Andrea got the call every wife dreads—her husband had been in a lethal motorcycle accident. In the midst of her worst nightmare, she prayed and hoped for the impossible.
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During a motorcycle ride near
Houston, Texas in June of 2006,
Clint Mayfield's leather
jacket slipped off
the back of his bike and became
tangled in the bikes chain
seizing the rear wheel.
Clint was thrown over the
front of the bike at 70
miles per hour landing
head first on the asphalt.
Later that night,
Clint's wife, Andrea,
got a phone call
about the accident.
I was instantly
worried, shock,
and just kind of stunned.
I didn't know any details,
so it was really scary.
Emergency responders
called for a life flight
to a trauma center
in Austin Texas.
Clint and Andrea's Pastor,
Don Norden, was also contacted
and drove to the hospital.
We were praying as we drove.
And I was just trying
to hear the voice of God
about the situation.
Because I knew I
would be walking
into a very difficult
situation, and wanted
to be an encouragement to them.
And the Lord spoke to me.
He said, when you
get to the hospital
I want you to tell them
that Clint will recover all.
Don't worry about
what's happened here.
Don't look at the situation.
Don't look at the circumstances.
Don't put too much stock
in what the prognosis is.
Clint is going to recover all.
Clint had severely damaged
the frontal and temporal lobes
of his brain.
And was in a coma.
Doctors said, if he survived
he may need full time
care for the rest of his life.
He was just bleeding and
had all these IV's everywhere.
And he was on a ventilator.
And he was bleeding
out of his ears.
It was probably the worst
situation I had ever seen.
The medical community did
not expect him to survive.
Their family gathered
in prayer at the hospital.
And word went out to
their church community
to pray for Clint's survival.
Whenever we felt like we
needed to pray, we would.
That's what we needed to do
to stay focused and remind
ourselves about our promise
that he was going to be healed
and that we just had
to have patience,
even though everything
looked really bad.
To stay hopeful.
Despite the prognosis
they continued
to wait and pray for a miracle.
I know what I know but I
also know that anything's
possible with God.
They exhibited faith
through this entire situation
the likes of which I've rarely
seen in 35 years of pastoring.
There's just too much
prayer going up for him
to not come out of this.
Andrea clung to the
word of God for hope.
Church members gave her
cards with Bible verses
about God's power
to heal and restore.
I would read them to myself.
I would read them to Clint.
I would just kind of whisper
them to him in his ear.
That would help ground me
and bring me back to that's--
I have to hold on.
That's my answer.
That's what God's word says
so I have to believe it.
God's word is true and
that it never comes back
void whatever his promise is.
Andrea waited and
prayed through days
of progress and setbacks.
His internal cranial
pressures would go up,
or his blood pressure
would get really high,
or he would have a high fever.
Things like that.
And they're afraid
maybe he'd start to have
seizures, things like that.
Then it would constantly
just go up and down.
He was doing good and then
things were getting bad.
Finally, after two weeks in a
coma, they had a breakthrough.
While surrounded by his
family, Clint woke up.
He sat up, and his eyes got
big, and he's like, I know them.
Over the next
several months, Clint
recovered mentally
and physically
beyond doctors expectations.
Though he says he had to relearn
even the simplest of tasks.
I don't know if
everybody's like this.
But you get brain
damage and guess what,
you might get to grow up again.
Having to relearn all
kinds of things again.
Like how to do just
about everything.
Clint and Andrea believe
his recovery was miraculous
and an answer to prayer.
You just have to be able
to know that God will take
care of you, whatever it is.
Trust in God with everything.
They were just steady, they
prayed, they walked in faith,
and they received their miracle.
And the fact that Clint
was able to overcome
that kind of a diagnosis, to
even be functional as a human
being, is just absolutely
miraculous let alone
be able to continue his job.
Before he was kind
of quiet, reserved,
didn't really talk much.
And now he talks a lot.
He restored me.
I got back everything
that I need and more.
Got two girls.
I got a happy wife.
God has helped us to not just
move forward but to prosper.
If you just trust
him, he'll provide you
what you need and more.