On April 17, 2026 at a Release of the Holy Spirit Retreat hosted by Holy Family Apostolic Sanctuary in Malvern PA, Vickie Smith was sharing her opening testimony on the first evening when she received a Word of Knowledge about someone in the audience who was suffering from low back pain with sciatica on their left side.
I was one of the organizers of this retreat, President of this Foundation and M.C. of the event so I had reservations about raising my hand because I thought it might look staged or faked.
I glanced around the room and nobody else was raising their hand.
I have been suffering with these conditions for over 10 years and they have slowly been worsening having a major negative impact on the quality of my life.
I had accepted this as my human condition and after many medical tests, including a second opinion from Mayo Clinic and much prayer, I had decided to have the necessary surgery which was going to be a three level back fusion complete with rods, plates and screws.
So, I raised my hand and Vickie seemed a bit surprised but asked me to stand up in front of the group. She identified the spirit of affliction as being caused by a Father wound from when I was much younger. I acknowledged, and she proceeded to say that I had been falsely accused and I endured a severe punishment as a result.
Again I acknowledged, astonished!
She led me through prayers of forgiveness for my Father and severed the word curses. I claimed this healing three times in the name of Jesus making the Sign of the Cross and my pain level dropped, but not completely.
She asked if my Mother had supported me during this ordeal and I admitted that she had indeed caused it. We prayed forgiveness prayers for my Mother, as well and I received more pain relief.
Both of my parents have been deceased for many years, I love them very much, yet I was unconsciously carrying this grudge against them for that one event that happened when I was a teenager.
This all happened so quickly that my mind was confounded!
That entire retreat was amazing!
It has been six weeks now and I have not had any numbness in my legs and feet, I have more energy, I am sleeping better and my pain is much improved.
I had an MRI done on my lower spine which showed no change in my vertebrae, yet I still enjoy all of this relief so I canceled the surgery in my lower back that was scheduled for May 5, 2026.
At certain times my pain and previous symptoms return, but usually briefly, and I keep claiming the healing and rebuking and rejecting this spirit of affliction; I unite my pain and suffering with Jesus’s suffering on the cross and soon enough it is gone again. I believe this is Spiritual Warfare as satan tries to convince me that I was not healed.
I am still in awe for this healing and I give all praise and glory to God!
Thank you Vickie for being such a willing instrument and sharing the gifts that you have been entrusted with.
Thank you Jesus for this healing, both physically and spiritually!
Todd St.Romain