BRUCE VAN NATTA LOVED TRUCKS
AND HIS JOB AS A SELF-EMPLOYED
DEISEL MECHANIC HELPED HIM LIVE
OUT HIS POWER TRUCK DREAMS AND
PROVIDE FOR HIS WIFE AND FOUR
CHILDREN.
HE NEVER GAVE A SECOND THOUGHT
TO THE DANGERS OF WORKING ON
ENGINES THAT WEIGHED THOUSANDS
OF POUNDS UNTIL NOVEMBER 16th,
2006.
I WAS WORKING ON A PETER
BUILT LOGGING TRUCK AN HOUR
FROM OUR HOME.
THE GUY I WAS WORKING WITH, THE
DRIVER OF THE TRUCK ASKED ME IF
I WOULD LOOK AND TRY AND
DIAGNOSE ONE MORE LEAK BEFORE I
LEFT.
SO IF YOU CAN PICTURE ONE OF
THESE BIG TRUCKS, THE FRONT
BUMPER IS HERE.
I SLIPPED UNDERNEATH THE BUMPER
FEET FIRST.
HE HAD THE FRONT AXLE JACKED UP
IN THE AIR AND THE PASSENGER
SIDE WHEEL REMOVED.
THE AXLE IS GOING ACROSS MY
CHEST AT THIS POINT.
JUST AS BRUCE SLIPPED UNDER
THE TRUCK, THE 20 TON CAPACITY
JACK HOLDING UP THE TRUCK SHOT
OUT FROM ITS POSITION.
THIS 10,000, 12,000 POUNDS
OF WEIGHT THAT IS ON THESE TWO
FRONT WHEELS ON THIS AXLE CAME
ACROSS MY MID SECTION AND
CRUSHED ME IN HALF.
BLOOD SPLATTERED IN MY THROAT
WHEN IT FELL.
THERE WAS LESS THAN AN-INCH OF
AIRSPACE BETWEEN THE BOTTOM OF
THE AXLE AND THE CEMENT.
I KNEW I WAS THINNER -- MY BODY
WAS THINNER THAN AN INCH.
THE MAN JACKED UP THE TRUCK OFF
ME.
HE DIDN'T WANT TO BECAUSE I HAD
A BROKEN BACK.
THE VERTEBRAE IN MY BACK WERE
CRACKED.
THE WIDTH OF THE AXLE.
IT WAS THE MOST INCREDIBLE PAIN
YOU CAN THINK OF.
I'VE NEVER FELT ANY KIND OF
PAIN LIKE THAT.
THE NEXT THING I CALLED OUT
LORD, HELP ME.
I CALLED OUT TWICE, LORD, HELP
ME.
INSTANTLY ALL THE PAIN LEFT
BRUCE'S BODY.
AT THAT POINT I WENT
UNCONSCIOUS.
MY SPIRIT LEFT MY BODY.
FLOATED UP INTO THE CEILING AND
NOW MY "SPIRIT FORMED" IT IS
LOOKING ON THE ACCIDENT SCENE
FROM ABOVE.
I CAN HEAR THE MAN TALKING
SAYING THINGS LIKE I'M SORRY,
I'M SORRY.
BUT ON EACH SIDE OF HIM ALSO ON
THEIR KNEES WAS A HUGE ANGEL.
THEIR HEADS STUCK UP AT LEAST
THIS MUCH TALLER THAN HIS HEAD.
THEY WOULD HAVE HAD TO HAVE
BEEN EIGHT FEET TALL.
THEY DIDN'T HAVE WINGS.
THEY WERE JUST VERY BROAD
SHOULDERS, AGAIN BETWEEN THE
TWO ANGELS AND HIM IT TOOK UP
THE WHOLE FRONT OF HIS TRUCK.
THERE WAS A BRIGHT LIGHT
SHINING AROUND EACH ONE OF THEM.
THEY WERE MATCHING BOOKENDS.
THEY LOOKED IDENTICAL.
THEY JUST HAD THEIR ARMS
UNDERNEATH THE TRUCK, NOT
HOLDING THE TRUCK UP BUT HAD
THEIR ARMS ANGLED IN TOWARDS MY
BODY.
THERE WAS NO PAIN.
IN FACT, JUST PEACE AND I CAN'T
EVEN DESCRIBE -- WORDS CAN'T
DESCRIBE THE PEACE THAT I FELT
IN THE CEILING.
BRUCE KNEW HE HAD A SERIOUS
CHOICE TO MAKE.
I WAS DEFINITELY ON THE
VERGE OF LIFE AND DEATH.
THERE WERE TWO VOICES, THOUGHTS
IN MAY HEAD.
ONE WAS SHUT YOUR EYES AND
GIVE UP AND DIE, YOU'LL GO TO
HEAVEN.
ANOTHER VOICE IN MY HEAD, A
WHISPER, IF YOU WANT TO LIVE
YOU'LL HAVE TO FIGHT AND IT
WILL BE A HARD FIGHT.
NEXT THING I KNEW MY SPIRIT
WENT BACK INTO MY BODY LIKE
THAT JUST LIKE A SHOT.
BRUCE WAS CONSCIOUS AS HE
WAS FLOWN ON A LIFE FLIGHT TO
THE HOSPITAL.
DOCTORS THERE DOUBTED HE WOULD
EVEN SURVIVE THE NEXT FEW HOURS.
HIS RIBS WERE BROKEN, PANCREAS
AND SPLEEN CRUSHED AND SEVERAL
MAJOR ARTERIES WERE SEVERED.
FIVE PLACES THAT MAJOR
ARTERIES WERE COMPLETELY
SEVERED.
I FOUND OUT T FROM DOCTORS THAT
THERE WAS A MEDICAL STUDY DONE
IN 2001.
ACCORDING TO THAT STUDY BY THE
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA YOU USED MY CASE AND
COMPARED IT AGAINST THE STUDY
AND THEY CAN'T FIND ANYONE ELSE
IN THE WORLD THAT HAS EVER
LIVED WITH FIVE MAJOR ARTERIES
SEVERED.
I SHOULD HAVE BLED TO DEATH IN
A FEW MINUTES.
THE ANGELS WERE THERE TO
SOMEHOW HOLD ME TOGETHER.
HE STAYED IN THE HOSPITAL
FOR OVER TWO MONTHS AND
SURVIVED FIVE MAJOR SURGERIES
YET HE HAD OVERWHELMING OB
STACK ELSE TO OVERCOME.
75% OF HIS SMALL INTESTINES
WERE CRUSHED AND HAS TO BE
REMOVED.
SOMEBODY CAME IN AND TOLD US
THEY DIDN'T EXPECT ME TO LIVE
MUCH MORE THAN A YEAR.
I'LL STARVE TO DEATH.
I WAS LOSING WEIGHT RAPIDLY AND
FEEDING ME INTRAVENOUSLY.
HIS ONCE 180 POUND FRAME
DROPPED TO 126 POUNDS.
HIS FAMILY WAS PRAYING AND
COMMUNITY RALLIED AROUND HIM.
BRUCE RECEIVED A VISITOR IN HIS
HOSPITAL ONE DAY.
THE MAN WORK UP A MAN IN NEW
YORK, SOMEONE I MET ON VACATION.
HE PRAYED FOR ME IN THE
HOSPITAL.
PUT HIS PALM ON MY FOREHEAD AND
WHEN HE PRAYED HE PRAYED THE
WAY JESUS TAUGHT US TO PRAY AND
SPOKE TO THE MOUNTAIN, MY
INTESTINE.
SMALL INTESTINE I COMMAND YOU
TO GROW BACK IN LENGTH.
WHEN HE DID IT FELT LIKE 220
VOLTS CAME OUT OF HIS PALM INTO
MY FOREHEAD AND I COULD FEEL MY
INTESTINES MOVING AROUND AND
GOING UP AND DOWN.
AFTER A LONG NINE MONTHS OF
SURGERIES AN HOSPITAL STAYS,
BRUCE WAS ABLE TO FEED HIMSELF
AND GAINED WEIGHT UP TO 170
POUNDS.
WHEN HE RETURNED FOR TESTING
RADIOLOGY REPORTS AND DOCTORS
CONFIRMED THAT HE HAD ALMOST
NINE FEET OF SMALL INTESTINES.
THEY HAD DOUBLED IN LENGTH.
WHEN THEY TEST ME THEY SAY
THE INTESTINES THE LORD GAVE ME
BACK WORK TWICE AS GOOD AS
NORMAL.
HE GAVE ME SEVERAL FEET BACK.
HALF AS MUCH THEY ABSORB THE
VITAMINS, MINERALS AND
NUTRIENTS I NEED INTO MY BODY
NORMALLY.
OVER AND OVER THE LORD KEPT
CONFOUNDING THE DOCTORS FROM
THE POINT OF THEM SAYING THAT I
SHOULDN'T HAVE LIVED AND BLED
TO DEATH TO MY INTESTINES
MIRACULOUSLY COMING BACK.
MIRACLES WERE HAPPENING.
MY PANCREAS AND SPLEEN
REJUVENATED BY ITSELF.
GOD SHOWED HIMSELF REAL AND
STRONG THAT HE IS THE MIRACLE
WORKER.
TODAY THROUGH THEIR
ORGANIZATION BRUCE AND HIS
FAMILY TRAVEL TOGETHER TO TALK
ABOUT SUPERNATURAL HEALING.
BRUCE HAS ALSO WRITTEN A BOOK
CALLED "SAVED BY ANGELS."
MIRACLE AFTER MIRACLE.
IT'S EXCITING TO SEE WHAT GOD
IS DOING IN PEOPLE'S LIVES
TODAY AND THAT HE IS ALIVE AND
WELL AND HE WANTS TO REACH
PEOPLE AT THEIR POINT OF NEED.
WE HAVE A GOD THAT LOVES US
MORE THAN WE CAN EVER IMAGINE
AND HE POURS OUT HIS LOVE ON US
IN SUCH AN AMAZING WAY THAT IT
IS UNDESCRIBABLE.
