God’s Giant Hands: The Near Death Experience of Rick Defer
Introductory statement This story was written by a remarkable Spirit-filled woman named Kaitee Lusk, who interviewed former firefighter Rick Defer and wrote the story in his own words. I’ve never met her in person, but I did correspond with her. It was Rick that told me about her. When I met him at church one day in Citrus Heights in 2007, he told me a bit about his accident and showed several of us the scars from where he was electrocuted at work in 1980. There was a clear dent in his chest, and his hands still bore the scars of that unfortunate day. He also told me Kaitee’s amazing story, so I contacted her by email and she sent me the written narrative below as well as a written account of receiving a call from God to go to the Philippines and contact President Ferdinand Marcos in order to relay a divine answer to his private prayer. You can find Kaitee’s astonishing story here . I’ve done a bit of light editing on grammar points and shortened the story to fit the blog. It’s s