PRAY FOR CANDICE / My Testimony

Candice and I lived as next-door neighbors for about 2 years when we were around the age of 15,16. After this time she moved to a different subdivision. As time went along we both grew up going to college and moving out of Rome. She attended Auburn then moved back, while I still lived in Atlanta. One night I was back in Rome visiting. So my friend Zack dragged me out that night to go to Chili’s Restaurant because they were having karaoke, ( I LOVE TO SING) So I did, That night I met my soon to be bride for the second time. After singing Candice came up to me saying “I used to live next door to you… My name is Candice Wilson… (And just kept on Talking)” I thought it was kind of cute that she just kept talking… We instantly had a powerful chemistry and started dating after a few weeks. Our friendship grew into love and we basically were inseparable. I moved back to Rome, coming to work for Candice’s father.

We spent all of our time together (all of our time together). We dated for about a year and a half and got married on August 02, 2003 , While attending church one Sunday, the pastor was speaking on putting god first. He said if Your putting anything (ANYTHING) before GOD your in danger…..THIS HIT HOME .. I had found my soul mate and I knew even though growing up in a christian family I loved Candice a whole lot more than GOD. I started praying and crying .. I told GOD that I was putting my wife before him and I was sorry.. I PUT YOU FIRST LORD !! I prayed this prayer in much detail giving GOD all the priority of my life and Candice second. It was very hard to do but I told God if we have a wreck on the way home from church .. and Candice was taken away from me then I would be ok because I had put god first. This was very hard to do!! I finished praying and crying .. I lifted my head to look at Candice ……. She had just did the same thing!! She said she never Knew Happiness until she had met me and never wanted to lose me.. but gave me to GOD.. and she had put GOD First !!!… THIS BONDED OUR RELATIONSHIP LIKE NOTHING BEFORE.

Time went on and we made many memories.. We bought our first House, we had 2 new cars / one paid for / and soon we found out we were expecting our first child… GOD had blessed us over and over.

Many months later on February 17th, at 7:00pm an officer of the Rome Police called our house and said may I speak to Mr. Bendek. He told me that my wife had just been in an automobile accident.. And we are taking her to Floyd hospital. I thought this was some joke, but he told me again I need to come to the hospital. I called my father, Candice’s father, and my friend Zack, while on the way to the hospital. I was struck hard with fear!! I arrived at the hospital minutes later to find 3 police officers guarding the entrance. They took me inside and I asked to see my wife. They would not let me go back immediately, I had to wait about ten minutes.

My Father arrived. My dad and I went back minutes later to find Candice lying on the Emergency Room Operating Table ….Bleeding everywhere ……. My heart sunk down … I had to sit down… My analogy of what I saw is a Fire Ant hill after you step on the top. The multitudes of people working on Candice ..coming in .. Going out .. Coming in.. Going out.. Looked to me as if they were fire ants. there were just so many people. Seconds later .. I got up and had to talk to her .. I walked over to the table looking at my wife laying lifelessly, bleeding, cut, broken, torn, …I leaned over her kissing her forehead.. Telling her “BRY BRY is here… I LOVE YOU BABY!! Everything is going to be ok!!!” The nurse’s took my dad and me to a private waiting room (this scared me very much).. my heart and soul sunk a little more…

          By this time my mom, aunt, her mom, sister and her dad had made it to the room.. The Doctors came in and said we are going to do a cat scan .. she has had massive brain trauma and her brain is swelling. 15 minutes later the doctor came in the room telling us she has received a massive brain stem injury, and her head is swelling at rate that they can’t control. I asked what does that mean… He said I’m Sorry but she probably will not make it through the night!!! …………………….I sunk to lowest point that you possibly could imagine … I felt no energy. No power / no breath / nothing ….. I heard massive screaming and crying from the family (it hurt so bad I’m crying right now writing this). He said we are going to take her up to I.C.U. (intensive care unit) “basically to die”.

          By this time about 100 people were in the I.C.U. waiting room. Many people were trying to talk to me .. everybody was … then one man touched my shoulder and said go and talk to GOD alone go be by your self.

          I walked into this vacant utility room .. I looked out the window .. and poured my heart out .. I started crying .. I said GOD why is this .. what do I DO?? He answered me right that second … right that instant!!!! He said “Bryan do you remember that prayer you told me that Sunday Morning.. do you remember what you said” I did remember and knew that GOD WAS RIGHT (GOD IS ALWAYS RIGHT) I prayed that same prayer telling god that Candice’s is yours and I put you first and I trust in you…RIGHT AT THAT MOMENT LIFE WAS BREATHED INTO MY SOUL!!!!! GOD SAID THANK YOU BRYAN WATCH WHAT I CAN DO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!The ENERGY I felt was incredible ….The PEACE I had was completely astonishing!!! The FIRE I felt inside was real and alive burning hot… The feeling of someone pushing me and holding me down suffocating me was turned into Soaring with the Eagles. I quickly came out of the room and into the waiting room … it seemed like the people had doubled … I spoke very loudly and boldly saying “LETS PRAY” We lifted God’s name up that night … like I’ve never heard him glorified !!! I started the prayer off saying “THANK YOU LORD THANK YOU…for I knew that GOD WAS THAT NIGHT AND ALWAYS IN CONTROL!!! We prayed for about an hour …. The minute after we finished ..the same doctor bearing bad news came into the waiting room saying: She has stabilized and her pressure is half of what it was.. she has a chance!!!! AMEN… AMEN…. GOD GAVE HER THAT CHANCE!!!!

He gives YOU and ME a chance everyday to get right with him!!!

We are in our 44th day .. Candice is completely healed by Jesus’ stripes!!!

She is still in a coma but I RECEIVE that she is completely healed.

She will wake up when god is ready!!!
PLEASE SAY A PRAYER FOR CANDICE!!!!!

THANK YOU
HER HUSBAND “BRY BRY”