Founder’s History – Part 2

When we got to Palatka, Florida emergency room we went in there and told them what had happened. My son had the snake there. The doctor came out and looked at the snake. He said “there is nothing that I can do about it. I’ll call and send you to Green Cove Springs.” which was about 35 or 40 miles .They said we’re calling the ambulance and having you sent there. We had to wait about 5 or 10 minutes until the ambulance got there. They put me on a stretcher and took me to Green Cove Springs, Florida.  So while we were going, the paramedic was keeping a check on me. They had the blood pressure machine on my arm, checking my temperature, looking to see if I was swelling or whatever. But you see I am covered in the blood of Jesus. They didn’t understand the blood.

You see, I am submerged in the blood of Jesus. They didn’t understand why I was not afraid, why I was not upset, I was submerged in the blood of Jesus and the devil can’t come through the blood. When you are submerged in the blood…, glory to the name of Jesus. As we were going the paramedics were doing about 70 or 75 miles per hour. I kept seeing the one that was setting back there with me look out the back window and he asked me, did I know somebody driving a Chrysler? I said that’s my son, Lois, he was my oldest son and he was driving the car. He said “he needs to back up away from this vehicle; he is almost in the door”. So I told him to motion for him to back off away from vehicle and he did. So Lois backed up from the vehicle that we were in. When we got to Green Cove Springs,  Florida they rushed me in there. They had already called ahead and let them know what had happened. They rushed me in there. They left me on the same stretcher. They did not expect me to live, because I was supposed to be paralyzed, and different things were supposed to have happened. But you see, I serve a God that’s a living God, a God that keeps you and protects you, ‘cause as we have been submerged in the blood of Jesus, the devil can come to it, but he can’t come through the blood… oh glory be to the name of Jesus.

 When we got there, they rushed to put fluid in my arm. They took blood and ran to the lab and when it came back, they probably came back in about 15 minutes, and they said that there was enough poison in my blood to kill 10 men. The poison of a coral snake has the poison as cobra. They said you may survive, and you may not. They said it is a 50-50 chance on it. They began to give me some kind of antidote for the coral snake bite. But they were giving me an antidote for a rattle snake bite. I guess that they thought it was the same, but God let me know what was happening through out the night time the doctors were checking me. The doctors would come in and check me and the nurses would regulate the antidote that they were giving me, but I want you to know that I serve a God; a living God.