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Joe Barton: My brother has told me one miracle. He had to undergo chemotherapy last year for his sinus carcinoma and he said he…

On the recordJuly 13, 2000
My brother has told me one miracle. He had to undergo chemotherapy last year for his sinus carcinoma and he said he wanted it as strong as he could take it. So they literally took him to the verge of death with his first round of chemotherapy, and he told me and his wife and our other family members that an angel came and sat on the edge of his bed in the hospital and was talking to him and telling him that things would be fine and that he did not have to worry about his wife or his children. It just gave John a sense of peace that the Lord was with him and had sent an angel down. Of course, at that time, he came back. So I know that there is an angel that has been assigned to him. Of course, we are hoping that the angel does not have to come again real soon, that we want the angel to keep an eye on my little brother, John, but not take him from us yet.
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Joe Barton
Republican · Texas

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Sharing a personal story about his brother's experience with cancer and a miraculous encounter during treatment.

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