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My testimony:
The following event occurred around the mid or late 1970's. A friend of ours had a sister who worked in an express photo shop. Her sister's story is as follows:
"A man came in and wanted some film developed. He stated that he was a pilot, flying an airplane at night and got in some bad weather. He said he was in the midst of lightening bursts going off around him and wanted to catch a lightening burst with his camera not expecting to get anything on the film. He held his camera up to the window and clicked it as the white lightening flashes went off."
Her sister developed this man's film and saw one amazing picture amongst the rest. She made several copies immediately and distributed them to several people. One of those people was her sister, our friend who gave a copy to my wife and me. The picture is here for you to view. Many people who have seen the photo say they can see a figure in the midst of the lightening; resembling a robed figure in the clouds making out the feet, hands and a belt but no head is visible. When we received the photo we were amazed. It was placed in our bible and forgot about. God gave the picture to us.
The following events occurred on August 6th, 1980:
I was out of town that day in Rhode Island with a friend. He and I were attending a seminar on Super Energy Efficient Building Techniques & Design. My wife was home with Anthony and his 2 older brothers and a baby sitter playing and swimming around our pool. My wife had a phone call from my aunt. She said to the baby sitter, "Stay close to Anthony." My other two sons were swimmers or as I call it they were "waterproofed." Anthony could swim underwater, but someone needed to be there to pick him up when he reached the pool side. He was a brave little guy.
My wife explains while talking on the phone with my aunt, she saw a vision in her head of Anthony floating face down in our pool with his head by the skimmer. She dropped the phone, ran outside and saw his little body floating, face down, exactly where her vision showed her in our pool. Lifeless and blue, she pulled him out. Our neighbor, Linda was sun tanning on her back porch. Her husband was a pilot and she was a nurse and they were hardly ever home. Not that day though. God put her there not by chance. Our neighbor heard my wife's scream, and immediately came flying over the fence and started CPR on his tiny body.
My wife called the ambulance then went by the side of the garage and demanded the Lord to bring back this child to life. The ambulance was on the scene and showed up in less than a minute. They apparently were coming back from another call driving right past my road. God put them there, orchestrated perfectly. Recently, some 22 years later, I met and was talking to the man who drove the ambulance. He told me they had lost my son several times on the trip to the hospital. I hadn't been aware of that! He was stabilized at Danbury Hospital in CT and transferred to Yale New Haven Hospital.
I am a pilot. When I received the phone call from my wife she said “Anthony had drown in the pool and he is on the way to Danbury Hospital and then on to Yale New Haven." I immediately called a pilot friend of mine and no time was picked up in Rhode Island and on my way to Tweed New Haven airfield. Anthony arrived at Yale New Haven at the exact same time I did. When I first saw him, his eyes looked tired but the rest of him was fine. After some time the doctor's first report was he was blind and his sight may or may not come back. There was no way to know. What a day!
He was blind for the next 3 days before his sight returned. After that, he had convulsions occasionally and was on an anti-seizure medication. Those nights and weeks following were a trying time for me, my wife and my family. After a few weeks, he was totally healed and on his way home. After several months, he was off all medication.
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One day he was playing with his toys near the bible. Somehow the photo of the lightening figure came out into his hands. He picked it up went to his mom and said "MOMMY, JESUS." As if he saw an old friend. The photo put there by God for Anthony to find. The vocabulary of most of my sons at 1-1/2 years old was very limited. Ma-ma, da-da, bottle, but not Jesus!
During the time he was dead, I believe he saw the Lord. I'm sure through Divine communication he felt peace, love and the knowledge that he needed to come back to be a testimony to God miracle working power. At 1-1/2 years old Anthony retained the memory of the visible image of the Lord and spoke the words, "Mommy Jesus."
That's my experience. Make of it what you want. For me, it boosted my faith and proved again who is in control. God healed our son. Totally. Recently, at 25, he asked "Why didn't God take me then? Interesting. The answer is, God uses ALL things for His for purpose in His perfect will".
I hope this encouraged you.
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God gets all the Glory, honor and praise!
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