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Carl Drury

Heart Felt Gratitude

Self-proclaimed Type A personality Carl Drury thought he could save himself from a death sentence. He was a successful businessman and was in denial when told he needed a heart transplant at age 40 even though an uncle and a 26-year-old cousin had both received new hearts.

His whole life changed when he was hospitalized and given an artificial heart to sustain his life until a donor heart became available. While unconscious, he had a vision when he said God told him four things:

• he would get a new heart;
• he was to marry his girlfriend, Bobbi;
• he was to make a video about his heart transplant; and
• he was to spend the rest of his life working to spread the news that "God approves and blesses organ transplantation."

Carl began fulfilling the vision almost immediately. He and his pastor made the video in his hospital room and he and Bobbi were married in the hospital chapel the night before he received his new heart.

Today he’s a dedicated IOPO volunteer speaker and he made a career change to work for an organization that counsels the wealthy on good stewardship of their time, talents and treasures.

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