Lori Patton of Springville, Indiana

Dear Rev. Sampson,

I attended a service at Christ Church in Bedford, Indiana where you were preaching almost 2 years ago. I had not
been in church for several years and had been living away from God. Some friends asked me if I wanted to go and
see a prophet and I had not seen a prophet before, so I said yes. At the time of the meeting I was drinking my lunch
all too often.

My worst problem was that I had migraine headaches so severe that I had contemplated suicide many times. I
knew that if I did that I would go to hell for sure. I was so angry at God because of the effects of religious people
judging me. I had been divorced and remarried. People whom I used to go to church with would call me and tell me
that God wanted them to tell me that I was going to hell. No one considered the severely abusive relationship that I
was in. I was going to hell because I was divorced.

The meeting was held in a hotel meeting room, and I remember walking up the hall saying to myself, "Bar on the
left, church on the right".  I thought if church isn't anything good, I'll slip over to the bar. Church was good.

I had suffered from migraines since I was 6 years old. They would last for about 2 weeks and come back after 2
weeks. Half of my life I had had a headache. Toward the end of the meeting you said, "Someone here has been
suffering from migraine headaches". A woman on the other side of the room stood up and said it was her, as "She
had an occasional migraine".

This made me angry at God and her. I said to myself,  "She should sit down and quit complaining.  If all I ever had
was an occasional headache I wouldn't say anything".  But then I began to say, "Okay God, if you're so big, heal my
headaches". I left the meeting that night and went home.

After about three weeks I noticed that I had not had a headache. Another week went by, then another, then another.
I said to myself one day "Lori, if God loved you so much that He would heal you, and you don't even live for Him, how
much better would this be if you gave your life to Him?". I went back to the church at the same hotel on a Sunday
morning and gave my life to the Lord Jesus.

I have not had a migraine headache since October, 2002.  I am serving God today. Since I was 6 years old, I have
had them. Today, they are gone. Not only that, but God miraculously delivered me from the alcohol addiction.
Praise the Lord, God heals.

Lora Patton,
Springville, Indiana