A GOD OF MIRACLES— Raphael rushed to me as soon as he heard me call his name. I was in the bathroom, lying on the floor, lifeless. Immediately, he began to call my name, “Alice, Alice.” Then he declared, “I speak life to come into you in the name of Jesus.” He then ran next door to ask our neighbor, Filipe, for help. When he got back to our apartment, he picked me up from the bathroom floor and took me into the living room, where he laid me back down on the floor. Then he began to cry out for the breath of life to come back into my body. Rafael begin to perform a cardiac massage and mouth-to-mouth breathing. He continued to pray in tongues and cry out for the power of the blood of Jesus to cover my life. Rafael—CFNI 2021 graduate Alice—CFNI 2022 graduate
My husband, Raphael, and I both came to CFNI
from Brazil. Because CFNI is considered to be a highly respected missionary school, we had a dream to come and live here since we were teenagers. We were so excited when God provided the financial means for us to come. Raphael graduated after two years, last Fall, 2021. I will graduate this Fall, 2022. Earlier this year, on February 15, around 1:40 a.m., I suffered from cardiac arrest. For about 15 minutes I completely blacked out—I don’t remember what happened during that time. I just remember as soon as I felt the pain I called out, “Rafael.” That is the last thing I remember.
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Filipe soon came and called 911. They told him to continue the CPR on me until they got there. During this time, my husband and our neighbor were crying out to God for a miracle in my life. I was taken to the hospital and had to have immediate surgery. They needed to implant a pacemaker and a defibrillator. During the days in the hospital, we saw many people surrounding us with prayer. We were overwhelmed with so much love and care from people who wanted to serve us in some way. I remember the moments before I went into surgery, Krissia and Golan Lindsay, along with the entire CFNI family, raised a cry of prayer for my life—for God’s miracle to be complete. I was extremely touched to see the care of God with that gesture from CFNI’s students and thousands of people who got involved in a chain of prayer
