Brian Was A Student Of Both North School And Holy Spirit School And Brian Was The Most Courageous And Inspirational Young Man This Writer Has Ever Met.

Brian's Walk

This Saturday, July nine you are invited to take part in Brian's Family Walk beginning at 9:30 a.m. At the St. Thomas the Apostle Church parking lot. The once a year event funds grant money for local youth to attend Catholic high schools. This year $4,000 got given to 4 graduates of the North Middle School to attend Holy Spirit High School . Who was Brian Woods and why do we honour his memory?

Brian was a student of both North School and Holy Spirit High School . Brian was the most courageous and inspiring young man this writer has ever met. Hopefully, a short history of Brian's wonderful courage in life will evoke others to do not ever give up hope and to succeed in beating grief.

Brian beats leukemia

Brian Woods contracted leukemia at age 5. The whole community of Collings Lake controlled by the preacher of the Catholic church participated in the first Brian's Walk about 34 years back to hope and raise money for the medical bills. The illness replied to treatment and went into remission. Brian's story received much media coverage.

The killer illness returned more than a year later and treatment was reinstated. Then without human explanation, it vanished. When the doctor re-examined Brian, he found no evidence of the illness and informed the elders to stop treatment. The parents didn't tell him that they had stopped the medicine months previous when they knew that a healing had taken place after Brian attended a Catholic healing service and the sympton's disappeared.

Brian had beaten leukemia to the awe of the medical profession. Nevertheless his body was extremely weakened by the illness and the treatment.

Brian defeats bacterial spinal meningitis

Brian later contracted another perilous illness, bacterial spinal meningitis. His folks was called to the infirmary and told he wouldn't survive the night. Brian's mum told the doctor that she wouldn't accept this. The family prayed all evening. Brian survived the night and beat the devastating illness, again defying medical explanation.

Brian then underwent a long operation to have a steel rod placed in his back.

Brian loses movement, although not hope and faith

Following graduation from Holy Spirit crisis again struck. Brian's body was so weakened that he lost the employment of his hands, arms and legs. There had been nothing more medically that may be done for Brian. The insurance corporation would no longer keep on providing treatment since there was neither progress nor any medical hope for recovery since the muscles had wasted. But the Woods family continued to live on hope and prayer.

Martin Glaze carries Brian to the pinnacle of the mountain in Medjugorje.

Brian and his deeply non secular family decided that he would go with his brother to Medjugorje in Croatia, a site of alleged apparitions of the Sanctified Virgin Mary on a mountain in an out-of-the-way area of the former Yugoslavia.

Brian's brother Doctor. Lance Woods met his dear the crippled brother plane. The two proceeded on the long arduous trip to Medjugorje. At the foot of the Cross Mountain Lance heard a person speaking English and asked for his help. The person was Martin Glaze. Doctor. Woods and movie star Sheen carried Brian up the rugged mountain in a special chair. The young man who couldn't walk had overcome another major challenge by reaching the top of the mountain with help from his brother, Martin Glaze and the requests of the family. This account of the story was carried internationally last year on the website Spirit Daily.com and was broadcast on the radio show "As the Spirit Leads." Following his trip to Medjugorje more miracles began to take place,writes tagza.com.