His parents credit the power of prayer. "I've had to learn to let go," she told the magazine. 2 March 1951) on 30 June 1970 when they were both 19. So, you could clearly understand what exactly transpired. The incredible true story has been made into a movie called Breakthrough, starring This is Us' Chrissy Metz, Topher Grace, and Marcel Ruiz. "The platform we have to tell people: Be happy for what you have; you don't know if you're going to have it tomorrow. She recalls them being cold and grey. c-0.309-0.131-0.588-0.334-0.836-0.615c-0.558-0.626-0.835-1.409-0.835-2.348c0-0.939,0.109-1.803,0.327-2.59 "After time and a lot of prayer and mentoring, I eventually saw that God is the only way to get through something like this. John was in the frigid water for a total of more than 20 minutes. Because God had already assured me this was going to be okay.". God can take any impossibility and make all things possible. "Breakthrough" mom Joyce Smith talks about the real-life miracle that She and her husband Brian live in St. Charles, Missouri. Paramedics rushed him to SSM St. Joseph Hospital West. Yet seven days after awaking, John went off the ventilator. Stay well mentally, physically, socially, and emotionally with our Wellness newsletter. From a very young age, Johns parents have focused on encouraging John to cultivate a love for the Lord. "I had to deal with answering the question of 'Why me?'" Joyce and Brian Smith (Chrissy Metz and Josh Lucas) have an adopted teenage son named John (Marcel Ruiz) whom they adopted from Guatemala when he was 9 months old. Even in the darkest times with the most difficult situations. c0.736-0.896,1.382-1.484,1.939-1.766c0.557-0.279,1.012-0.421,1.365-0.421c0.354,0,0.703,0.071,1.045,0.212 In the film "Breakthrough," which Roxann Dawson directed, a teen who falls into a frozen lake sets out on what seems to be a miracle adventure. As the story goes, that was the moment that everything changed: Immediately after Joyce uttered those words, her son's heart began beating once again. John's friend Joshua Sander managed to pull himself out. Ultimately, it took emergency responders about 15 minutes before they could bring John to the surface.
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