God, Aliens, and Other Stuff

  Image by author using ChatGPT Kaitee Lusk used to live in Citrus Heights, California, my former city of residence. I found out about her through Rick Defer, a Sacramento man who got my attention with his own miraculous story. You can read about his astonishing story here . Kaitee’s daughter accepted Christ at the age of 2 1/2. Heather attended the same High School as my two boys, and like my eldest, she was valedictorian of her class. I never met Kaitee in person, but I have spoken to her by phone and corresponded with her. The story below can be found in her book , Eternal Makeovers , (Redemption Press, 2014). Her adventure may seem hard to believe at first, but Kaitee sent me newsletters with photos of her and staff and members of the Marcos family. She’s the real deal. This miraculous journey began in July, 1989, with a coveted invitation to a Christian conference (Lausanne II) in Manila. Flight arrangements were made to come and go via Korea. Before the trip, her pastor’s s...

  Introductory statement This story was written by a remarkable Spirit-filled woman named Kaitee Lusk, who interviewed former firefighter Rick Defer and added the account of his near-death-experience (NDE) to the collection of miracle stories in her book Eternal Makeovers , Pleasant Word, Winepress Publishing, Enumclaw WA, 2006. Rick told me about her when I met him at church one day in Citrus Heights, California in 2007. Several of us listened to his first hand account of the day he was electrocuted at work in 1980 and was clinically dead for a full half hour. He showed us the scars. There was a clear dent in his chest, and his hands still bore witness to the burns from that unfortunate day. He also told me Kaitee’s amazing story, so I contacted her by email and she sent me the narrative below, copied and pasted from her book manuscript. She added her own account of receiving a call from God to go to the Philippines. Her stunning story of leading Philippine dictator Ferdinand Ma...

  Aaaand, the black blob is down for the count! 1, 2, 3.... The little black blob appeared in the home of Ron and Linette shortly after a woman she knew dropped by the house for a visit. That woman had been playing with a Ouija Board in her former location. As an evangelical Christian, Linette believed that playing with the Ouija could open portals in the spirit world, so everyone who knew her knew that she wouldn't approve, including this lady, but she listened non-judgmentally to the friend's description of the evening.  Nevertheless, when the woman left, she left behind a 'hitchhiker,' a deposit of something spiritual, but not Christian. Linette told me that she had a habit of getting up at night to get a drink or take a pill. She would seldom turn on the lights, and sometimes she would use the time to pray or worship her Lord. Shortly after the friend's visit, Linette began to notice that when she got up at night to get a drink or use the bathroom, a little blac...