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GoodNewsFL.org 29 JUNE 2018 ENCOURAGEMENT only five minutes to live. “No detectable oxygen in her blood. That was not com- patible with life,” said Nurse McFadden. “In addition, her pH levels were basically that of a dead person.” The family was out of time. Again, they turned to prayer but instead of pleading with God, Aimee’s father suggested they praise him. “‘Praise You. You’re an awesome God. You’re a miraculous God. You love us unconditionally.’ And as I said that, my faith started to rise again. I held fast to that promise He had given us. Thank you. She’s coming home alive and well,” said Aimee. Then Ella’s eyes opened. “And she started to look around. And I started to talk to her. I said ‘Hey Ella, how are you?’ My husband heard me, and he came over to find out why I was talking to her when her body was lifeless. As he came over, her eyes looked over to him and then her eyes went back to me and back to him. She just kept focusing in on our faces. And my heart just started to leap with joy that now we’re seeing a change,” said Aimee. “And we just erupted with praise. ‘Thank You, God! We’re going to bring her home alive and well. You’re doing it! This is happening!’ It was amazing,” said Stephen. The viewpoint of a nurse “I truly witnessed a mira- cle, to see a baby who was life- less but now alive and well,” said McFadden. Ella’s health began to im- prove and she was released from the hospital in January 2014. Today she has no dis- abilities and her development is right on track. “She’s doing so good,” said Nurse McFad- den. “Ababy who went through what Ella went through would normally, if they survived, have numerous defects, maybe need a wheelchair, not be able to even talk or have a lot of dis- abilities. And Ella has none. I credit it to the power of prayer,” said McFadden. There was a lot of praying around the globe and on social media. And the little girl known as the Christmas Miracle baby is a daily reminder to her par- ents of God’s unchanging love. “Every time that we start hearing Christmas music, every time that we see Christ- mas trees… It just reminds us of the miracle that we got,” said Stephen. “There’s a God that loves us unconditionally. The same God that sent His Son on earth to show the world that He loves them, He cares for them and performed miracles. Jesus raised people from the dead and healed their sicknesses; He still does it today,” said Aimee. Robert Woods is an engi- neer with Skanska USA Civil Southeast and a published Christian author. Stephen and Aimee Woods are his nephew and niece, and Ella is his great-niece. She just cele- brated her fourth birthday and she is in perfect health and development. 9LVLW KDELWDWEURZDUG RUJ WR ȴQG RXW KRZ \RX FDQ JHW LQYROYHG b 2U FRQWDFW %DUEDUD :LWWH DWb [ ȏ EDUEDUD#KDELWDWEURZDUG RUJ +DELWDW KRPHRZQHUV ȏ JLYH KRXUV RI VZHDW HTXLW\ ȏ DWWHQG UHTXLUHG KRPHRZQHU FODVVHV ȏ SD\ D ]HUR LQWHUHVW PRUWJDJHȐ LQYHVWLQJ LQ WKH KRPHRZQHUV WKDW IROORZ 6HHNLQJ WR SXW *RGȇV ORYH LQWR DFWLRQ +DELWDW IRU +XPDQLW\ EULQJV SHRSOH WRJHWKHU WR EXLOG KRPHV FRPPXQLWLHV DQG KRSH