Thrill Ride Leaves Woman With Painful Souvenir

Bren and her homeschooling family were vacationing in coastal Virginia, just as they do every June.  On the first day of their trip, they went to Busch Gardens theme park and headed straight for the roller coaster.

Bren says, “I do not normally ride the roller coasters.  In fact, our oldest son Robert, for his senior year graduation he said, ‘Mom, you cannot – I'm graduating.  You have to go on the roller coaster, please.’ And I-that’s why I did.  It was very scary.  And I think because I wasn't used to it, I was just very tense.”

Bren was shaken up by the impact of the ride, but otherwise felt fine.  It wasn’t until late that night that she began to experience intense pain in her arm.  The pain worsened the next morning.  

She remembers, “The pain was sharp.  So tight that I could barely move it.  The only way that the pain would subside a little is holding it as tight to my chest as I could.”

Bren and her family prayed for healing.  A few times a day, she forced herself to extend her arm.

Bren says, “I just felt that I had to do that.  I guess it was instinct that it felt like it was freezing.   I thought the more that I moved it, maybe I would be able to loosen it up, but I was not able to do that.”  

Bren took Tylenol to help manage the pain.  She didn’t want to interrupt their vacation with a doctor visit, so she decided to tough it out.

She recalls, “As the week went on, I did get more and more frightened because the pain was worse.  I think the pain was getting worse because I was forced to hold it in one position all week and therefore the pain would travel up to my arm, shoulder, neck.”

Later that week, the family went to a taping of The 700 Club.  Bren had the opportunity to meet the hosts and share her testimony.  

She says, “I do remember saying to Gordon that I rededicated my life to the Lord at 20 by watching The 700 Club and it was through one of his prayers, a sinner's prayer that he led on TV.  And I thanked him for that.  It was amazing to be on the set to see where everything happens that I've been watching for so long.”

During the taping, Gordon and Terry led a time of prayer.  Gordon prayed, “Someone else with an injury on your right arm, and it’s both the elbow and the shoulder, and God is restoring.  No more pain.  Begin to move that arm and realize the great miracle that just happened.  He is able to restore.  He is able to reattach tendons.  He is able to do all of these things because He loves you.  He cherishes you.”  

Bren says, “I honestly thought, ‘Well, oh my gosh, that's me.  That is exactly what happened to me.’  I just took it and said, ‘Lord, I thank you that my arm is healed and I believe that that prayer is for me and I accept it in Jesus' name.’”

After the taping, the group took a tour of CBN.  Bren says, “We were walking up the steps and I noticed that I was not struggling as much as I was earlier in the week when I had to walk up steps.  So what I would do is just move it very slowly the way that I was trying to do throughout the week, and it wasn't as hard.  It was much freer.  At that point when I was able to move it, it barely hurt at all.  And by the time I went up to my husband and my mom to tell them that the pain was gone, it was totally gone.  It was totally normal again as if it had never happened.”

Bren has been pain-free ever since and has full mobility of her arm.  She says that the healing was a reminder of God’s promises: “My family learned, by seeing it happen to me, that God does answer prayer.  And I’m so glad that we visited The 700 Club that day, not even knowing or thinking that a healing would take place. 

Just excited to come.  But we got doubly blessed, not only by being here in the audience, but Jesus healed my arm that day too.”