WELL, ALL OF A SUDDEN,

JUST OUT OF THE BLUE, I

STARTED FEELING REALLY

FATIGUED.

Reporter: 25-YEAR-OLD

NADINE WAS ALWAYS READY TO

TAKE ON THE DAY.

NOW SHE STRUGGLED JUST TO

GET UP IN THE MORNING.

COFFEE COULD ONLY DO SO

MUCH.

Reporter: THE FATIGUE

PERSISTED FOR WEEKS.

NADINE GOT CONCERNED.

AFTER PUMPING UP WITH

COFFEE ENOUGH TIMES AND

REALIZING THAT WASN'T

GETTING ME OVER THE FATIGUE,

I REALIZED THERE WAS

SOMETHING ELSE GOING ON WITH

MY BODY.

Reporter: FINALLY SHE

WENT TO THE DOCTOR AND

TESTED POSITIVE FOR

AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS.

THE DISEASE ATTACKS THE

LIVER AND THERE IS NO KNOWN

CURE.

NADINE WAS TOLD EVEN WITH

MEDICATION, SHE WOULD NEED A

LIVER TRANSPLANT WITHIN FIVE

YEARS OR SHE COULD DIE.

WHEN YOU'RE FACING

DEATH -- WHICH I WAS AT THE

AGE OF 25 -- REALLY YOU HAVE

NOTHING TO LOSE.

I REMEMBER THINKING, I HAVE

NOTHING TO LOSE IN BELIEVING

THAT MY GOD IS A GOD WHO CAN

HEAL.

IN ALL HONESTY, IT WAS KIND

OF AT THAT POINT WHERE I

FELT LIKE I HAD A DECISION

TO MAKE IN MY HEART.

I FELT LIKE I HAD A CHOICE.

I WAS EITHER GOING TO TRUST

IN THE NEGATIVE ASSESSMENT,

OR I WAS GOING TO TRUST IN

GOD.

Reporter: NADINE ASKED

SOME OF HER CLOSEST FRIENDS

TO PRAY FOR HEALING.

IN THE FOLLOWING MONTHS, SHE

NOT ONLY WRESTLED WITH

FATIGUE, SHE HAD TO BATTLE

CONSTANT DOUBT AND FEAR.

I CAN REMEMBER THINKING,

I KNOW GOD HAS PUT DREAMS IN

MY HEART.

I KNOW HE HAS PUT A DREAM IN

MY HEART TO GO TO THE

NATION.

I HAD SUCH A HUNGER FOR

MISSIONS, FOREIGN MISSIONS.

AND I THOUGHT, I CAN'T DO

THAT STUFF IF I'M DEAD.

Reporter: EVENTUALLY

THE EXHAUTION WAS

OVERWHELMING.

ONE DAY AFTER A BIBLE STUDY,

SHE ASKED A FRIEND TO PRAY.

I JUST GET CHOKED UP

THINKING ABOUT IT BECAUSE IT

WAS JUST SUCH A MOMENT.

I CAN REMEMBER HER LAYING

HANDS ON ME AND JUST, LIKE,

PRAYING WITH EVERYTHING SHE

HAD IN HER, CONTENDING FOR

HER FRIEND, YOU KNOW?

I CAN REMEMBER IN THAT

MOMENT, ONCE AGAIN, THE

PRESENCE OF GOD HIT ME.

IT JUST HIT BOTH OF US.

WE JUST FELT HIS PEACE AND

HIS PRESENCE IN SUCH A

POWERFUL WAY.

AND I COULD FEEL THE FIRE OF

THE HOLY SPIRIT.

AND I KNEW SOMETHING WAS

HAPPENING IN THAT MOMENT.

LIKE, I FELT IT NOT ONLY ON

THE OUTSIDE, BUT I FELT IT

ON THE INSIDE.

I KNEW SOMETHING WAS

HAPPENING.

Reporter: THAT ARMED

HER WITH THE FAITH TO TAKE

ON MORE BAD NEWS.

AT A DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENT,

SHE LEARNED THAT HER LIVER

WAS SHOWING SIGNS OF

FAILING, BUT STILL NADINE

TRUSTED GOD FOR HER

HEALING.

JUST IN A SHEAR ACT OF

DETERMINED FAITH, I BOOKED

MY NEXT APPOINTMENT AND I

CAN REMEMBER SAYING TO THE

SECRETARY -- AND I THINK IT

WAS MORE FOR ME THAN FOR

HER -- I CAN REMEMBER SAYING

TO THE SECRETARY, YOU ARE

ABOUT TO WITNESS THE FASTEST

HEALING OF AUTOIMMUNE

HEPATITIS THAN YOU HAVE EVER

SEEN IN THIS OFFICE.

I SAID, I'LL SEE YOU IN

THREE WEEKS.

Reporter: THREE WEEKS

LATER, NADINE WENT IN FOR

THE RESULTS OF ANOTHER

ROUTINE BLOOD TEST.

MOMENTS LATER, THE DOCTOR

WENT IN AND READ HER THE

REPORT.

HE TOOK HIS GLASSES OFF,

AND HE LOOKED AT ME, AND

PERKED UP IN HIS CHAIR A

LITTLE BIT AFTER LOOKING AT

THE DOCUMENTS, AND HE SAID,

WELL, I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU

DID, BUT IT SEEMS TO ME

YOU'VE GOT SOME BRAND NEW

BLOOD HERE.

IT WAS JUST AN AMAZING

MOMENT, YOU KNOW, WHERE HE

SAID THE ENZYMES AND

SOMETHING THAT SHIFTED.

AND I WAS, LIKE, YAY, GOD!

Reporter: NADINE WAS

HEALED.

IN A FEW SHORT MONTHS, SHE

WAS OFF TO THE MISSION FIELD

IN LIBERIA, WEST AFRICA, ONE

YEARS SINCE HER DIAGNOSIS.

IN THE 14 YEARS SINCE, SHE

HAS HAD NO RECURRENCE OF HER

DISEASE.

SHE IS STILL A MISSIONARY,

AND SHARING THE JOY OF BEING

A NEW PARENT WITH HER

HUSBAND, ROB.

I AM SO GRATEFUL.

I WOULDN'T WANT TO GO

THROUGH IT AGAIN, BUT I'M SO

GRATEFUL THAT IN THOSE EARLY

YEARS I HAD THAT BATTLE.

YOU KNOW, THAT JESUS WALKED

WITH ME THROUGH THAT AND

TAUGHT ME HOW TO FIGHT THE

FIGHT OF FAITH.

YOU CAN'T PUT A PRICE ON

THAT.

YOU CAN'T TRADE THAT IN FOR

ANYTHING ELSE.