Our Story
To make a great long story short, Mama was admitted to the hospital for respiratory failure in May of 2015, as she struggled with COPD for many years and had stage four lung disease. After three weeks on life support and no signs of progress, many doctors at two different hospitals all came to the same conclusion for Mama "There is no hope for stage four lung disease. She is going to die. We have done all modern medicine can do." As mama laid there, unconscious, we were all a determined family and friends as we trusted in our faith and the promises of God for her healing. God revealed hispromise of healing to each of us at different times. At times when we each needed that confirmation.We gave strength to each other when each of us was weak. Brought each of us closer together and most of all closer to God. On a daily basis, we prayed and believed in this miracle. We believed that we would see our mom dancing at our cousins' wedding that was only three weeks away, as God revealed to us in a vision. Against all the odds and doctors expert opinion, Mama came off life support completely healed. She is a walking miracle. Praise Jesus.
For the first time in a very long time, she was able to run around with her grandkids when prier could not even take two steps without her oxygen. For the first time in a very long time, she was able to enjoy her life. She shared the battles Jesus was fighting while she was unconscious. How he picked her up from the middle of this battle with the enemy to take her life and put her on this mountain and told her it's not the time for you yet, stay here for your family, while he fought for her. She said he picked her up in his arms and as she leaned on his shoulder she described his sweet smell. A smell she will never forget. At this point, my husband and I decided to start Mama Voula’s. He quit his 30-year career in retail store management and stepped out in faith to make mama's dream come to pass. Mama and my husband started Mama Voula’s traveling through the RTP area spreading her love. Like my sister-in-law Laura always said: “She brought back a piece of heaven in her cooking.”
OPA!
Hristina and Frank Gilchrist I Owners
