A Garçonete que Curava Clientes Através da Comida: Testemunho Surpreendente
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In one of the most'}, {'start': '26.199', 'end': '31.359', 'text': 'difficult moments of her life, she realized that she'}, {'start': '28.880', 'end': '33.840', 'text': 'could be an instrument in the hands of'}, {'start': '31.359', 'end': '36.680', 'text': 'God, even carrying trays and'}, {'start': '33.840', 'end': '38.360', 'text': 'taking orders.  Lord, use my'}, {'start': '36.680', 'end': '41.800', 'text': 'hands to touch those who would not'}, {'start': '38.360', 'end': '44.440', 'text': 'otherwise allow themselves to be touched.'}, {'start': '41.800', 'end': '46.719', 'text': 'This silent prayer changed not only'}, {'start': '44.440', 'end': '49.000', 'text': "Helena's life, but also the lives of"}, {'start': '46.719', 'end': '51.719', 'text': 'hundreds of customers who frequented the'}, {'start': '49.000', 'end': '54.199', 'text': 'restaurant where she worked.  Some'}, {'start': '51.719', 'end': '56.920', 'text': 'would call it a coincidence, others'}, {'start': '54.199', 'end': '59.960', 'text': 'madness.  But for those who experienced'}, {'start': '56.920', 'end': '64.000', 'text': 'inexplicable healings after eating there, there'}, {'start': '59.960', 'end': '67.280', 'text': 'was only one explanation, a divine miracle.'}, {'start': '64.000', 'end': '69.799', 'text': 'Helena Rodrigues, 43, had worked'}, {'start': '67.280', 'end': '71.759', 'text': 'as a waitress for over a decade at the'}, {'start': '69.799', 'end': '73.680', 'text': 'Sabor em Vida restaurant, a'}, {'start': '71.759', 'end': '76.320', 'text': 'family-run establishment in the'}, {'start': '73.680', 'end': '78.880', 'text': 'city center.  A single mother of two'}, {'start': '76.320', 'end': '81.040', 'text': 'teenage children, she balanced long'}, {'start': '78.880', 'end': '83.520', 'text': 'work hours with the'}, {'start': '81.040', 'end': '86.799', 'text': 'responsibility of raising her children'}, {'start': '83.520', 'end': '89.360', 'text': 'alone.  After her husband abandoned her, the'}, {'start': '86.799', 'end': '92.720', 'text': "restaurant's atmosphere was welcoming,"}, {'start': '89.360', 'end': '95.360', 'text': 'with rustic wooden tables, lamps,'}, {'start': '92.720', 'end': '97.640', 'text': 'yellowish pendant lights and the'}, {'start': '95.360', 'end': '98.920', 'text': 'constant aroma of fresh spices.  The'}, {'start': '97.640', 'end': '100.920', 'text': 'clientele was'}, {'start': '98.920', 'end': '103.159', 'text': 'diverse, from executives in'}, {'start': '100.920', 'end': '104.960', 'text': 'a hurry to families coming on the'}, {'start': '103.159', 'end': '107.439', 'text': 'weekends.'}, {'start': '104.960', 'end': '109.520', 'text': 'Helena had always been a devout Christian, a'}, {'start': '107.439', 'end': '112.560', 'text': 'regular attendee of her'}, {'start': '109.520', 'end': '115.200', 'text': 'local church, but she faced a'}, {'start': '112.560', 'end': '118.119', 'text': 'silent conflict.  His beliefs seemed'}, {'start': '115.200', 'end': '120.880', 'text': 'far removed from his professional reality.'}, {'start': '118.119', 'end': '124.320', 'text': 'How could I serve God among dishes,'}, {'start': '120.880', 'end': '126.920', 'text': 'orders and tips?  His faith seemed'}, {'start': '124.320', 'end': '130.800', 'text': 'confined to Sundays, while the'}, {'start': '126.920', 'end': '133.400', 'text': 'rest of the week was lost in the'}, {'start': '130.800', 'end': '136.160', 'text': 'exhausting routine.  Before continuing with this'}, {'start': '133.400', 'end': '138.160', 'text': 'incredible story, I want to invite you to'}, {'start': '136.160', 'end': '141.599', 'text': "subscribe to our channel so you don't"}, {'start': '138.160', 'end': '144.760', 'text': 'miss any of our'}, {'start': '141.599', 'end': '146.959', 'text': 'inspiring testimonies.  And stay until the end, because'}, {'start': '144.760', 'end': '148.920', 'text': "I will reveal how Helena's gift was"}, {'start': '146.959', 'end': '151.800', 'text': 'confirmed in a way that no one'}, {'start': '148.920', 'end': '153.879', 'text': 'could have imagined.  Helena always'}, {'start': '151.800', 'end': '156.680', 'text': 'felt that God was calling her to something'}, {'start': '153.879', 'end': '159.519', 'text': 'more.  But how could a simple waitress'}, {'start': '156.680', 'end': '161.440', 'text': 'impact lives for the kingdom?'}, {'start': '159.519', 'end': '164.000', 'text': 'This question consumed her as she'}, {'start': '161.440', 'end': '166.680', 'text': 'watched customers come and go'}, {'start': '164.000', 'end': '168.720', 'text': 'from her restaurant daily, each'}, {'start': '166.680', 'end': '171.840', 'text': 'carrying invisible burdens that she'}, {'start': '168.720', 'end': '174.239', 'text': 'could only intuit.  It was a Tuesday'}, {'start': '171.840', 'end': '178.040', 'text': 'like any other when Mariana, a'}, {'start': '174.239', 'end': '181.040', 'text': 'regular customer, entered the restaurant.'}, {'start': '178.040', 'end': '184.440', 'text': 'Helena knew that expression well.'}, {'start': '181.040', 'end': '186.480', 'text': 'Dark circles under the eyes, slumped shoulders, the'}, {'start': '184.440', 'end': '189.599', 'text': 'distant look of someone carrying'}, {'start': '186.480', 'end': '193.000', 'text': 'too many worries.  Having worked'}, {'start': '189.599', 'end': '195.120', 'text': 'as a waitress for years, Helena had developed a'}, {'start': '193.000', 'end': '197.440', 'text': 'sensitivity to the'}, {'start': '195.120', 'end': '199.640', 'text': 'emotional state of her customers.  Mariana was an'}, {'start': '197.440', 'end': '202.120', 'text': 'executive at a nearby company and'}, {'start': '199.640', 'end': '205.599', 'text': 'that day she seemed particularly'}, {'start': '202.120', 'end': '208.280', 'text': 'downcast.  "The usual, Helena,"'}, {'start': '205.599', 'end': '210.799', 'text': 'Mariana murmured, without even looking at the'}, {'start': '208.280', 'end': '213.239', 'text': 'menu.  Leaf salad with'}, {'start': '210.799', 'end': '216.400', 'text': 'grilled chicken and orange juice.  As she'}, {'start': '213.239', 'end': '218.599', 'text': 'returned to the kitchen to place her order,'}, {'start': '216.400', 'end': '220.680', 'text': 'Helena felt an'}, {'start': '218.599', 'end': '223.840', 'text': 'inexplicable compassion.  His thoughts'}, {'start': '220.680', 'end': '227.480', 'text': 'naturally turned to prayer.'}, {'start': '223.840', 'end': '231.599', 'text': 'Lord, this woman looks so tired,'}, {'start': '227.480', 'end': '233.519', 'text': 'so sick, if I could do something?   It'}, {'start': '231.599', 'end': '235.480', 'text': 'was then that Helena felt a'}, {'start': '233.519', 'end': '238.799', 'text': 'strange heat in her hands.   It'}, {'start': '235.480', 'end': '241.120', 'text': "wasn't uncomfortable, just"}, {'start': '238.799', 'end': '242.840', 'text': 'different.  A gentle tingling that'}, {'start': '241.120', 'end': '245.680', 'text': 'started at the fingertips and'}, {'start': '242.840', 'end': '248.000', 'text': 'spread to the palms.  Confused, she'}, {'start': '245.680', 'end': '250.640', 'text': 'looked at her hands, but saw'}, {'start': '248.000', 'end': '253.400', 'text': "nothing unusual.  When Mariana's dish"}, {'start': '250.640', 'end': '255.560', 'text': 'was ready, something prompted'}, {'start': '253.400', 'end': '258.639', 'text': 'Helena to do something she had never'}, {'start': '255.560', 'end': '261.880', 'text': 'done before.  Before taking the plate to the'}, {'start': '258.639', 'end': '264.880', 'text': 'table, she closed her eyes for a brief'}, {'start': '261.880', 'end': '267.400', 'text': 'moment and placed her hands over the'}, {'start': '264.880', 'end': '270.320', 'text': 'food.  Lord, may this food not'}, {'start': '267.400', 'end': '273.720', 'text': 'only nourish her body, but heal whatever'}, {'start': '270.320', 'end': '275.560', 'text': 'is ailing this woman, she prayed'}, {'start': '273.720', 'end': '277.840', 'text': 'silently.  Helena'}, {'start': '275.560', 'end': '281.199', 'text': 'immediately felt embarrassed.'}, {'start': '277.840', 'end': '283.600', 'text': 'What would your colleagues think if they saw you?'}, {'start': '281.199', 'end': '286.199', 'text': 'What would God himself think of this'}, {'start': '283.600', 'end': '288.639', 'text': 'presumptuous attitude?  Quickly, she'}, {'start': '286.199', 'end': '291.479', 'text': 'took the plate to the table, trying to forget'}, {'start': '288.639', 'end': '294.800', 'text': 'what she had just done.  The next day,'}, {'start': '291.479', 'end': '297.320', 'text': 'to his surprise, Mariana returned, but'}, {'start': '294.800', 'end': '300.000', 'text': 'now her appearance was completely'}, {'start': '297.320', 'end': '302.400', 'text': 'transformed.  His eyes were shining, his'}, {'start': '300.000', 'end': '306.000', 'text': 'posture was straight, and a'}, {'start': '302.400', 'end': '308.680', 'text': "natural smile lit up his face.  Helena, I don't"}, {'start': '306.000', 'end': '310.840', 'text': 'know how to explain.  But after I had lunch'}, {'start': '308.680', 'end': '314.280', 'text': 'here yesterday, the migraine that had been'}, {'start': '310.840', 'end': '316.880', 'text': 'plaguing me for weeks simply'}, {'start': '314.280', 'end': '319.919', 'text': "disappeared.  I slept like I hadn't slept in"}, {'start': '316.880', 'end': '321.680', 'text': "months.  It's like a weight has been"}, {'start': '319.919', 'end': '325.520', 'text': 'lifted off'}, {'start': '321.680', 'end': '328.479', 'text': 'me.  Helena was paralyzed.  Would it be'}, {'start': '325.520', 'end': '330.800', 'text': 'possible?  Could it be a coincidence?  Or had'}, {'start': '328.479', 'end': '333.800', 'text': 'God actually used his hands'}, {'start': '330.800', 'end': '336.120', 'text': 'to channel healing through food?'}, {'start': '333.800', 'end': '339.319', 'text': 'The experience with Mariana left Helena'}, {'start': '336.120', 'end': '341.880', 'text': 'intrigued, but also fearful.  Over'}, {'start': '339.319', 'end': '344.759', 'text': 'the next week, she tried to repeat the'}, {'start': '341.880', 'end': '347.880', 'text': 'gesture discreetly on other dishes,'}, {'start': '344.759', 'end': '350.479', 'text': 'always with a brief prayer.  The reactions'}, {'start': '347.880', 'end': '352.880', 'text': 'began to pile up.  Clients'}, {'start': '350.479', 'end': '355.720', 'text': 'commented that they felt refreshed'}, {'start': '352.880', 'end': '359.319', 'text': 'after meals, that chronic pain'}, {'start': '355.720', 'end': '361.800', 'text': 'had reduced, that they were able to sleep'}, {'start': '359.319', 'end': '364.960', 'text': 'better.  The restaurant manager,'}, {'start': '361.800', 'end': '367.160', 'text': 'Ricardo, a practical and skeptical man,'}, {'start': '364.960', 'end': '369.199', 'text': 'began to notice a change in the'}, {'start': '367.160', 'end': '371.680', 'text': 'establishment.  More customers'}, {'start': '369.199', 'end': '374.599', 'text': 'returned, some specifically'}, {'start': '371.680', 'end': '377.319', 'text': 'asking to be served by Helena.'}, {'start': '374.599', 'end': '379.960', 'text': 'Tips increased and'}, {'start': '377.319', 'end': '382.960', 'text': 'positive comments about the good energy of the place'}, {'start': '379.960', 'end': '386.160', 'text': 'spread.  On a quiet afternoon,'}, {'start': '382.960', 'end': '388.440', 'text': 'Ricardo called Helena for a'}, {'start': '386.160', 'end': '391.000', 'text': 'private conversation.  "What have you been doing with'}, {'start': '388.440', 'end': '394.120', 'text': 'the customers, Helena?" he asked with a'}, {'start': '391.000', 'end': '397.039', 'text': 'serious expression.  Her heart'}, {'start': '394.120', 'end': '399.680', 'text': 'raced.  She had been discreet.  Or'}, {'start': '397.039', 'end': '402.400', 'text': 'so she thought: "How could she explain something that'}, {'start': '399.680', 'end': '406.479', 'text': 'she herself did not fully understand?'}, {'start': '402.400', 'end': '408.400', 'text': 'I only serve with affection, Ricardo. I treat'}, {'start': '406.479', 'end': '410.759', 'text': 'each customer as I would like to be'}, {'start': '408.400', 'end': '413.560', 'text': 'treated," she answered'}, {'start': '410.759', 'end': '416.879', 'text': 'evasively. "There is something more going on'}, {'start': '413.560', 'end': '419.080', 'text': 'here," he insisted. "Customers are coming'}, {'start': '416.879', 'end': '421.560', 'text': 'back specifically because of'}, {'start': '419.080', 'end': '424.360', 'text': 'you. Some have even said they feel'}, {'start': '421.560', 'end': '427.840', 'text': 'better after eating here. As if the'}, {'start': '424.360', 'end': '430.039', 'text': 'food were special."'}, {'start': '427.840', 'end': '433.639', 'text': 'Helena felt the weight of the choice before'}, {'start': '430.039', 'end': '435.479', 'text': 'her. Deny it or confess. Revealing her'}, {'start': '433.639', 'end': '438.520', 'text': 'experience could put her job'}, {'start': '435.479', 'end': '440.039', 'text': 'at risk, but hiding it seemed like betraying her'}, {'start': '438.520', 'end': '442.759', 'text': 'own faith.'}, {'start': '440.039', 'end': '445.919', 'text': 'Ricardo, I believe that God can use'}, {'start': '442.759', 'end': '449.440', 'text': 'anyone to bring his blessing.'}, {'start': '445.919', 'end': '451.800', 'text': 'Even a simple waitress, she began'}, {'start': '449.440', 'end': '454.879', 'text': 'hesitantly. I have prayed for people'}, {'start': '451.800', 'end': '457.199', 'text': 'when I serve. That\'s all." Ricardo\'s face'}, {'start': '454.879', 'end': '458.919', 'text': 'hardened. He came from a'}, {'start': '457.199', 'end': '462.120', 'text': 'family that rejected any'}, {'start': '458.919', 'end': '464.400', 'text': 'religious manifestation. We keep this'}, {'start': '462.120', 'end': '467.560', 'text': 'restaurant neutral, Helena, without'}, {'start': '464.400', 'end': '470.039', 'text': 'politics, without religion. Customers come'}, {'start': '467.560', 'end': '472.199', 'text': 'here to eat, not to be'}, {'start': '470.039', 'end': '475.680', 'text': "evangelized.  If you can't"}, {'start': '472.199', 'end': '478.520', 'text': 'separate your beliefs from your work.  The'}, {'start': '475.680', 'end': '481.919', 'text': "threat hung in the air.  It didn't need to be"}, {'start': '478.520', 'end': '484.159', 'text': 'completed.  Helena felt the ground collapse.'}, {'start': '481.919', 'end': '486.919', 'text': 'How to choose between his livelihood and what he'}, {'start': '484.159', 'end': '489.520', 'text': 'believed to be a divine mission?'}, {'start': '486.919', 'end': '492.879', 'text': "Ricardo's ultimatum weighed on Helena"}, {'start': '489.520', 'end': '495.960', 'text': 'like a dark cloud.  For two weeks'}, {'start': '492.879', 'end': '497.919', 'text': 'she held back, serving mechanically,'}, {'start': '495.960', 'end': '500.440', 'text': 'suppressing the urge to pray for'}, {'start': '497.919', 'end': '503.840', 'text': 'customers.  The tingling in her hands'}, {'start': '500.440', 'end': '506.520', 'text': 'was even more intense now, as if'}, {'start': '503.840', 'end': '509.599', 'text': 'something inside her was begging to be'}, {'start': '506.520', 'end': '512.479', 'text': 'released.  That night at home, Helena'}, {'start': '509.599', 'end': '514.279', 'text': 'knelt beside her bed, tears'}, {'start': '512.479', 'end': '517.800', 'text': 'streaming down her'}, {'start': '514.279', 'end': '520.080', 'text': 'tired face.  Lord, why would you give me a'}, {'start': '517.800', 'end': '522.479', 'text': 'gift that I cannot use?'}, {'start': '520.080', 'end': '524.800', 'text': 'How can I choose between feeding my'}, {'start': '522.479', 'end': '527.920', 'text': 'children and serving your'}, {'start': '524.800', 'end': '530.480', 'text': 'purpose?  In the middle of his prayer, the'}, {'start': '527.920', 'end': '533.120', 'text': 'phone rang.  It was Teresa, her colleague'}, {'start': '530.480', 'end': '536.839', 'text': 'from the restaurant, with a trembling voice.'}, {'start': '533.120', 'end': '539.240', 'text': "Helena, it's Ricardo.  He passed out in the"}, {'start': '536.839', 'end': '542.440', 'text': 'restaurant.  He is being taken to the'}, {'start': '539.240', 'end': '545.240', 'text': "hospital.  It looks serious.  Helena's world"}, {'start': '542.440', 'end': '548.720', 'text': 'froze.  Despite the'}, {'start': '545.240', 'end': '551.279', 'text': 'recent conflict, she did not wish Ricardo any harm.   He'}, {'start': '548.720', 'end': '553.800', 'text': 'immediately got dressed and ran to the'}, {'start': '551.279', 'end': '556.839', 'text': 'hospital.  Her heart was torn between'}, {'start': '553.800', 'end': '560.640', 'text': 'worry and confusion as to why she'}, {'start': '556.839', 'end': '563.720', 'text': 'felt so compelled to go.  At the hospital,'}, {'start': '560.640', 'end': '566.320', 'text': 'Teresa found her in the lobby.  Doctors'}, {'start': '563.720', 'end': '569.040', 'text': 'said it was a collapse due to'}, {'start': '566.320', 'end': '572.000', 'text': "extreme stress and exhaustion.  He hasn't been"}, {'start': '569.040', 'end': '574.440', 'text': "eating properly, he hasn't been sleeping."}, {'start': '572.000', 'end': '576.839', 'text': 'Apparently his wife left him a'}, {'start': '574.440', 'end': '579.160', 'text': "month ago and he's been working nonstop to keep his"}, {'start': '576.839', 'end': '581.360', 'text': 'mind off it.  Helena felt'}, {'start': '579.160', 'end': '583.680', 'text': 'passion replace any'}, {'start': '581.360', 'end': '586.120', 'text': 'resentment.  While they waited for'}, {'start': '583.680', 'end': '588.920', 'text': 'news, she went to the'}, {'start': '586.120', 'end': '591.839', 'text': 'hospital cafeteria and bought some tea and a'}, {'start': '588.920', 'end': '594.320', 'text': 'sandwich.  Sitting alone at the table,'}, {'start': '591.839', 'end': '597.560', 'text': 'away from the eyes of others, she did what'}, {'start': '594.320', 'end': '600.360', 'text': 'her heart told her.  laid his'}, {'start': '597.560', 'end': '603.240', 'text': 'hands on the food and prayed'}, {'start': '600.360', 'end': '605.480', 'text': 'intensely.  Lord, use this simple'}, {'start': '603.240', 'end': '608.240', 'text': 'food to restore'}, {'start': '605.480', 'end': '611.079', 'text': "Richard's health and spirit.  Show him your love"}, {'start': '608.240', 'end': '613.680', 'text': 'through this gesture.  When he got'}, {'start': '611.079', 'end': '616.120', 'text': 'permission to visit Ricardo, he'}, {'start': '613.680', 'end': '619.200', 'text': 'briefly offered him lunch, which he'}, {'start': '616.120', 'end': '621.720', 'text': 'reluctantly accepted.  Helena watched'}, {'start': '619.200', 'end': '624.880', 'text': 'as he ate slowly, not knowing'}, {'start': '621.720', 'end': '626.800', 'text': 'what to expect.  The next day, when'}, {'start': '624.880', 'end': '629.600', 'text': 'Helena arrived for her shift at the'}, {'start': '626.800', 'end': '632.320', 'text': 'restaurant, she found Ricardo already there,'}, {'start': '629.600', 'end': '635.000', 'text': 'preparing the establishment to open.'}, {'start': '632.320', 'end': '638.399', 'text': 'Her face showed a'}, {'start': '635.000', 'end': '641.360', 'text': 'subtle transformation, not just more color, but a'}, {'start': '638.399', 'end': '645.480', 'text': 'serenity it had never displayed'}, {'start': '641.360', 'end': '648.120', 'text': 'before.  Helena, he called in a calm voice.'}, {'start': '645.480', 'end': '650.160', 'text': 'Something strange happened last night.'}, {'start': '648.120', 'end': '654.480', 'text': 'After I ate that sandwich'}, {'start': '650.160', 'end': '657.160', 'text': 'you brought, I felt peace, a peace I have'}, {'start': '654.480', 'end': '660.320', 'text': 'never experienced before.  And then'}, {'start': '657.160', 'end': '663.040', 'text': 'I dreamed.  I dreamed about my father, who passed away'}, {'start': '660.320', 'end': '665.519', 'text': 'years ago.  He hugged me and said that'}, {'start': '663.040', 'end': '668.639', 'text': 'God was with me.  I never believed in'}, {'start': '665.519', 'end': '671.040', 'text': 'these things, but Ricardo was at a loss for words'}, {'start': '668.639', 'end': '673.360', 'text': ', his eyes filled with'}, {'start': '671.040', 'end': '675.720', 'text': 'tears.  I felt the same way our'}, {'start': '673.360', 'end': '678.680', 'text': "customers have felt, didn't I?"}, {'start': '675.720', 'end': '681.399', 'text': 'he asked finally.  It is through the food'}, {'start': '678.680', 'end': '684.200', 'text': 'you serve.  Somehow you'}, {'start': '681.399', 'end': '685.360', 'text': 'channel something through it.  Helena'}, {'start': '684.200', 'end': '688.680', 'text': 'nodded'}, {'start': '685.360', 'end': '692.800', 'text': "silently, tears in her eyes.  I won't"}, {'start': '688.680', 'end': '697.079', 'text': 'stop him anymore, Ricardo decided.  Just'}, {'start': '692.800', 'end': '699.480', 'text': 'be discreet.  Six months have passed'}, {'start': '697.079', 'end': '702.000', 'text': 'since the conversation with Ricardo.  The'}, {'start': '699.480', 'end': '704.240', 'text': 'Saboren Vida restaurant had'}, {'start': '702.000', 'end': '706.200', 'text': 'become known throughout the city.'}, {'start': '704.240', 'end': '709.480', 'text': 'Although no one could explain'}, {'start': '706.200', 'end': '712.760', 'text': 'exactly why.  Many said that the'}, {'start': '709.480', 'end': '716.519', 'text': 'food had a special touch, others said that they'}, {'start': '712.760', 'end': '719.519', 'text': 'felt renewed after eating there.'}, {'start': '716.519', 'end': '721.720', 'text': 'The clientele had doubled and Helena was now'}, {'start': '719.519', 'end': '724.160', 'text': 'training new waiters to meet the'}, {'start': '721.720', 'end': '726.440', 'text': 'growing demand.  On a'}, {'start': '724.160', 'end': '728.680', 'text': 'busy afternoon, a woman of'}, {'start': '726.440', 'end': '731.680', 'text': 'approximately 70 years old entered the'}, {'start': '728.680', 'end': '733.959', 'text': 'restaurant leaning on a cane.'}, {'start': '731.680', 'end': '735.399', 'text': 'Helena immediately felt the'}, {'start': '733.959', 'end': '737.880', 'text': 'tingling in her hands'}, {'start': '735.399', 'end': '740.240', 'text': 'intensify like never before.  The'}, {'start': '737.880', 'end': '743.399', 'text': 'woman sat alone at a table in the'}, {'start': '740.240', 'end': '746.240', 'text': 'corner, observing the surroundings with'}, {'start': '743.399', 'end': '748.959', 'text': 'curious eyes.  Helena went to attend to her, feeling'}, {'start': '746.240', 'end': '751.000', 'text': 'an inexplicable connection with that'}, {'start': '748.959', 'end': '754.480', 'text': 'stranger.  "What would you like'}, {'start': '751.000', 'end': '757.360', 'text': 'to order today?" the'}, {'start': '754.480', 'end': '760.639', 'text': 'old woman asked gently, looking at her with a piercing gaze,'}, {'start': '757.360', 'end': '763.600', 'text': "as if she could see right through her.  You're"}, {'start': '760.639', 'end': '766.880', 'text': "that waitress, aren't you?  The one who has the gift"}, {'start': '763.600', 'end': '768.920', 'text': 'of healing in her hands.  Helena froze.'}, {'start': '766.880', 'end': '771.279', 'text': 'No one had ever spoken openly'}, {'start': '768.920', 'end': '773.880', 'text': 'about this.  It was always an unspoken secret'}, {'start': '771.279', 'end': '776.199', 'text': ', a personal experience that'}, {'start': '773.880', 'end': '778.360', 'text': 'clients did not share'}, {'start': '776.199', 'end': '781.480', 'text': 'publicly.  "I don\'t know what you'}, {'start': '778.360', 'end': '783.720', 'text': '\'re talking about," he tried to change the subject.'}, {'start': '781.480', 'end': '787.440', 'text': 'I know a spiritual gift when'}, {'start': '783.720', 'end': '790.680', 'text': 'I see one, the elderly woman continued.  I was a'}, {'start': '787.440', 'end': '794.600', 'text': 'missionary for 40 years.  I saw many gifts'}, {'start': '790.680', 'end': '797.040', 'text': 'in action.  Yours is a rare way to channel'}, {'start': '794.600', 'end': '799.079', 'text': "God's power through food.  The"}, {'start': '797.040', 'end': '801.440', 'text': 'restaurant seemed to have gone silent'}, {'start': '799.079', 'end': '804.839', 'text': 'around them, although in reality the'}, {'start': '801.440', 'end': '807.959', 'text': 'hubbub continued as Mrs.'}, {'start': '804.839', 'end': '810.240', 'text': 'Helena did.  It started, but was interrupted.'}, {'start': '807.959', 'end': '813.680', 'text': 'I came because I need to see with my own'}, {'start': '810.240', 'end': '816.480', 'text': 'eyes.  I have terminal cancer, honey.'}, {'start': '813.680', 'end': '819.360', 'text': 'The doctors gave me three months to live.'}, {'start': '816.480', 'end': '822.000', 'text': "I'm not looking for a cure for myself.  I accept"}, {'start': '819.360', 'end': '824.760', 'text': "the Lord's call when it comes, but"}, {'start': '822.000', 'end': '827.199', 'text': 'I needed to meet you, to confirm that'}, {'start': '824.760', 'end': '829.959', 'text': 'God continues to work in'}, {'start': '827.199', 'end': '832.399', 'text': 'extraordinary ways, even in the most'}, {'start': '829.959', 'end': '835.199', 'text': 'ordinary places.  Helena felt as if the air'}, {'start': '832.399', 'end': '838.079', 'text': 'had been squeezed out of her lungs.'}, {'start': '835.199', 'end': '841.600', 'text': 'All this time she had questioned'}, {'start': '838.079', 'end': '844.800', 'text': 'her gift, doubted its reality.  And'}, {'start': '841.600', 'end': '848.079', 'text': 'now this woman of faith, this'}, {'start': '844.800', 'end': '850.759', 'text': 'experienced servant of God, has come to confirm it.'}, {'start': '848.079', 'end': '853.639', 'text': 'Bring me any dish, my dear,'}, {'start': '850.759', 'end': '856.240', 'text': 'the old woman requested.  And do not be afraid to'}, {'start': '853.639', 'end': '859.279', 'text': 'lay your hands on him before me.'}, {'start': '856.240', 'end': '861.759', 'text': 'I want to testify.  With trembling hands,'}, {'start': '859.279', 'end': '863.560', 'text': 'Helena brought a simple soup.  In an'}, {'start': '861.759', 'end': '866.279', 'text': 'act of courage that she had never'}, {'start': '863.560', 'end': '869.560', 'text': 'demonstrated before, she placed the plate'}, {'start': '866.279', 'end': '872.399', 'text': 'on the table and, in front of the elderly woman and everyone'}, {'start': '869.560', 'end': '875.399', 'text': 'present, closed her eyes and placed her'}, {'start': '872.399', 'end': '878.480', 'text': 'hands on the food.  A feeling of'}, {'start': '875.399', 'end': '880.959', 'text': 'intense heat radiated from his palms,'}, {'start': '878.480', 'end': '882.920', 'text': 'visible to everyone around, as a'}, {'start': '880.959', 'end': '885.880', 'text': 'soft golden glow'}, {'start': '882.920', 'end': '888.560', 'text': 'briefly enveloped the plate.  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But'}, {'start': '907.880', 'end': '911.839', 'text': 'your darling, it was given to reach'}, {'start': '910.079', 'end': '914.399', 'text': 'those who would never enter a'}, {'start': '911.839', 'end': '917.480', 'text': 'temple, to touch those who would reject'}, {'start': '914.399', 'end': '920.160', 'text': 'any other form of ministry.'}, {'start': '917.480', 'end': '923.959', 'text': 'At that moment, a young woman who was watching'}, {'start': '920.160', 'end': '926.360', 'text': 'the scene approached timidly.  "I\'ve'}, {'start': '923.959', 'end': '929.399', 'text': 'been eating here for three weeks,"'}, {'start': '926.360', 'end': '932.360', 'text': 'she began nervously.  I had'}, {'start': '929.399', 'end': '935.920', 'text': "terrible anxiety attacks.  I've been taking"}, {'start': '932.360', 'end': '939.199', 'text': 'strong medication since I started going to'}, {'start': '935.920', 'end': '941.759', 'text': "this place.  I haven't had any more attacks."}, {'start': '939.199', 'end': '944.759', 'text': 'I thought it was a coincidence, but'}, {'start': '941.759', 'end': '947.920', 'text': 'now, as if a dam had'}, {'start': '944.759', 'end': '950.920', 'text': 'broken, other customers began to'}, {'start': '947.920', 'end': '954.600', 'text': 'speak up.  My arthritis improved,'}, {'start': '950.920', 'end': '957.120', 'text': 'my depression lessened, my insomnia'}, {'start': '954.600', 'end': '958.720', 'text': 'disappeared, my blood pressure'}, {'start': '957.120', 'end': '961.759', 'text': 'normalized.'}, {'start': '958.720', 'end': '964.120', 'text': 'Helena remained motionless, tears'}, {'start': '961.759', 'end': '966.639', 'text': 'streaming freely down her face,'}, {'start': '964.120', 'end': '969.720', 'text': 'as she listened to testimony after'}, {'start': '966.639', 'end': '972.720', 'text': 'testimony.  All this time, God had'}, {'start': '969.720', 'end': '975.199', 'text': 'used his simple hands, calloused from'}, {'start': '972.720', 'end': '976.759', 'text': 'work, to touch and transform'}, {'start': '975.199', 'end': '979.199', 'text': 'lives.'}, {'start': '976.759', 'end': '982.040', 'text': 'The Sabor em Vida restaurant'}, {'start': '979.199', 'end': '984.959', 'text': 'was transformed in the following months, not'}, {'start': '982.040', 'end': '987.279', 'text': 'into a healing center or a church'}, {'start': '984.959', 'end': '990.120', 'text': 'in disguise, but into a place where the'}, {'start': '987.279', 'end': '992.480', 'text': 'extraordinary happened amidst the'}, {'start': '990.120', 'end': '995.600', 'text': 'ordinary.  Helena continued serving'}, {'start': '992.480', 'end': '997.880', 'text': 'tables, taking orders and discreetly'}, {'start': '995.600', 'end': '999.759', 'text': 'placing her hand on the plates as she'}, {'start': '997.880', 'end': '1002.600', 'text': 'felt guided.'}, {'start': '999.759', 'end': '1005.600', 'text': 'Ricardo, the antiseptic manager,'}, {'start': '1002.600', 'end': '1007.319', 'text': 'became his biggest supporter.  He himself'}, {'start': '1005.600', 'end': '1010.000', 'text': 'began attending church with'}, {'start': '1007.319', 'end': '1012.360', 'text': 'Helena, finding comfort and purpose'}, {'start': '1010.000', 'end': '1014.839', 'text': 'in the faith he had previously despised.  The'}, {'start': '1012.360', 'end': '1017.199', 'text': 'restaurant employees,'}, {'start': '1014.839', 'end': '1019.800', 'text': 'daily witnesses to'}, {'start': '1017.199', 'end': '1022.199', 'text': 'inexplicable transformations, developed a'}, {'start': '1019.800', 'end': '1025.640', 'text': 'deep respect for the sacred that permeated their'}, {'start': '1022.199', 'end': '1028.520', 'text': 'workplace.  The elderly missionary,'}, {'start': '1025.640', 'end': '1031.160', 'text': 'Dona Conceição, became a'}, {'start': '1028.520', 'end': '1034.679', 'text': 'regular presence.  Against all'}, {'start': '1031.160', 'end': '1037.959', 'text': 'medical expectations, her cancer went into remission.'}, {'start': '1034.679', 'end': '1040.400', 'text': '"I didn\'t come looking for healing," she repeated,'}, {'start': '1037.959', 'end': '1043.240', 'text': '"but God wanted to give me extra time to'}, {'start': '1040.400', 'end': '1046.240', 'text': 'witness His power through you."'}, {'start': '1043.240', 'end': '1049.000', 'text': 'For Helena, the biggest transformation was'}, {'start': '1046.240', 'end': '1051.120', 'text': 'internal.  She understood that her vocation'}, {'start': '1049.000', 'end': '1053.559', 'text': 'was no lesser for being exercised among'}, {'start': '1051.120', 'end': '1056.039', 'text': 'cups and plates.  Her ministry'}, {'start': '1053.559', 'end': '1059.360', 'text': 'took place precisely where God had'}, {'start': '1056.039', 'end': '1061.400', 'text': 'placed her, not in a pulpit, but in a'}, {'start': '1059.360', 'end': '1063.600', 'text': 'restaurant where people of all'}, {'start': '1061.400', 'end': '1066.760', 'text': 'faiths and non-believers shared'}, {'start': '1063.600', 'end': '1069.360', 'text': 'meals.  For I was hungry and you'}, {'start': '1066.760', 'end': '1072.160', 'text': 'gave me something to eat.  She recalled'}, {'start': '1069.360', 'end': '1075.039', 'text': "Jesus' words in Matthew"}, {'start': '1072.160', 'end': '1077.919', 'text': '25:35, finding new meaning'}, {'start': '1075.039', 'end': '1080.600', 'text': 'in them.  The food he served not only'}, {'start': '1077.919', 'end': '1083.880', 'text': 'satisfied physical hunger, but also'}, {'start': '1080.600', 'end': '1086.760', 'text': 'spiritual hunger.  often without the'}, {'start': '1083.880', 'end': '1088.960', 'text': 'diners themselves noticing.'}, {'start': '1086.760', 'end': '1091.600', 'text': 'Helena learned that there is no place'}, {'start': '1088.960', 'end': '1094.039', 'text': 'too small for divine miracle, that the'}, {'start': '1091.600', 'end': '1097.200', 'text': 'hands of God could work through'}, {'start': '1094.039', 'end': '1099.960', 'text': "her waitress's hands as powerfully"}, {'start': '1097.200', 'end': '1102.480', 'text': 'as through the hands of a pastor or'}, {'start': '1099.960', 'end': '1105.200', 'text': 'missionary.  May the kingdom of God advance'}, {'start': '1102.480', 'end': '1107.320', 'text': 'not only through grand gestures, but through'}, {'start': '1105.200', 'end': '1110.880', 'text': 'small acts of faith in'}, {'start': '1107.320', 'end': '1113.520', 'text': 'everyday life.  As it is written in Zechariah'}, {'start': '1110.880', 'end': '1116.960', 'text': '4:10.  For he who despises the day of'}, {'start': '1113.520', 'end': '1121.080', 'text': 'small things, God does not despise.  He'}, {'start': '1116.960', 'end': '1123.159', 'text': 'multiplies, transforms, blesses.  In her'}, {'start': '1121.080', 'end': '1126.120', 'text': 'diary, Helena wrote words that'}, {'start': '1123.159', 'end': '1129.960', 'text': 'summarized her journey.  May my'}, {'start': '1126.120', 'end': '1132.120', 'text': 'hands always be your hands, Lord.  May'}, {'start': '1129.960', 'end': '1134.919', 'text': 'the food I serve be more than'}, {'start': '1132.120', 'end': '1138.200', 'text': 'sustenance for the body.  May it be balm'}, {'start': '1134.919', 'end': '1140.480', 'text': 'for the soul, healing for the heart, light'}, {'start': '1138.200', 'end': '1142.720', 'text': 'for the spirit.  And may those who do not'}, {'start': '1140.480', 'end': '1145.480', 'text': 'know you be able to taste and see that you'}, {'start': '1142.720', 'end': '1147.880', 'text': 'are good, even without knowing that it is you they'}, {'start': '1145.480', 'end': '1150.000', 'text': 'are tasting.  Helena’s story'}, {'start': '1147.880', 'end': '1152.720', 'text': 'reminds us that God’s extraordinary power'}, {'start': '1150.000', 'end': '1155.480', 'text': 'often manifests itself in the'}, {'start': '1152.720', 'end': '1157.720', 'text': 'most ordinary circumstances when'}, {'start': '1155.480', 'end': '1160.240', 'text': 'we are simply willing to serve'}, {'start': '1157.720', 'end': '1163.640', 'text': 'where we have been planted with the tools we have at'}, {'start': '1160.240', 'end': '1166.799', 'text': "hand.  Helena's story"}, {'start': '1163.640', 'end': '1169.679', 'text': 'makes us reflect: how many times do we seek to'}, {'start': '1166.799', 'end': '1172.120', 'text': 'serve God in extraordinary places'}, {'start': '1169.679', 'end': '1175.039', 'text': 'when He wants to use us exactly'}, {'start': '1172.120', 'end': '1177.880', 'text': 'where we are?  Your workplace,'}, {'start': '1175.039', 'end': '1181.039', 'text': 'whether it’s an office, a classroom,'}, {'start': '1177.880', 'end': '1183.400', 'text': 'a store, or a construction site, can'}, {'start': '1181.039', 'end': '1186.720', 'text': 'be the fertile ground where God will plant'}, {'start': '1183.400', 'end': '1189.159', 'text': "miracles through your hands.  You don't"}, {'start': '1186.720', 'end': '1191.799', 'text': 'have to lay hands on food to'}, {'start': '1189.159', 'end': '1193.640', 'text': 'be a channel of blessing.  Perhaps your gift'}, {'start': '1191.799', 'end': '1196.919', 'text': 'is a kind word at just the'}, {'start': '1193.640', 'end': '1199.559', 'text': 'right time, a listening ear when no one'}, {'start': '1196.919', 'end': '1202.080', 'text': 'else has time, or simply the'}, {'start': '1199.559', 'end': '1204.400', 'text': 'excellence with which you do your work,'}, {'start': '1202.080', 'end': '1207.760', 'text': 'silently witnessing to the character'}, {'start': '1204.400', 'end': '1210.280', 'text': 'of Christ.  Share in the comments.   Have'}, {'start': '1207.760', 'end': '1212.360', 'text': 'you ever experienced God using you in'}, {'start': '1210.280', 'end': '1214.919', 'text': 'unexpected ways in your'}, {'start': '1212.360', 'end': '1217.520', 'text': 'professional environment?  Or perhaps you were'}, {'start': '1214.919', 'end': '1219.799', 'text': 'touched by someone like Helena, without'}, {'start': '1217.520', 'end': '1222.120', 'text': 'even realizing at the time that it was God'}, {'start': '1219.799', 'end': '1224.320', 'text': 'working through that person.'}, {'start': '1222.120', 'end': '1226.000', 'text': 'Share this video with someone who'}, {'start': '1224.320', 'end': '1228.840', 'text': 'needs to be reminded that their'}, {'start': '1226.000', 'end': '1231.120', 'text': 'work, no matter how ordinary it may seem,'}, {'start': '1228.840', 'end': '1233.280', 'text': 'can be the stage for divine miracles'}, {'start': '1231.120', 'end': '1235.840', 'text': 'when offered into the hands of'}, {'start': '1233.280', 'end': '1238.559', 'text': 'God.  This is a fictional story'}, {'start': '1235.840', 'end': '1241.200', 'text': 'inspired by several real events'}, {'start': '1238.559', 'end': '1244.520', 'text': 'brought together.  Any resemblance to'}, {'start': '1241.200', 'end': '1247.679', 'text': 'specific people or situations is purely'}, {'start': '1244.520', 'end': '1250.120', 'text': 'coincidental.  We believe, however, that'}, {'start': '1247.679', 'end': '1253.559', 'text': 'it reflects a timeless spiritual truth'}, {'start': '1250.120', 'end': '1256.840', 'text': ', that God uses ordinary people'}, {'start': '1253.559', 'end': '1261.400', 'text': 'in ordinary places to accomplish his'}, {'start': '1256.840', 'end': '1261.400', 'text': 'extraordinary purpose.  What?'}]