got on my phone and preached.
The videos vary in length from
60 seconds to 20 minutes,
depending on content."
After graduating from KCBC,
Gabe stayed in Fort Worth. He
put together a studio to further
enhance what God had called
him to do. He also continued
attending Eagle Mountain
International Church.
The Fall
One crisp fall morning in
October 2020, Gabe decided
to hang out with a couple of
friends. Although he didn't know how to ride a
skateboard, he had bought an electric one and
learned to use it. It was so much fun.
Gabe and his friends took their
motorized skateboards on a ride around
the neighborhood. Excited for a quick spin
around the block, Gabe hadn't bothered with
a helmet.
The neighborhood was quiet with very little
tra c. The boys laughed and talked as they
rode. Suddenly, Gabe's skateboard hit a small
bump in the road. The world seemed to spin
as Gabe fl ew through the air. Landing in the
street, his head cracked against hard cement.
Everything went black.
Gabe's friends rushed to help him. So did a
motorist who had been driving by.
Unconscious, blood was gushing out of his
ears and the back of his head.
His lungs apparently failing, he took a
breath about once every minute. One of his
friends propped Gabe up to help with his
breathing.
Rushed to the hospital, Gabe was diagnosed
with a traumatic brain injury. Doctors drilled
a hole into his skull to release the pressure
from his swollen brain. The back of his head
had cracked open like a ripe watermelon. He'd
aspirated stomach contents into his lungs. He
was put on a ventilator to help him breathe.
His parents fl ew in from Virginia to be at
his side. When they arrived, Gabe was still
unconscious.
Forty-eight percent of traumatic brain
injuries result in death, a neurosurgeon
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explained to Gabe's
parents. The odds of
their son's survival
were about 50/50, the
doctor said, adding that
even if he survived,
Gabe would likely be a
mental vegetable.
"If he wakes from the
coma, it's likely that
he won't remember
anything."
The Awakening
Members at EMIC and KCBC joined with
Gabe's family and friends and prayed in
agreement for his healing and restoration.
Days passed with no change in his condition.
Then, after two and a half weeks in a coma,
one day in November Gabe woke up, looked
around the room, and asked his parents,
"What am I doing in the hospital?"
He saw his parents weeping.
"Gabe, are you all right?"
"Why are you all being so dramatic? I'm fi ne."
Doctors and nurses fl ocked to his bedside,
"I'm really big on reaching the unchurched
generation. That happens to be my generation."
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