Testimonials

The following testimonials have been received and confirmed over the past few months. 

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Rebecca Shaw; submitted 05/25/2006
Life, as you will read, has been a series of ups and downs in the medical process.  I begin by telling you that the story has an extremely happy ending - but had a very difficult beginning

Rebecca came home on January 19 and, with a great deal of help from people here in Columbus as well as my parents, had been resuming a normal life.  Everything was assumed to be improving until March 22.

Rebecca and I met with her oncologist to review scans from several different tests, and were informed that the cancer had spread in Rebecca's spine and into her legs.  Worse, they did not have many treatment options to offer us.  They could only try to get her into an experimental study that might offer new hope.  As you might imagine, we were devastated. 

We had largely exhausted our medical options and turned to our church.  By "coincidence", there was a conference at one of the local branches on "Healing" which we promptly "crashed".  There, a number of people prayed for her over the two-day span.  In the two weeks following others met with her specifically to pray about her condition.  During this period we noticed some lessening of pain in her legs and slightly better mobility; however, we were reluctant to hope that any significant change had taken place.  During this period there was no medication administered.

A MRI and CT of Rebecca's spine were done the following week as a post-op for the vertebra replacement.  On the seventh of April we met with the surgeon who indicated his pleasure with her progress. We were surprised at his positive outlook and requested he review the scans.  He did this while we watched and detected no sign of cancer in her spine and back.  We only considered that to be an encouraging "non-negative".  We returned to the oncologist the following week with these results.  She took several days to read the scans herself.  She found the results "somewhat confusing" and ordered a PET Scan - apparently the best means medicine has that detecting the activity of cancer.

After an extensive delay the oncologist contacted us with the "mystifying" result that all scans showed results "consistent with healing or healed cancer".  Being an excellent and thorough physician, she ordered a new MRI to verify the condition of Rebecca's skeleton.  On Thursday and Friday we discussed the results with the radiologist and oncologist and have been told that there is now no cancer present in Rebecca's lower extremities.

As you might imagine, a number of people are scrambling for answers as to why cancer was previously detected and is now no longer present.  We wondered whether the previous test had been misread but there were multiple scans, of multiple types, conducted by two different organizations and read by different radiologists, as well as the surgeon and the oncologist - all concluding there was cancer present.  We are in the process of obtaining copies of the scans to insure that we clearly understand what the conditions were and where they are now.

Rebecca has been released to rehab and he is progressing quickly.  She's regaining flexibility, strength and endurance and feels pretty well.  There are some aftermaths in that that there is some necrosis, or a deadening of bone tissue, that has appeared in the legs; however, this seems a small price to pay for the outcome.

We are profoundly grateful to those of you that share our faith and have prayed for Rebecca and her healing. 

Susan Mentrak; submitted 02/27/2006

Yesterday at church I felt led to pray for someone during our normal ministry time at the end of the service. As I was waiting to hear what the Lord wanted to say I prayed in tongues like I normally do. After we were finished praying the young lady I was praying for asked me if I knew what I was saying. I answered, “No, I never know.”   

It turns out that she speaks Spanish fluently as a second language.  She was raised in a bilingual family.  She told me that while I was speaking in tounges I was speaking Spanish. One phrase I was repeating was a phrase that her father had repeated to her as a child… "my beloved. my love."  This interaction touched her deeply and reiterated not only her earthy father’s love and affection, but also her heavenly Father’s.

Kate Board; submitted 2/22/2006

Since we've had so many great testimonies of God's healing in the church lately, I thought I'd share mine with you! 

I had a pretty nasty case of mono for two weeks, although it took about a week and a half to finally figure out that's what it was.  I was passing out, had severe fatigue, etc. This past Sunday, I came to church despite my miserable condition.  I stopped into the nursery to say a quick hello to some friends in there. 

Among those friends were Julie and Emma Morgan.  Julie asked Emma if she wanted to pray for me, and she said in her cute little 2-year old voice, "What happened?"  So I told her I was very sick, and I would love for her to pray for me.  So - as if it was the most natural, pure, innocent thing - she put her hand on my shoulder and said, "Jesus, Cake better, amen."  (She calls me Cake, which is hilarious.) 

Well, the very next day I felt almost completely better, and by Tuesday, I felt fantastic.  I don't have anymore symptoms of the mono, which can last up to 3 months and can be a pretty slow process getting back to normal!  So praise God for God's healing, and for the precious prayer of a 2 year old.  Can you imagine HOW MUCH that must have blessed Jesus' heart?!

Denis Burris; submitted 1/30/2006

I would say you’re not going to believe this, but just because the Oncologist doesn’t understand doesn’t mean you won’t either. We arrived at Riverside Hospital to have the Lymph Nodes Biopsy.  We met with the doctor performing the procedure and he explained that the previous CT in November showed the nodes to be 3-4 times their regular size (about the size of a quarter +, and that is why I needed the biopsy).

I was prepped and medicated, they ran the CT to set up but things had changed.  The doctor called my Oncologist and then reported to me; that they were not going to perform the biopsy, they were very perplexed: the nodes had return to within normal size (about the size of a pea).  So, we completed our visit at the hospital, then went to the Oncologist - was he perplexed. 

I explained the only thing I was doing different was receiving prayer and praying regularly.   He was even more perplexed, but we aren’t, we are praising the LORD!  The Oncologist asked if he could run a new CA125 test to see how those results may differ.  In December the CA125 measured 34.1,  but after the nodes had returned to normal the CA125 measured 19-  lower than normal.

I guess we should really continue to pray as we know GOD is the great physician, so thank you all for praying for me.  We have been blessed again.