My story is about two healthy and amazing people who love God, loved eachother and love people. They were catapulted into an unexpected journey as the color spectrum of life and their reality suddenly turned to grey as their lives began to fade while they transitioned into a sphere of  unknowns. 

In order to offer you the full impact to the story of my journey, please allow me to invite you in, to walk with me through the caverns and seemingly endless encounters of my unexpected journey.

I am pastor Gary Wilkerson a devoted servant of God, and as a kingdom ambassodor, a global ambassodor of civility, a best selling author, a mentor, a friend, a brother, a father to many and a husband until recently, my life purpose is serving God. 

My journey begins as I unexpectantly and sudenly watched my healthy wife of twenty years having just had a minor lung biopsy, slowly suffocate while in the hospitals care un attended. She slowly slipped away gasping for breath in search of oxygen which was escaping from her lungs rapidly due to a small punture during the biopsy proceedure, Unfortunate for me, that I could not do anything to help her.

Eventhough I was at peace about her passing, understanding that she had transitioned to the eternal life, a life that she longed for and lived every day to obtain it, wasnow her reality. Afterwards, I did\'nt  realized that as I was providing care and comfort to others close to us, that I was actually neglecting myself. This had become a complex time of year for me, with Jennifer having passed away two days before our twentieth anniversary, and then with the Thanksgiving holiday following shortly after her memorial, came her birthday which was just before Christmas, and then the Christmas holiday. With all of these celebratory occassions upon me, all of which placed emphasis on Jennifer and her not being present with me anymore. I unknowingly had a need to offset what I was feeling. I found it impossible to resist the condolences and care being offered by those around me through food, which brought comfort. Unfortunately for me because I had not been accustomed to ingesting the types of foods being offered and consumed by me without thought of the damage I was inflicting on my own body. Suddenly without notice my body shut down from toxicity, and my blood was sepsis causing me to go into septic shock while being rushhed to the hospital. The result of it all, in addition to being sepsis, was a diagnosis of cancer (MULTIPLE MYLOMA), Kidney failure which required dyalisis, along with three seizures in a row within a short spand of time, and an inuced coma purposed to try stabalizing my body which had no normal fuction on its own. And so the unexpected journey is in full motion and now taking its own course, which was not a journey that I cared to be on. So with evrything within me, I began to rely upon the only thing that I knew would help me, the word of God within me and so my spirit agreed with the word and began to fight on my behalf against everything that was attacking my body and my mind. I found myself diging deep to recall and activate my faith in the promises of God which said to me that I am healed by Jesus stipes, so no matter what the reports coming from the diagnosis, of the medical staff. My spirit instictively and automatically countered what was being said. The most interesting aspect of that is that I was in a coma and not cognisent as to what was really hapening to me naturally, all of my activities and communications were in the spirit. 

As many were praying with me and for me, the life in me began to prevail against all odds, yet the journey continued as I began to undergo a multitude of treatment, test, and processes of rehabilitation, with the hope to again sit up on my own, or walk, talk, even swalow. This all had to be re-learned  before i could conume food and liquids. 

Three months in the hopspital and two weeks in rehab for physical and occupasional therapies, and then contimued physical and occupational therapy after being released to go home. I am so grateful for the love an care I received from St. Joseph Hospital and Encompass Health. I left encouraged and fortified with excitment to continuing the journey.

I in  the begining of this journey, humbly asked God to help me, that I would not suffer through the process of the chemotherapy and dyalisis treaments with the major side effects that most people encounter, and He answered me. I never experienced the major side effects that usually come with treatment and the healthcare providers were astonished and sometimes argumentive, as I boasted in Gods goodness and power.

After seven months on dyalisis, I was released from having to need dyalisis, and without having to undergo a kidney transplant. I am currently still recieviening chemotherapy treatments and soon to be scheduled for Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation (HCT) Transplant to continue my journey of healing. I am inviting you to come along a join with me and God to witness the expected ending of this amazingly incredible unexpected journey, which is actually a new begining for me. Victory over death, cancer, kidney disease and everthing assocated, which attempted to destroy my life. But,because of Christ I\'m alive and seaking every opportunity to encourage someone else to never give up on life, because through faith in what Jesus did on the cross you can have what I have.

Although the restorization of my life is at hand there is still a ways to go to obtain the complete manifestation of my healing and with that comes great expense and with my limited ability and opportunity for financial gain and stability, I invite you who have journeied with me on this unexpected journey to this point, to continue the journey with me in considering how you might continue this journey with me through your financial support and prayers, because with each day of my renewed life the unexpected is still present.

I will continue to update you with my progress through my story, photos, videos and blurbs of comments from those who have been traveling with me on this \"UNEXPECTED JOURNEY\" 

Thank you and Blessing...

 Pastor Gary Wilkerson