The
testimony of Mary in Vancouver |
May 2009
Deep stomach ulcer vanishes & tumor shrinksIt was back in 2007, one week before Christmas. I had part of my stomach removed. Three days before the surgery, my surgeon told me, “Mary, your tumor is now 2.5 cm and still growing. The percentage of people who survive such a condition is only 5%. Now I give you two choices. First, I remove the tumor, but because of your conditions we need six units of blood for you. Also, if on the day of the surgery the tumor has grown to 4 cm, then the survival rate for you would fall to 1%. The second choice is to just leave it alone in which case you will have five days more to live. You have to make a decision right away.”
At that moment it was just like someone poured a pot of hot water on my body. But I thanked God and at that time God told me “I am always beside you.” I heard His voice and I told the doctor to go through with the surgery. The doctor was so surprised and he asked me, “are you sure?”
I said, “yes.”
He said, “under one condition---you have to call all your family members to come.” I asked him why. He said, “don’t you remember what I told you before?” I told him I did, so I did what he said. My family all came. They were so sad and they cried. But I had so much peace and I calmed them down. I told them to come back on the next day. I would wake up and welcome every one of them. When the time was up, my family left. I went into the surgery room and told the doctor to give me five minutes. He asked why?
I said that I would like to look around. There were lots of things to get ready for my surgery. I also saw the six units of blood hanging over the surgical table. After that I asked them to give me a few more minutes. I prayed to the Lord asking Him to help me through it. I knew that He would look after me after I finished praying. Then the surgery began.
The first miracleI only knew that time passed. It was over ten hours by the time I woke up. My surgeon told me everything. He said that they did not know how it happened. When they took the pictures of my stomach two days earlier, it was completely blocked. But on the day of the surgery when they opened me up, the tumor had grown to 4 cm but was not dangerous. Also, a part of my stomach was very fresh-looking and red. So the doctor only removed more than half of it; the fresh-looking part remained. Another thing that surprised them was that I didn’t need any blood transfusion at all. I could not understand; all I could say was that it was a miracle from above. Praise the Lord God who had saved my life!
After the surgery until January 2009 I did not feel well at all. I went back to my surgeon. He did a special test on me and found a large amount of bleeding from my stomach. There was an ulcer which was very deep because beside it there were some tumors as well. So my surgeon decided to perform a second surgery to remove the remaining part of my stomach. He set the date for March 2009, but at the end of January I got a very bad lung infection requiring me to be hospitalized for a week. The surgery had to be cancelled. Then in April my surgeon wanted to look at my stomach one more time.
Second surgery scheduledHe told me that no matter how sick I was, he had to do the operation because the ulcer was so deep and bleeding so badly. He also told me that the tumors had been growing as well. So he scheduled the surgery for May 25, 2009.
In early May 2009 Brother William was invited to one of the churches in Seattle to hold The Elijah Challenge Basic Training. Unfortunately I wasn’t sure about the date so I missed the meeting. However, one of the brothers gave me William’s telephone number. He told me to call him, but that since William was so busy he might not be around. Just try anyway.
On the following day after I came home from work it was around 7 PM. In my mind I just had to talk to William so I didn’t pay attention to what time it was in Texas. (Actually I didn’t realize that William lived in Texas in a different time zone and didn’t know whether he was at home or out-of-town.) But before I called I prayed to the Lord, “Dear Father, I really need to speak to William. Could you please let him be home so I can speak to him? Thank you, Father.”
After I prayed I dialed the number. It rang twice and a man answered. I was so happy and I thanked the Lord right away because I knew it must be William. Sure enough even though I had never met him or heard his voice, he identified himself as William and asked who I was. I was very happy and thanked God. After that we started to talk and I told him about my health problems as well as my impending surgery. He asked me for what day my surgery was scheduled, and I told him on May 25. That was May 21, which meant the surgery would be in four days time.
William asked me how I felt, and I told him that I was in much pain. He said he would minister to me over the telephone [by exercising authority over the infirmity in Jesus' name and had me follow him and speak forth the commands as he did]. After that he asked me how I felt. I told him that I was perspiring and felt hot. Then he told me to call him after May 25th no matter what.
Facing a 1% survival rateOn May 25th I went to the hospital for my scheduled surgery. When I saw my surgeon he was so sad. He had told the nurses that I had been his patient for over three years and that he could not make me well. Today he would have to remove the remaining portion of my stomach; he was so sad. Then he spoke to me and said, “Mary, I have really wanted to avoid this surgery, but your health is so bad and you have so many problems at the same time. I am afraid you won’t make it since the survival rate for this kind of surgery with your condition is only 1%. But I have no choice.” As he said that, tears streamed down his cheeks. He then left the room.
A few minutes later he came back with a cup of coffee. He looked at me and asked me how I could look so peaceful---just like I was when he had to perform the first surgery on my stomach back in 2007. I told him that I was a child of God and that I had given myself to Him and that He would take care of me. In fact, I told him, He is right beside me. I thought he might think that I was crazy. He was not a Christian.
An amazing miracle "from above"It was time for him to begin the surgery, so I told him to do what he needed to do. Then I went out under the anesthesia. After a while I heard him yell very loudly, “THANK GOD, SHE'S HEALED!”
I woke up because of his loud scream. I asked him what was healed. He said that he couldn’t understand. My deep ulcer was CLOSED UP, even though the area was still red and swollen. And the tumor had shrunken---he couldn’t explain it. He asked me if I had taken some medication. I told him the medication he had given me was just for easing the pain, not for treating the problem. Anyway I had stopped taking it for over two months. But I told him that four days ago I had asked a servant of God to pray over me. My doctor asked me where he was. I told him that he was in Texas and had ministered to me over the telephone. The doctor said that he totally believed that it was a miracle from above. He had never seen anything like this happen to any of his patients. Hallelujah! Praise the Lord!
My doctor was so overjoyed that he canceled his remaining appointments and took the rest of the day off.
-Mary P. in Vancouver
Before: The deep ulcer in Mary's stomach next to the tumor
After: The ulcer vanished & the tumor shrank; some swelling present
Photo dated May 26, 2009
Luke 10:9 "Heal the sick who are there and tell them,
'The kingdom of God is near you.’"
