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HOW TO USE THEIR FAITH. JOIN US IN TEACHING BELIEVERS 1 4 : B V O V Partner with KCM. planting the Word of God in his heart had prepared him for this situation with his daughter. Besides, regardless of what the doctors said, God had spoken the same three words to both Jenny and him: I've got this. Another Change of Plans Doctors ended up giving Avery three blood transfusions. Even after the last one, her white blood count was too low. Her little body needed it to be higher to fi ght o the infection because the white blood cells boosted her immunity. As Eddie sat next to her bed he remembered what God's Word said in Romans 8:11—that the same Spirit that raised Jesus from the dead dwells in Avery. He commanded Avery's white blood cells to rise to normal in Jesus' Name. After a week, the white blood cells reached a healthy level. For the fi rst time, Eddie and Jenny got to hold their daughter for 10 minutes. She still wasn't breathing on her own. It wasn't until day 13 that Avery was taken o the ventilator. For the fi rst time, she breathed on her own! Eddie and Jenny were there with a car seat and everything they needed to fi nally take the baby home when suddenly plans changed. "We need to move her to Cook Children's Hospital," the doctor explained. "There's a valve in her lung that's still pinched shut. They have a greater specialty in that area." Everyone prayed that the valve in Avery's lung would open. At the children's hospital they performed a procedure on her and then discharged her after two days. "They sent her home without any warnings," Jenny explains. "She had a clean bill of health. It was just like bringing Mackenzie (their older daughter) home. The only di erence was that Avery had to go back to the hospital in three months to double-check her lung. They scoped her and said she was perfectly healthy. "What happened was an absolute act of God. She went from being in the hospital 15 days with very little chance of living, to being given a clean bill of health. The medical care was amazing. But the miracle was all God." Resurrection Life to Another Dream Life for the Richard family soon returned to a normal rhythm. Their home was fi lled with the love, laughter, and joy of two healthy and growing girls. Jenny stayed home with Mackenzie and Avery while Eddie continued to work. Eddie had never thought twice about giving up engineering for the gospel. However, there was one dream deeply hidden in his heart. He had always loved movies. At the age of 10, after watching Back to the Future III, Eddie had decided to write the script for the fourth installment. Sitting down with a yellow pad and pen, he wrote his version of the story. It was silly, but it was so much fun he could hardly stand it. One Sunday in church, he listened as Pastor George Pearsons explained how tithing opens the windows of heaven. He said that when the windows of heaven open, God allows ideas and concepts to fl ow down to you. Holding his tithe check,Eddie heard the Lord whisper, I want you to write a screenplay. "I went to Barnes & Noble and bought a book on how to write screenplays," Eddie recalls. "I studied the process because it wasn't easy. Later, I reconnected with my friend Jason Smith. We both share a love for movies and we started writing screenplays together. "A few years later, I also became friends with Rick Reyna, a movie producer in California. Rick had a great story he'd written that he wanted to use for a movie. Together, we wrote the screenplay for the movie, The Rally." Ironically, the Christian-themed movie about four families and the challenges they faced in a small, crime-riddled town, featured a crime boss who was portrayed by Kenneth Copeland. The movie was released in 2010. "Working with Rick was like attending fi lm school," says Eddie. Today, Eddie works in the TV department at KCM as a producer. Jenny recently returned to KCM, not as Valerie but as a merchandise developer/buyer in the ministry's communications department. "I love being Partners with KCM, not only because of the blessing that comes on me and my family but because we get to be part of getting that same blessing to others," says Eddie. Years ago, I worked in distribution. I've seen how many pallets of books and supplies KCM ships to other ministries. I've also seen stacks of checks KCM gives to ministries around the world. Who does that?" Today, Mackenzie is 20 and Avery is 18. They would be the fi rst to agree with their parents that faith isn't just a theory. The Word of God is still alive, creating miracles and changing generations. KCM.ORG/PARTNERNOW

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