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Nori

Basic Info​

  • Location: San Antonio, TX area
  • Role/Occupation: Former special ed counselor, now pediatric speech therapist
  • Age: 62 years old
  • Met: Through Ida Villavicencio (worked together as counselors)
  • Relationship Status: Getting married (December 2025) - first marriage since traumatic divorce

Professional Background​

  • Previous Role: Special education counselor (how she met Ida)
  • Current Role: Pediatric speech therapist
    • Went back to school for additional degree
    • Helps children with speech development
  • Life Mission: "Loved helping people" - dedicated to service despite personal trauma

Personal Background​

  • Family Tragedy: Mother died when Nori was 18 from aneurysm
    • Raised her baby brother who was 1 year old at the time
    • Brother is now a psychiatrist in Austin, "hardcore Christian man"
    • Brother recently adopted two children
  • Marital Trauma: Married for 10 years to abusive alcoholic husband David
    • He became severe alcoholic and possibly used heroin
    • Would have "psychotic spells" and use racist derogatory names (he was white, she Hispanic)
    • First assault: Kicked her down stairs while pregnant, causing miscarriage (only pregnancy)
    • Second attempted murder: Tried to crush her with large rock, saved by waste management workers
    • Husband died of overdose 3 days after arrest
  • **Never remarried or had children after trauma until now (age 62)
  • **Raised a niece and nephew through college despite not having her own children

Miraculous Healing Testimony​

Terminal Diagnosis​

  • Diagnosed with brain cancer that had spread to:
    • Lymph nodes
    • Multiple organs
  • Doctors gave prognosis: "Six weeks to live"
  • Told to "get your house in order" - no treatment options available

Divine Intervention​

  • Prayer Warriors: Group of 10 women including Ida prayed for 2+ years
    • Group had already seen "many miracles" - breast cancer, infertility, deliverances
  • Healer Connection: Man introduced through Ida's Aunt Elba
    • Came to pray despite short notice
    • Prayed with the group over Nori
  • Miraculous Result: At 3-month mark, body scan showed "no trace of cancer"
  • Medical Theory: Oncologist believed extreme stress/trauma caused inflammation leading to cancer

Interaction History​

December 6, 2025: Discussed via Ida​

  • Gary learned full story of miraculous healing
  • Requested medical records for case study documentation
  • Ida shopping for Nori's bridal shower - wedding happening soon
  • First marriage since traumatic divorce decades ago

Strategic Value & Collaboration Areas​

  • Healing Documentation: Potential case study for miraculous healing
  • Testimony Power: Documented medical miracle (before/after scans)
  • Ministry Connection: Part of Ida's prayer warrior network
  • Austin Connection: Brother is psychiatrist in Austin

Notes & Observations​

  • Powerful testimony of both extreme trauma and miraculous healing
  • Example of how unprocessed trauma can manifest as physical illness
  • Demonstrates power of persistent intercession (2+ years of prayer)
  • Finding joy and new love at 62 after decades of healing from trauma
  • Strong faith community support through Ida and prayer group