- [Narrator] At first sight,

one would think that Olivia Harriker

is just your normalteen who loves her dog.

But there's an exception.

See, for most of her life,

she hasn't been able tosmell or taste anything.

- I didn't really realizethat I couldn't smell or taste

just because that was justhow things were for me.

People would always say,oh wow this smells so good

or this smells really bad.

I just wanted to know what that was like.

Olivia also had asthma,her parents Will and Alie,

were so focused onmanaging those symptoms,

they had no idea their daughtercould not smell or taste

until she was about five.

- We would start talking about,

can you smell that, can you taste that.

She's like, I don't knowwhat you're talking about,

I don't smell anything.

When you've never smelled anything

you don't know you'renot smelling anything.

And we didn't realize atfirst how much she did taste.

And so all she wouldeat was mac and cheese.

- I just really liked the texture

and that was kind of myonly critique about food

was texture, just giveme my mac and cheese.

- [Narrator] Then, one ofthe several specialists

they had gone to discoveredthat Olivia's olfactory nerve

was not connected to her brain,

and there was nothing thedoctors could do to fix it.

But the family focusedtheir prayers elsewhere.

- And you realize, wowshe can't smell or taste

but I was to praying for healing for that.

Still praying for the healingof her asthma and thinking

I know that God can healthis 'cause I've seen it

in my own life and I knowthat he will heal it.

- [Narrator] That'sbecause Alie was healed

of terrible migraines in 2004

through a word of knowledgewhile watching The 700 Club.

- God is healing that headache now.

It's being lifted off of younow in the name of Jesus',

it's not ever gonna come back.

- [Narrator] Oliva knew this,

which made her believe all themore she could be healed too.

- When I was younger, Iwould look up at the segment

that she as in to watch it,

because I just thoughtit was so interesting,

and so astonishing that God can do that.

- [Narrator] Althoughasthma and olfactory issues

kept Olivia from playing certain sports,

they didn't keep herfrom being extraordinary.

- Olivia has alwaysbeen using those things

to push her forward, topush her to do other things,

specifically riding.

God has really giftedher with a true gift.

- I guess I was just really sympathetic

for like other people's struggles,

and I wanted to conveythose feelings in fiction.

So I started writing stories,and I really loved it.

- [Narrator] The years went by,

more mac and cheese wasconsumed, then in 2017,

the day after Thanksgiving,

Will and Alie were watching The 700 Club

as they did so many times before.

- It was the Thanksgiving Dayshow, and I had recorded it,

and was watching it, and all of a sudden,

Terry said, "Wellsomebody's olfactory nerve

"is being healed."

- Somebody else, I don't understand this,

but you have some kind ofolfactory nerve damage.

You can't smell, so youcan't taste your food well,

but God is restoringthat joy to you again.

Just receive it in Jesus' name.

- [Will] And I'm like, huh.

- And I was like, oh mygoodness, that's amazing.

- So I called Olivia and said,

"Hey, Olivia, come here for a second."

And she came inn and goes, "What?"

I said, "Watch this."

And so we watched it again.

And she goes, "Huh," andthen just walked out.

Didn't say anything, nothing happened.

- And I was leaving, I waslike, what if that was for me,

what if that wasn't justfor some other person?

And so my dog happened to be right there,

and I remembered my mom wascomplaining about his stench,

and so I smelled him and Iwas like, oh yeah, he stinks.

And then it kinda hitme, oh wait, I can smell!

- [Narrator] With newfound senses,

Olivia went on to explore thewonder of smell and taste.

- [Olivia] I would smell a lot of things,

and I ate a lot of leftoversfrom the day before,

and found that the food thatI had like just the day before

that I actually really enjoyed now.

- We were just so excited.

I mean, it was just asuper joyous occasion,

and the Lord just really reminded me

how thankful we need to be inevery instance of our lives.

He saw us, and He sawsomething we didn't even think

needed healed, and He healed it.

- [Narrator] Since then,a new medication came out

that successfully treatedOlivia's specific type of asthma.

With a grateful heart,Olivia expresses the joy

of one who has truly tastedand seen that God is good.

- After the healing, shejust had a confidence.

She had a confidence in the Lord,

and confidence in whatHe had done for her,

and confidence in sharingthings with her friends,

and a lighter continence.

- Just experiencing that for myself,

it really just strengthened what I know

about Jesus' healing that He really does,

and that He can really do it for anyone.