[Anne] Hjelle was taken by helicopter to Mission Hospital in Mission Viejo. After surgery, Hjelle felt helpless as the attack replayed in her mind in an endless loop.
“It was like watching a horror movie,” she said. “Except it really happened to me.”
Her pastor, Phil Munsey of Life Church of Mission Viejo, arrived the next morning and felt the urge to pray for her emotional health, worried that she would be plagued by flashbacks and nightmares.
“As a pastor,” Munsey said. “I prayed for a miracle and received one.”
Her pastor gave her a New Testament verse from 2 Timothy 4:17 to inspire her: “… the Lord stood at my side and gave me strength … And I was delivered from the lion’s mouth.”