This is my testimony of how I
believe God sent me back to con-
tinue his work here on earth after
having three heart attacks in few
days.
THREE HEART
ATTACKS
The first heart
attack was
while I was
sleeping in
bed. I did not
wake up my
wife and
never men-
tioned it to
her; I was
unsure what happened anyway. I
tried to live healthily and exer-
cised regularly. However, on
November 29, 2019, I had my sec-
ond heart attack while I was jog-
ging. Although it was not as
severe at the first one, I became
concerned because I was unsure
what I was experiencing. I man-
aged to get back home, shower,
and go to bed.
Nevertheless, I was feeling ill, and
late afternoon I decided to go to
the nearest health center. I
walked 2km to arrive there. I
thought walking would help. I was
not sure what I was feeling. At the
health center, the doctor became
concerned and sent me to the
hospital. The doctor wanted to
call the ambulance, but I told her
that my wife would pick me up.
However, I could not reach her on
the phone and walked another
two km to the hospital. I do not
know how I managed to arrive,
but I nearly collapsed as I arrived
at the emergency department.
TWO OPERATIONS
As soon as one of the leading car-
diologists in Malta examined me
during the night, he sent me for
an operation to insert two stents
put. They managed to insert only
one, and after the intervention,
they took me to a cardiology
ward. The surgeon told me that
soon the pain I was experiencing
would subdue; however, I started
experiencing increasing chest pain
instead of subduing. The pain
became unbearable, I was feeling
cold and shaking, and tense. The
nurses noticed something was
wrong and called specialists to
assist me. Those around my bed,
including me, thought I was about
to expire. I had three cardiologists
working on me and several nurses
giving me medication according to
doctors’ instructions. At one
point, I knew I was about to die.
MY “NEAR” DEATH EXPERIENCE
Suddenly, the room vanished, and
all I could see was a
yellow/orange place. I could see
the faces of Christine, my wife,
and my three boys feeling as if I
am saying goodbye to them. Then,
I turned my head sideways, and I
remember saying, “Lord, I have
not completed the vision you gave
me!” Then whether it was my
imagination or God speaking, I do
not know, but I felt a voice saying,
“I am sending you back, and you
are going to complete it.” When I
open my eyes again (I think they
where closed before), I found
myself back in the hospital ward.
The nurses and doctors seemed
to be relieved and were encourag-
ing me that all will be well soon.
Then they took me to a Critical
Cardio Unit (CCU). However, while
I was there and Christine beside
me, the pain came rushing in, and
the surgeon came to see me and
took me back to the operation
table. I had two heart interven-
tions in the space of few hours.
TESTIMONIES
After the operation, three of
those assisting in the operation
took me back to the CCU. They
happened to be two Pakistani and
one Italian Christians. They knew I
was a Christian because they
heard me give my testimony to
the surgeon before the first oper-
ation. They told Christine, who
was allowed to wait outside the
operating room, that I am an
answered prayer because I should
not be here anymore. At the CCU,
two doctors on separate occa-
sions told me that I should thank
God that he has a plan for me
because I should not be here.
When I visited my general practi-
tioner after I was released from
the hospital, he repeated the very
same words.
A few days after, I went for a hos-
pital check-up. While I was there, I
went back to the CCU to thank the
doctors and nurses there. They
immediately recognized me and
told me that I had frightened
them! Therefore, I am very confi-
dent that it was God that I felt,
saying I am coming back to com-
plete His plan for me.
DOES THIS MAKE SENSE TO YOU?
I am not sure if this makes sense
to people, but it certainly does to
me. My life changed in many posi-
tive ways; I became more and
more considerate to people’s
needs and serving God with a
sense of assurance that only after
I completed His plan for me on
earth will He then call me home.
More than before, I want to train
as many people as possible to
carry on the work I am doing after
my time here on earth expires.
I am now walking and jogging
10km nearly daily, eating health-
ier, and carrying less body weight.
In other words, I feel healthier
than before I was before the expe-
rience above. Glory be to God!
AN EXPERIENCE WITH
DEATH
MY TESTIMONY