.18
Okay.
00:45:50.21\00:45:51.78
This happens and...
00:45:51.81\00:45:56.52
I needed to know that I
go home in a wheelchair.
00:45:56.55\00:46:00.82
Yeah. Okay, I
go home in a chair.
00:46:00.86\00:46:03.99
There was a pastor
named Pastor George Williams,
00:46:04.03\00:46:08.13
and my best friend
would have him call me
00:46:08.16\00:46:11.23
ever so often and pray with me.
00:46:11.27\00:46:13.80
So he called while I was home.
00:46:13.84\00:46:15.24
I couldn't even go to my
bed, I was in the office.
00:46:15.27\00:46:18.27
Yeah.
00:46:18.31\00:46:19.64
In the hospital room
that was set up in my office.
00:46:19.67\00:46:23.55
And he called one
day, and he prayed with me.
00:46:23.58\00:46:25.41
He said, "You should walk
00:46:25.45\00:46:26.78
around your house
giving God praise."
00:46:26.82\00:46:28.15
And I said, "Well,
if I could, I would."
00:46:28.18\00:46:30.69
Right. And he was...
00:46:30.72\00:46:32.05
This is
important. He used to be...
00:46:32.09\00:46:33.52
He's an Adventist pastor,
00:46:33.56\00:46:34.89
but he used to not
be an Adventist pastor,
00:46:34.92\00:46:36.62
and he said, "The thing about us
00:46:36.66\00:46:37.99
is that we have the truth,
00:46:38.03\00:46:39.36
but we don't believe
in the gift of feeling."
00:46:39.39\00:46:41.80
So he prays for me.
00:46:41.83\00:46:44.50
The next day I feel
00:46:44.53\00:46:45.87
this strange
sensation in my body.
00:46:45.90\00:46:47.40
Oh, wow.
00:46:47.44\00:46:48.77
Not bad, not
good, just different.
00:46:48.80\00:46:51.01
The next day, I wake up,
00:46:51.04\00:46:53.88
and I'm telling you as
sure as I'm talking to you,
00:46:53.91\00:46:56.64
I know that I can walk.
00:46:56.68\00:46:58.98
Let's be clear, God
did not speak to me,
00:46:59.01\00:47:00.72
God did not tell me,
"Loretta, it's time to walk."
00:47:00.75\00:47:03.22
I just knew that I can walk.
00:47:03.25\00:47:05.09
And so, what do you do
when you know you can walk?
00:47:05.12\00:47:07.52
You get out of bed.
I threw my legs around.
00:47:07.56\00:47:10.39
I pushed my
wheelchair, I pushed the walker,
00:47:10.43\00:47:12.49
I pushed all that stuff.
00:47:12.53\00:47:14.06
And there it is.
Who's that? Oh, wow.
00:47:14.10\00:47:16.73
My house is in disarray
00:47:16.77\00:47:18.10
'cause we're
getting ready to move.
00:47:18.13\00:47:19.47
That's no stress. How long is...
00:47:19.50\00:47:20.84
When was this
video taken after the...
00:47:20.87\00:47:22.20
June. Wow.
00:47:22.24\00:47:23.57
Oh, June.
00:47:23.61\00:47:24.94
So you first went
00:47:24.97\00:47:26.31
in on October
26, and this is June.
00:47:26.34\00:47:27.68
October.
00:47:27.71\00:47:29.04
When did we see the video
00:47:29.08\00:47:30.41
just a little
minute or two ago of you...
00:47:30.45\00:47:31.78
In the wheelchair?
00:47:31.81\00:47:33.15
What's the
timeframe between the two?
00:47:33.18\00:47:34.52
Two months. Oh, wow.
00:47:34.55\00:47:35.88
And so I walked that circle.
00:47:35.92\00:47:37.85
And I was like, "That
was cool, so I did it again."
00:47:37.89\00:47:40.89
Well, you haven't
walked in a few months.
00:47:40.92\00:47:42.26
I haven't walked in forever.
00:47:42.29\00:47:44.89
And every day from that day,
I could do a little bit more.
00:47:44.93\00:47:48.00
You got stronger. I
got stronger and stronger.
00:47:48.03\00:47:52.00
I was able to
drive a month after that.
00:47:52.03\00:47:55.27
I was able to go to
Walmart and use the little cart,
00:47:55.30\00:47:57.87
then go to Walmart and walk,
00:47:57.91\00:47:59.91
then carry one bag of groceries,
00:47:59.94\00:48:01.74
then carry two
bags of groceries.
00:48:01.78\00:48:04.08
Every day, God
just did a little more,
00:48:04.11\00:48:06.28
and a little
more, and a little more.
00:48:06.31\00:48:08.32
That pastor called and
he prayed and literally...
00:48:08.35\00:48:12.65
God performed a
miracle. The rest is history.
00:48:12.69\00:48:15.66
It was an absolute miracle.
00:48:15.69\00:48:17.03
I walked into my physical
therapy place, and they cried.
00:48:17.06\00:48:19.59
I'm sure.
00:48:19.63\00:48:20.96
The social worker there told me,
00:48:21.00\00:48:22.33
"I couldn't even go
see you the last day."
00:48:22.36\00:48:23.70
She said, "I was
hiding on purpose."
00:48:23.73\00:48:25.07
She said, "I know
you came to my office."
00:48:25.10\00:48:26.43
She said, "I couldn't see you go
00:48:26.47\00:48:28.64
to the nursing home.
00:48:28.67\00:48:30.04
So I just hid in my
office." Literally they cried.
00:48:30.07\00:48:33.74
Literally.
00:48:33.78\00:48:35.11
So tell me,
Loretta, what if someone...
00:48:35.14\00:48:37.65
This is a huge miracle. It is.
00:48:37.68\00:48:39.21
But what if someone says,
00:48:39.25\00:48:41.08
"I prayed for healing
and someone prayed for me,
00:48:41.12\00:48:43.62
and I'm still
struggling with my health,"
00:48:43.65\00:48:45.79
what do we do with that?
00:48:45.82\00:48:48.46
What I learned
from this experience
00:48:48.49\00:48:50.23
is that God is trustworthy.
00:48:50.26\00:48:51.79
That's good.
00:48:51.83\00:48:53.29
And I am so blessed
00:48:53.33\00:48:56.06
that my story
ended as it continues,
00:48:56.10\00:48:59.33
the way that it does,
but I'm not perfect either.
00:48:59.37\00:49:02.37
I tell people I'm
probably about 85% or so,
00:49:02.40\00:49:05.41
but I'm really in a good place.
00:49:05.44\00:49:08.61
But God is
absolutely trustworthy.
00:49:08.64\00:49:10.61
I'm going to not
look at you and look here.
00:49:10.65\00:49:12.58
God is absolutely,
positively trustworthy,
00:49:12.61\00:49:16.12
and whether He heals us
now or whether He enables us,
00:49:16.15\00:49:19.69
allows us, causes us,
whatever you want to call it,
00:49:19.72\00:49:22.52
to stay in that thing,
00:49:22.56\00:49:24.73
He is a God that
is to be trusted.
00:49:24.76\00:49:27.13
And in the end, He
will do what is best,
00:49:27.16\00:49:30.93
not only for our earthly good,
00:49:30.97\00:49:33.13
but for our
heavenly and eternal good.
00:49:33.17\00:49:35.74
Amen. Amen. Thank you.
00:49:35.77\00:49:39.04
So we want to fast forward,
you did a marathon again.
00:49:39.07\00:49:43.85
Tell us about that? Not again.
00:49:43.88\00:49:45.41
Before that I had
only done a half marathon.
00:49:45.45\00:49:48.48
Thank you. That's right.
Okay. Okay, I had never...
00:49:48.52\00:49:51.32
13.1, I had never
done a full marathon.
00:49:51.35\00:49:54.26
Three years to the day,
God just worked that out.
00:49:54.29\00:49:56.66
It wasn't on purpose.
00:49:56.69\00:49:58.03
Three years to
the day... October 26.
00:49:58.06\00:49:59.46
October 26,
00:49:59.49\00:50:01.06
I did a full
00:50:01.10\00:50:03.33
26.2 mile-marathon.
00:50:03.37\00:50:07.54
That's at the 26-mile mark.
00:50:07.57\00:50:10.17
I want to say I
could not have done
00:50:10.21\00:50:11.54
that without my husband.
00:50:11.57\00:50:12.91
That marathon has a time limit,
00:50:12.94\00:50:14.78
and he came on
the course and said,
00:50:14.81\00:50:16.31
"You're not going
to finish, come on."
00:50:16.34\00:50:19.05
And he basically,
probably did a half marathon
00:50:19.08\00:50:21.42
with me to make
sure that I finished it,
00:50:21.45\00:50:23.45
which is what he
did the whole time.
00:50:23.49\00:50:25.32
He pushed, I'm
surprised he still had a job.
00:50:25.35\00:50:27.66
He worked, he set up his
office in my hospital room.
00:50:27.69\00:50:33.53
Back to another
question, how did I make it?
00:50:33.56\00:50:36.13
Show the picture
of my family now.
00:50:36.16\00:50:37.50
Oh, yes. Show those people.
00:50:37.53\00:50:39.60
I want to see your
family. What a beautiful family.
00:50:39.63\00:50:40.97
I made it
because of those people.
00:50:41.00\00:50:45.31
Those people right
there, that's why I made it.
00:50:45.34\00:50:48.21
I made it because my husband...
00:50:48.24\00:50:50.58
When they were
trying to get my house
00:50:50.61\00:50:51.95
to be handicapped accessible...
00:50:51.98\00:50:53.31
Beautiful family.
00:50:53.35\00:50:54.68
I told them... Thank you.
00:50:54.72\00:50:56.05
I told him, "You
have to talk to them."
00:50:56.08\00:50:57.42
He said, "I'm
not talking to them.
00:50:57.45\00:50:58.79
You talk to them."
00:50:58.82\00:51:00.16
He's like, "I'm with you.
00:51:00.19\00:51:01.52
If you're saying we're
sticking with the healing,
00:51:01.56\00:51:02.89
we're sticking with the faith."
00:51:02.92\00:51:04.69
They thought we
were crazy really
00:51:04.73\00:51:06.06
'cause we wouldn't talk to them.
00:51:06.09\00:51:07.93
And so, those
people right there,
00:51:07.96\00:51:11.30
they made it happen.
00:51:11.33\00:51:12.67
That's why I
didn't lose my mind.
00:51:12.70\00:51:14.04
Amen. Amen.
00:51:14.07\00:51:15.40
God and then my family. Amen.
00:51:15.44\00:51:16.77
We are running out of time,
00:51:16.81\00:51:18.14
and what I want to just say here
00:51:18.17\00:51:19.51
is that because
I'm thinking about,
00:51:19.54\00:51:20.88
you know, 'cause your family,
00:51:20.91\00:51:22.24
what a
beautiful family you have.
00:51:22.28\00:51:23.61
Yes. Thank you. They're awesome.
00:51:23.65\00:51:24.98
You know, so they're dealing
00:51:25.01\00:51:26.35
with this whole
thing with you too.
00:51:26.38\00:51:27.72
What's wrong with mom?
00:51:27.75\00:51:29.08
What we have
instead of an address roll,
00:51:29.12\00:51:30.45
we actually have
what we call a lower third
00:51:30.49\00:51:31.82
with your phone number,
00:51:31.85\00:51:33.19
and you're willing
for people to contact you
00:51:33.22\00:51:34.56
'cause I know there's questions
00:51:34.59\00:51:35.92
'cause we weren't able to
get to all of them right here.
00:51:35.96\00:51:37.29
We need probably
another hour to get...
00:51:37.33\00:51:38.66
We do. We absolutely do.
00:51:38.69\00:51:40.03
So what is your email address?
00:51:40.06\00:51:41.40
My email address
is... And full name.
00:51:41.43\00:51:42.76
It should go up, it's
lorettaspivey@outlook.com,
00:51:42.80\00:51:46.67
lorettaspivey@outlook.com.
00:51:46.70\00:51:49.70
And then your phone number?
00:51:49.74\00:51:51.07
My phone number should
be there as well, area code,
00:51:51.11\00:51:53.27
860-989-5007.
00:51:53.31\00:51:56.41
I have no
magic, I only have God.
00:51:56.44\00:51:58.31
People call me and ask me,
so if God doesn't work for you,
00:51:58.35\00:52:03.35
don't call me
because all I have is God.
00:52:03.39\00:52:06.15
I don't have
anything else. Yes. Yes. Yes.
00:52:06.19\00:52:08.06
So don't call me and say,
00:52:08.09\00:52:09.42
"Oh, well, I was
hoping for something else."
00:52:09.46\00:52:10.79
A magic cure or something.
00:52:10.83\00:52:12.16
There's nothing else.
It's God and hard work.
00:52:12.19\00:52:13.73
Amen. Amen.
00:52:13.76\00:52:15.10
Well, we want to encourage you
00:52:15.13\00:52:16.46
at home to make sure
that you contact Loretta
00:52:16.50\00:52:18.93
if you need
encouragement, or a prayer,
00:52:18.97\00:52:21.44
or have more questions,
or if you'd like her to come
00:52:21.47\00:52:23.74
and speak and share
00:52:23.77\00:52:25.11
this incredible testimony
at your church or your area,
00:52:25.14\00:52:27.91
we want to
encourage you to do that.
00:52:27.94\00:52:29.28
You can always
contact us at 3ABN,
00:52:29.31\00:52:30.81
and we can put
you in touch with her.
00:52:30.85\00:52:32.51
We're going to
our newsbreak now,
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and we'll be back
with some closing thoughts.
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