Chiradeep Patra, 40 years old from Cuttack, India, found himself alone, scared and coughing blood. After hospital treatment he believes God has answered his prayers to keep his wife from suffering.
Read more "Coughing blood, saved by God"Michelle Victor, 33, experienced the unthinkable. She was stopped by a man as she left her girlfriend’s apartment, a gun pointing at her face. This is her account of what happened, her reaction to it and her emotional state today.
Read more "What’s it like to be held at gunpoint?"Branko is three years old. He’s the only person in the world with a specific condition causing bone dysfunctions. A science experiment and lottery winner in one, according to his mother. What’s it like to raise a child surrounded by such uncertainty?
Read more "Branko, 3, has bones growing out of his chest"Anna Demers lost control of her car, ending up in the wrong lane on the highway. She expected to die. That’s when something happened that Anna herself can’t explain.
Read more "Car crash: “Today, I am going to die.”"“Friends have failed me,” says Caroline, who wishes to keep her last name out. She’s found her strength through Jesus and her husband. Today, she’s survived cancer for 18 years.
Read more "18 years cancer survivor: “In treatment, and in life, Jesus.”"“Get a drinking straw, unwrap it from the paper and put it in your mouth while holding your nose,” says Christine Liles. “Now, breathe through the straw for 60 seconds. This will show you what it feels like to be short of breath.”
Read more "Pulmonary Hypertension"Douglas Kirk was given six months to live if treatments didn’t go as planned. Today he can call himself a cancer survivor, but life will never be the same.
Read more "Cancer survivor Douglas Kirk"July Letsebe was on his death bed, wishing he would die quicker. He was diagnosed as HIV positive and turned to traditional healing for help, which only made his situation worse. Today he works to cure South Africa from the virus that has killed millions.
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