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>> A HEALING JOURNEY
IS A WALK OF FAITH
WE ALL MUST TAKE
IN ORDER TO MANIFEST THE HEALING
GOD HAS PROVIDED
IN JESUS CHRIST.
DAMON AND RENEE PETERSON
TOOK THAT WALK
FOR MORE THAN A YEAR
AFTER THEIR SON JASON
DEVELOPED A SEVERE
>> SKIN PROBLEM.
>> WHEN HE WAS THREE MONTHS OLD
HE STARTED GETTING
THE BABY ZITS,
THE NORMAL THINGS THAT THEY GET
WHEN THEY'RE PASSING
THE ESTROGEN.
AND THEY JUST WOULDN'T GO AWAY,
THEY JUST KEPT GETTING WORSE.
AND WE'RE LIKE,
WHY IS IT GETTING WORSE?
>> WE DON'T UNDERSTAND.
>> AND WE DIDN'T HAVE
INSURANCE OR ANYTHING
SO, YOU KNOW,
WHAT WE WERE DOING
WITH THE MEDICAL DOCTORS WERE...
>> WAS LIMITED ALREADY.
>> WELL, IT DIDN'T CLEAR UP
SO THAT'S WHEN WE TOOK HIM
TO THE...OUR FAMILY DOCTOR
AND...AH...HE'S LIKE,
OH WELL, THAT'S ECZEMA
AND THAT'S A...A...
SKIN CONDITION
OF EXTREMELY DRY SKIN
AND THEN WHAT HAPPENS IS
THEY ITCH IT
BECAUSE IT ITCHES
AND THEN THEY GET
>> AN INFECTION.
>> YOU KNOW WE TRIED
VARIOUS DIFFERENT PRESCRIPTIONS,
DIFFERENT CREAMS
AND OINTMENTS
AND...AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
WE HAD...EVERY...EVERYBODY
WE RAN INTO
WOULD ALWAYS COMMENT ON THAT.
THEY WOULD ASK HIM,
WHAT'S WRONG WITH HIM,
DID HE GET BURNED
IN A FIRE OR...
AND WE'D SAY, NO
>> IT'S ECZEMA AND...
(RENEE)
>> PEOPLE CONSTANTLY
WOULD COME UP TO US
IN THE STORES
OR WHEREVER WE WERE
AND THEY'RE LIKE WELL,
WHAT'S WRONG WITH HIS FACE?
YOU COULD HEAR LITTLE KIDS
WALKING BY,
WHAT'S WRONG WITH THAT
LITTLE BOY'S FACE MOMMY?
AND WE HAD ONE PERSON
WHEN WE WERE UP IN CRESTED BUTTE
COME UP TO US
AND TELL US THAT,
YOU NEED TO GET YOUR CHILD
OUT OF THE SUN
BECAUSE HE'S GOT
A VERY BAD SUNBURN
AND WE WERE JUST LIKE,
IT'S NOT A SUNBURN.
HE'S BEEN OUT HERE
>> FOR TEN MINUTES.
>> AND SO, IT WAS JUST
CONSTANT...YOU KNOW, EVERY TIME
SOMEONE WOULD COME UP WITH...
WITH...THAT
WE WOULD ALWAYS HAVE...FEEL LIKE
THAT WE'VE HAVE TO
EXPLAIN OURSELVES
BECAUSE PEOPLE,
WE DIDN'T WANT PEOPLE THINKING
WE WERE BAD PEOPLE,
BAD PARENTS.
AND WE DIDN'T WANT THEM THINKING
THAT OUR CHILD WAS A MONSTER,
HE WASN'T.
WE COULD TELL BEHIND THE ECZEMA
THAT HE WAS A CUTE
>> LITTLE KID.
>> I ALSO THINK ABOUT THE PEOPLE
THAT USED TO COME UP TO ME
AND TELL ME,
WELL HAVE YOU TRIED THIS,
HAVE YOU TRIED THAT,
AND TRIED THIS
AND TRIED THAT.
AND YOU GET SO SICK
OF HEARING IT.
YOU'RE LIKE, JUST...
I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT.
[LAUGHS]
I'M TIRED OF HEARING,
YOU'VE GOT TO DO THIS,
YOU'VE GOT TO DO THAT,
YOU'VE GOT TO DO THIS,
YOU'VE GOT TO DO THAT
>> BECAUSE NONE OF IT WORKS.
>> BUT WE REALLY WANTED
TO SEE IT,
I MEAN...A SUPERNATURAL HEALING
BECAUSE THE DOCTORS KEPT SAYING
THAT HE WAS GOING TO HAVE THIS
UNTIL PUBERTY
AND WE DID NOT WANT HIM
TO GO THROUGH THIS
UNTIL HE WAS, YOU KNOW, TWELVE,
THIRTEEN,
>> FOURTEEN YEARS OLD.
>> WE WERE DOING THIS
FOR MONTHS.
EVERY NIGHT, PRAY OVER HIM.
WRAP HIM IN THE OIL,
WRAP HIM IN THE PLASTIC JAMMIES
AND HE HATED IT.
HE WOULD SCREAM BLOODY ***
>> EVERY TIME WE DID THIS.
[SIGHS]
>> THEY ITCHED SO BAD
THAT HE WOULD JUST
>> SCRATCH ON ANYTHING.
>> AND THAT WAS ANOTHER PROBLEM
WAS THE ITCHING.
WE HAD TO CONSTANTLY
KEEP HIS FINGERNAILS CLIPPED
TO WHERE THERE WAS
>> NO FINGERNAIL BASICALLY.
>> AT ONE PLACE
HE WOULD SCRATCH ON HIS FACE
ON THE RUG.
HE WOULD JUST LAY HIS FACE
ON THE RUG
AND JUST START
SCRATCHING HIS FACE ON THE RUG
TO WHERE IT WOULD START
BLEEDING.
WE HAVE TO GET THE OXY CLEAN
TO GET THE...THE....BLOOD
>> OUT OF THE RUG.
>> OH, I WAS PUTTING HIM DOWN
FOR A NAP.
AND YOU KNOW HOW KIDS CRY
WHEN YOU PUT THEM DOWN FOR A NAP
BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO GO
FOR A NAP.
AND SO, YOU KNOW,
MY PRACTICE IS YOU LET THEM CRY,
THEY GO TO SLEEP.
WELL, SO I DID THAT.
AND SO I WENT TO CHECK ON HIM
AFTER HE HAD STOPPED CRYING
AND HE WAS ASLEEP
IN A POOL OF BLOOD
BECAUSE HE HAD SCRATCHED
HIS FACE SO HARD
THAT HE JUST STARTED
>> BLEEDING.
>> WELL WE WERE TRYING TO
DO WHATEVER WE COULD
TO LEARN HOW TO...
HOW TO...MANIFEST HIS HEALING
AND...AH...AND WE WERE USING
ALL KINDS OF MATERIALS
FROM ANDREW
TO...TO LEARN THAT
AND AT THE SAME TIME
WE WERE JUST LIKE, WELL,
WHY SHOULD JASON SUFFER
BU...WHILE WE'RE LEARNING THIS.
>> THIS IS NOT FAIR FOR HIM.
>> MAYBE WE'RE NOT BELIEVING
HARD ENOUGH.
MAYBE WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH
FAITH.
WE...WHAT IS WRONG WITH US
THAT IT'S NOT...
IT'S NOT WORKING.
WE'D...DAMON AND I
WOULD TALK ABOUT IT AT NIGHT
WHEN WE'D GO TO BED.
AND HE'S LIKE, WHAT'S THE DEAL?
WHY ISN'T THIS WORKING?
WE KNOW THAT
IN THE SPIRITUAL REALM
HE'S HEALED.
WHY CAN'T WE GET IT TO MANIFEST?
AND WE LISTENED TO
ANDREW'S TAPES...
THE... YOU'VE ALREADY GOT IT...
GOD WANTS YOU WELL ...
OH, COUNTLESS OTHERS...
>> THE BELIEVER'S AUTHORITY.
>> AND SO, WE WOULD JUST...
WELL, WE WOULD DO
EVERYTHING WE COULD
AND YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE
WE WERE TRYING TO BALANCE
THE WHOLE THING OF YOU KNOW,
I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO
THE WORKS THINGS.
LIKE, GOD I'VE DONE THIS,
THIS AND THIS.
WHY ISN'T HE HEALED YET?
CAUSE THAT'S PUTTING THE BLAME
BACK ON GOD
AND THAT WASN'T RIGHT
AND AT THE SAME TIME
IT WAS LIKE,
WE STILL NEED TO STAND FAST
AND STAND STRONG, SO...
AND IT WAS REALLY LIKE
THE SABBATH REST TEACHING
WAS REALLY
WAS WHAT'S HELPING US A LOT.
AND ANDREW WAS REITERATED THAT
WHEN WE...I TOLD HIM,
I WAS LIKE,
EVERYTHING WE WERE DOING
WAS LIKE WHAT ARE
WE DOING WRONG?
WE'VE GOT TO BE
DOING SOMETHING WRONG
IF THERE'S ANYTHING
YOU CAN HELP US.
AND HE SAYS, DON'T WORRY ABOUT
WHAT YOU'RE DOING WRONG.
DON'T THINK ABOUT
WHAT YOU'RE DOING WRONG.
JUST...JUST TRUST
AND REST IN GOD
AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE WERE...
THAT'S WHAT WE WERE DOING,
>> WE WERE TRYING TO DO.
(RENEE)
>> NOW THE WHOLE TIME...
SINCE...SINCE JASON WAS BORN
HE'D HAD REALLY HAN...COLD
HANDS AND FEET.
THEY WERE ALWAYS BLUE.
AND WE HAD ASKED THE DOCTORS
IS IT NORMAL FOR HIS HANDS
TO BE BLUE?
AND THEY SAID, OH, WELL
SOME BABIES
ARE JUST LIKE THAT.
AND SO...AND IT NEVER WENT AWAY.
I MEAN, TO...TO...THAT DAY
HE'D STILL HAD COLD HANDS.
I MEAN THEY WERE REALLY BLUE
>> AND PURPLISH IN COLOR.
>> AND HE WOULD EVEN,
WHEN HE GOT OLD ENOUGH
TO WHERE HE COULD CRAWL
AND...AND BE MISCHIEVOUS
HE WOULD, YOU KNOW, COME
AND PUT HIS HANDS
ON MOMMY'S BACK
OR ON HER LEGS
TO MAKE HER JUMP AND SQUEAL
BECAUSE SHE DIDN'T LIKE
HIS COLD HANDS ON HER.
THAT'S HOW COLD HIS HANDS WERE
AND HIS FEET.
AND SO THEY, I MEAN,
IT WAS JUST SIGNIFICANT
TO THE TOUCH,
YOU COULD TELL.
I WAS AT HOME IN THE DRIVEWAY
SITTING IN MY CHAIR
AND WATCHING THE KIDS
JUST RIDE THEIR...THEIR...BIKES
AROUND THE DRIVEWAY
AND...AND I WAS JUST
PRAYING IN TONGUES
BECAUSE I WAS JUST COMPLETELY
AT MY WITS END.
I DIDN'T...I DIDN'T KNOW
WHAT ELSE TO DO.
I WAS BASICALLY AT
THE END OF MYSELF
SO I JUST WAS PRAYING IN TONGUES
FOR JASON.
AND THEN I JUST GOT...
FELT IMPRESSED
TO PRAY FOR HIS HEART.
SO I IMMEDIATELY JUST
SPOKE TO HIS HEART
AND COMMANDED HIS HEART TO BE
THE WAY GOD DESIGNED IT TO BE
WHEN IT WAS CREATED.
AND SO, AND I DIDN'T THINK
ANYTHING OF IT AT THAT POINT.
I JUST LET IT GO.
JUST...I JUST...SPOKE IT
>> AND THEN THAT WAS IT.
>> WHEN DAMON, YOU KNOW,
HAD GOD TELL HIM
TO PRAY OVER HIS HEART
IT'S LIKE, THAT WAS
THE MISSING INGREDIENT.
WE HAD NO IDEA
HE HAD TROUBLE WITH HIS HEART.
I MEAN, IT MAKES SENSE NOW
BECAUSE HIS HANDS
AND HIS FEET
WERE CO...CONSTANTLY COLD.
BUT YOU KNOW,
NONE OF THE DOCTORS
>> EVER PICKED UP ON IT.
>> AND THEN THE NEXT DAY
WHEN I CAME HOME FROM WORK,
I WENT IN
TO SIT DOWN IN THE KITCHEN
TO EAT DINNER
AND JASON WAS ALREADY
IN HIS HIGHCHAIR
AND HE WAS BAREFOOT.
I...I...WENT AND REACHED
AND GRABBED HIS FEET
TO PLAY WITH HIS FEET
JUST KIND OF LIKE,
HEY TIGER, YOU KNOW.
AND WHEN I TOUCHED HIS FEET,
THEY WERE LIKE REALLY WARM.
AND SO, I ASKED RENEE,
I WAS LIKE,
HAS HE BEEN WEARING
SOCKS ALL DAY
>> AND JUST NOW TOOK THEM OFF.
>> I SAID, NO,
HE HASN'T HAD SOCKS ON
>> ALL DAY LONG.
>> AND I'M LIKE, WELL
FEEL HIS FEET...
>> HIS FEET ARE LIKE SUPER WARM.
>> AND I WAS LIKE, WELL,
>> THAT'S UNUSUAL.
[LAUGHS]
>> AND SO THEN
I GRABBED HIS HANDS
AND HIS HANDS WERE
SUPER WARM TOO
AND SHE CAME OVER
AND DID IT TOO
AND WAS LIKE, WOW,
THAT'S...THAT'S....A FIRST.
JASON'S FEET AND HANDS ARE WARM.
AND THEN AFTER THAT
WAS THE...THE MOMENT
WE SAW THE PROGRESSIVE
UNTIL IT WAS COMPLETELY HEALED.
WITHIN ONE WEEK
>> IT WAS COMPLETELY GONE.
(RENEE)
>> HE WAS, LIKE A BRAND NEW BOY.
WE'D SEEN HIM
FOR THE FIRST TIME
SINCE HE WAS THREE MONTHS OLD
WITH A CLEAR FACE,
A CLEAR COMPLEXION.
THE SPOTS ON HIS SKIN,
THEY WERE DISAPPEARING.
AND WE WERE JUST LIKE,
WE HAVE A NEW KID.
IT WAS AMAZING.
>> AND HE WAS HAPPY!
(DAMON)
>> AND I HAVE NO IDEA
WHAT THE MEDICAL SCIENCE
IS ON THIS
BUT MY INS....MY IMPRESSION
WAS THAT HIS HEART,
SOMETHING WAS WRONG
WITH HIS HEART
THAT WAS NOT PROCESSING
THE MEDICINE THAT HE WAS GETTING
FOR THE INFECTION
OR SOMETHING WAS NOT CAUSING
HIS CIRCULATION
>> WASN'T THE WAY IT SHOULD BE.
(RENEE)
>> CAUSE THAT'S BASICALLY
WHAT WAS...
WHAT YOU SAW WAS
THE INFECTION OF THE SKIN
BECAUSE IT WOULD GET SCRATCHED,
IT WOULD BLEED
AND IT WOULD GET INFECTED.
AND SO THAT'S BASICALLY
WHAT EVERYBODY WAS SEEING
>> WAS THE INFECTION.
(DAMON)
>> AND I THINK THAT'S
WHAT CAUSED
HIS HANDS AND FEET TO BE COLD
WAS BECAUSE HE WASN'T GETTING
PROPER CIRCULATION OF SOME SORT.
AND THEN WHEN GOD TOLD ME
TO SPEAK TO HIS HEART
AND GOD HEALED HIS HEART
THEN...THEN...HIS HEART
WAS ABLE TO GET
THE PROPER CIRCULATION
>> TO HIS EXTREMITIES.
(RENEE)
>> SO, YOU KNOW,
THAT WAS JUST
THE MISSING INGREDIENT.
WE WEREN'T PRAYING OVER
THE RIGHT THING.
[LAUGHS]
WE NEEDED TO PRAY OVER
>> THAT ONE AREA.