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want to go to my retreat carrying a gloom and doom report. Besides, I needed the faith and support of the sisters, whom I knew could get a prayer through. I shared the news and the sisters rallied around me, by putting me in the middle of the circle and prayed the prayer of faith for a returned negative report. When we finished praying, a huge rainbow appeared in the window for all to see. We rejoiced and believed that GOD had given us a sign, that he heard our prayers and all would be well.
PROPHETIC DREAMS CHANGED MY LIFE By June Summers Hairston, Ed.D.
I am a dreamer, and sometimes my dreams are prophetic. In March 2012, I woke up feeling very troubled about the night’s dream, in which I saw myself in a large sterile operating room laying on the table, on my right side in a red dress. As I reasoned in my sleep, I thought that I was dead. I was so emotionally overwhelmed. I remember embracing my body rocking back and forth. The next morning while pondering the dream, the only thing I could surmise was that I was about to experience a life-threatening situation, that would result in being in the hospital. Laying on my left side made me think, the dream would be a turning point in my life. The experience would be serious and life-threatening, but I would survive, and thrive. This dream stayed with me for weeks as I continued to ponder its meaning. About a month later I had another dream. In this dream my Mom and Dad came to visit me in Seattle. At the time, both of my parents had been dead for 16 years. In the dream, my Father greeted me with such joy and exuberance stating, “Hi June!” My Mom, on the other hand pointed her finger at me and said very tersely, “How are you doing, June?” The tone of her voice was so strong, I thought she was reprimanding me. Suddenly, I woke from the dream.
When I went for the biopsy, the doctor pointed to the image on the projected screen, and said, “See that there – it needs to come out.” I thought, I didn’t have time and wanted to delay, but the doctor insisted that I take care of it immediately with surgery, and follow-up treatments of radiation and possibly chemotherapy, depending on the results of my oncotype score. If the test results from my tumor presented a score of ten of more, that would mean chemotherapy. Thank the LORD, to the doctor’s and nurse’s surprised my score was “ZERO”. They all said, they had never seen a score of “ZERO” before. I had the surgery and hardly experience any pain. By the end of the week, I was feeling great! Thank the LORD for healing! After surgery, I went back to Snoqualmie Falls to meditate and pray. Listening to the mighty waters cascading 270 feet down to the riverbed was very comforting. I took a picture of the falls, and a bright rainbow appeared in my picture. I believed it was another sign that GOD heard my prayer, and sealed it with a promise, that he was with me. JESUS healed me! He used several dreams to get my attention; the Snoqualmie waterfalls, and the sound of its mighty waters to calm me; and the love and prayers of my husband, (Bishop Hairston) who spoke life over me, my family and friends who believed with me for a MIRACLE in the name of JESUS. I keep the picture of Snoqualmie Falls on many of my digital platforms, as a reminder that GOD worked a MIRACLE for me and gave me a second chance in life! For this, I am truly thankful!
That morning as I reflected on my second dream, I started sorting through a stack of mail, that I had neglected opening for months. I noticed a letter from my health care provider, reminding me to schedule my mammogram appointment. Graduate school kept me so busy, I missed getting my mammograms for at least four years. However, because of the two dreams, I immediately called my doctor’s office to schedule an appointment. To my surprise, I was told the previous caller had just cancelled her appointment, and I was offered to come in that same week. I took the appointment and had a routine mammogram experience. A week after my appointment, the doctor asked that I come in for an ultrasound. I was told, it was nothing serious, they just wanted to get a clearer picture. After the ultrasound, I was asked to return the next week for a biopsy. By now, I was getting a little concerned with these backto-back appointments. I delayed going back the next week, due to my Women of Grace’s Retreat, which was scheduled the same week. I didn’t
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