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Called by Name and Healed!

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19-year-old Mike Pimpo is an active business student at Regent university. 

On June 19, 2021, Mike was at his summer job at a recycling plant in his hometown of Chicago. While he was helping get a load of boxes unstuck, he had an accident.

“One of the boxes fell right on the back of my head as I was sliding it. It was like a 15-to 20-pound box. I didn't, you know, pass out or anything but I felt really lightheaded. I had trouble like balancing. I felt a little, you know, dizzy at the time and had a headache.”

Mike went home, took the next day off and then went back to work. The headaches continued. Two weeks later, he realized he’d gotten worse instead of better.

“It was very difficult. I was starting to experience a lot more severity of headaches, a lot more nauseousness.”

So, on July 19th, a month after the accident, Mike went to see his doctor in person.

“They told me that, you know, it's actually common where you experience worse symptoms later on. It's called post-concussion syndrome. He told me it would take six months to recover, recommended ice and rest. Told me to take Advil. They also recommended I do physical therapy.”

Mike’s job gave him workman’s comp and also paid for his physical therapy. However, Mike was still experiencing headaches, along with memory and focus issues. He was forced to take the rest of the summer off.

“I wasn’t just experiencing dizziness and headaches that wouldn’t go away. I didn't feel like myself. I couldn't play sports; I couldn’t do what I loved doing. Like if you're really exhausted or dehydrated that's how I felt, but all the time.” As the fall semester got closer, Mike struggled with worry and discouragement.

“Not only was I worried about the finances, but I was worried about how I'd be able to go to school and just do my math classes and my business classes because I could barely even, you know, add a couple numbers and I'm taking a college algebra class. The heat was also another big deal for me. Virginia in August is really hot, and I wouldn't have been able to walk to class.”

Since Mike believed God called him to pursue a degree at Regent, he sought God’s help in prayer.

“One of the things that God brought to mind was 2 Kings. After reading those scripture verses on Naaman and Elisha. It really encouraged me not to give up. Faith is an act of obedience, and I want to remain in obedience to God, not only in my actions but also in my faith, to believe that God can heal me, to believe that despite my injuries that I'm still going to praise him.”

Mike kept the faith and made plans to go back to Regent in the fall. In August of 2021, his parents were driving him back to campus when Mike’s grandfather called.

"He goes, you know, ‘Michael, we have great news for you! Pat Robertson was praying for you.’ I said, Really? and they play this recording from the 700 Club, and I hear Pat Robertson say: ‘Somebody else, you got hit in the head. I mean you were hit strongly, and it is a concussion. They said there’s really nothing they can do. You’ve had this problem.  And right now, just touch your head, in the name of...is it Michael?  Touch your head right now, in Jesus’ name, touch him.”’

"Immediately, you know, I just sensed the presence of God and received it. I asked my parents if I could drive and-and try it out. I drove for a couple hours on the interstate, it was crazy, it was like I was fine. It blew my mind. But I knew, you know, God's faithful. I was like, ‘Wow, I think, you know, I believe it that I'm completely healed!’ The first day I got to campus I played basketball. I didn't just play basketball, I was out here with my friends for like three hours, three days in the week, spinning around and (slight laugh) it was – it was surreal!"

Now, Mike is thriving and enjoying his business classes at Regent. He’s had no ill effects from the concussion since his healing.

“I believe that God spoke through Pat Robertson in his prayer. God's faithful and he rewards those who diligently seek him, he's a rewarder of our faith. There's no limit to what God can do.”
 


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Amy Reid
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Amy Reid has been a Features Producer with the Christian Broadcasting Network since 2003 and has a Master’s in Journalism from Regent University. When she’s not working on a story she’s passionate about, she loves to cook, garden, read and travel.