Brian Was An Alumni Of Both North College And Holy Spirit School And Brian Was The Most Courageous And Uplifing Young Man This Writer Has Ever Met.
Brian’s Walk
This Sat., July nine you are invited to take part in Brian’s Family Walk starting at 9:30 a.m. At the St. Thomas the Apostle Church car park. The once a year event funds grant money for local youth to attend Catholic high schools. This year $4,000 got given to 4 graduates of the North Middle College to attend Holy Spirit Highschool. Who was Brian Woods and why do we respect his memory?
Brian was an alumni of both North College and Holy Spirit High-school. Brian was the most bold and uplifing young man this writer has ever met. Hopefully, a short history of Brian’s wonderful bravery in life will induce others to don’t give up hope and to be successful in conquering adversity.
Brian beats leukemia
Brian Woods contracted leukemia at age five. The entire community of Collings Lake controlled by the pastor of the Catholic church took part in the 1st Brian’s Walk about 34 years back to hope and raise money for the medical bills. The illness responded to treatment and went into remission. Brian’s story received much media coverage.
The killer illness returned more than a year later and treatment was reinstated. Then without human reason, it vanished. When the doctor re-examined Brian, he found no evidence of the disease and informed the parents to stop treatment. The parents did not let him know they had stopped the medication months previous when they knew that a healing had taken place after Brian attended a Catholic healing service and the sympton’s disappeared.
Brian had beaten leukemia to the awe of the medical profession. But his body was extraordinarily weakened by the disease and the treatment.
Brian defeats bacterial spinal meningitis
Brian later contracted another devastating illness, bacterial spinal meningitis. His family was called to the hospital and told he would not survive the night. Brian’s mother said to the doctor that she would not accept this. The family prayed all night long. Brian survived the night and beat the deadly disease, again defying medical reason.
Brian then underwent a long operation to have a steel rod placed in his back.
Brian loses movement, but not hope and religion
Following graduation from Holy Spirit crisis again struck. Brian’s body was so weakened that he lost the use of his hands, legs and arms. There had been not a lot more medically that could be done for Brian. The insurance company would no longer keep on providing treatment since there was neither progress nor any medical hope for recovery since the muscles had atrophied. However , the Woods family continued to live on hope and prayer.
Martin Sheen carries Brian to the pinnacle of the mountain in Medjugorje.
Brian and his deeply non secular family decided that he would go with his brother to Medjugorje in Croatia, a site of claimed apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary on a mountain in an out-of-the-way area of the previous Yugoslavia.
Brian’s brother Dr. Lance Woods met his dear the crippled bro plane. The two proceeded on the long strenuous trip to Medjugorje. At the foot of the Cross Mountain Lance heard a person speaking English and asked for his help. The person was Martin Sheen. Dr. Woods and megastar Sheen carried Brian up the craggy mountain in a special chair. The young man who could not walk had overcome another major challenge by reaching the pinnacle of the mountain with help from his brother, Martin Sheen and the prayers of the family. This account of the story was carried worldwide last year on the website Spirit Daily.com and was broadcast on the radio show “As the Spirit Leads.” Following his trip to Medjugorje more miracles commenced to happen,writes tagza.com.
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