Brian Was A Student Of Both North College And Holy Spirit School And Brian Was The Most Bold And Inspiring Young Man This Writer Has Ever Met.
Brian’s Walk
This Sat., July 9 you are invited to participate in Brian’s Family Walk beginning 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 was given to 4 graduates of the North Middle School to attend Holy Spirit Highschool. Who was Brian Woods and why do we honour his memory?
Brian was a student of both North School and Holy Spirit High School . Brian was the most bold and inspiring young man this writer has ever met. Hopefully, a short history of Brian’s extraordinary courage in life will evoke others to never give up hope and to achieve success in overcoming adversity.
Brian beats leukemia
Brian Woods contracted leukemia at age five. The entire community of Collings Lake controlled by the preacher of the Catholic church took part in the 1st Brian’s Walk about 34 years back to hope and pull in cash for the hospital charges. 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 explanation, it disappeared. When the doctor re-examined Brian, he found no proof of the illness and told the elders to stop treatment. The elders didn’t let him know that 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 amazement of the medical profession. Nevertheless his body was extremely weakened by the illness and the treatment.
Brian defeats bacterial spinal meningitis
Brian later contracted another deadly illness, bacterial spinal meningitis. His family was called to the infirmary and told he wouldn’t survive the night. Brian’s mummy informed the doctor that she wouldn’t accept this. The family prayed all evening. Brian survived the night and beat the deadly illness, again defying medical explanation.
Brian then went through a long operation to have a steel rod placed in his back.
Brian loses movement, although not hope and faith
Following graduation from Holy Spirit tragedy again struck. Brian’s body was so weakened that he lost the usage of his hands, legs and arms. There was not a lot more medically that could be done for Brian. The insurance corporation would no longer continue to provide treatment since there was neither progress nor any medical hope for recovery since the muscles had atrophied. Nonetheless the Woods family continued to live on hope and prayer.
Martin Sheen carries Brian to the top of the mountain in Medjugorje.
Brian and his extraordinarily religious family decided that he would go with his bro to Medjugorje in Croatia, a site of purported apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary on a mountain in an out-of-the-way area of the former Yugoslavia.
Brian’s bro 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 man talking English and asked for his assistance. The man was Martin Sheen. Dr. Woods and film star Sheen carried Brian up the rugged mountain in a special chair. The young man who couldn’t walk had overcome another major challenge by reaching the apex of the mountain with assistance from his bro, 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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