TESTIMONY – “ALL THINGS WORK TOGETHER” (Romans 8:28) - (Episode 1)

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My name is Ana Paula Ferreira, and for a long time, I believed that faith was something that walked alongside life — not at the center of it. I believed in GOD, attended church, and prayed before sleeping. But, to be honest, I only realized how much I truly needed HIM when I lost everything I thought sustained me. I had a simple and stable life. A marriage of many years, a steady job, a house conquered with effort. Nothing extraordinary, but enough to give me security. And I confused security with peace. Everything began to change when I found a lump while showering. I ignored it for a few days, trying to believe it was nothing serious. But it was. The exams confirmed something that no one is prepared to hear: cancer. I remember the doctor talking, explaining stages, treatments… but my mind only repeated that one word. I left the office feeling the ground had been pulled out from under me. I cried in the car, I cried at home, I cried in silence. It wasn't just fear of death. It was fear of the unknown, fear of leaving everything behind, fear of not being strong enough. As if that weren't enough, a few months later, I lost my job. The company went bankrupt. Suddenly, in addition to the illness, I had bills, expensive treatments, and a totally uncertain future. The feeling was like sinking without being able to breathe. My marriage also began to crumble. The pain, fear, and emotional exhaustion drove us apart. We tried, but we couldn't cross it together. The separation hurt deeply, but at that moment I was already learning something important: not every loss is a punishment. Some are processes. There was one night that marked my life. I was sitting on the bedroom floor, surrounded by medical exams and overdue bills. I didn't have the strength to pray properly. I opened the Bible almost on impulse and my eyes fell on a verse I already knew, but had never lived: “And we know that in all things GOD works for the good of those who love Him.” Romans 8:28 I read it and cried. I questioned. I was sincere with GOD. “All things, LORD? Even this that is destroying me inside?” There was no audible answer. But something happened inside me. For the first time, I didn't ask for explanations. I asked for sustenance. I asked for faith to cross through, even without understanding. Chemotherapy was hard. I lost my hair, my strength, my appetite, and on some days, my hope. But I gained something I never imagined: a living faith. Not the automatic kind, but a faith that is born when there is nothing left to hold onto. In the hospital, I met people who taught me much more than I could ever teach. Women with stories even more difficult than mine. Nurses who prayed with me. People whom GOD placed in my path exactly when I needed them most. Gradually, I began to realize that, even in pain, GOD was working. After a long process, the news of the disease's remission came. It wasn't the end of the struggle, but it was a milestone. I knelt and gave thanks. Not because everything was resolved, but because I was standing. Today, looking back, I understand something very important: Romans 8:28 does not say that all things are good. It says that GOD works in all of them. I lost things. People. Plans. But I gained purpose. I began to help other women in treatment—to listen, to welcome, and to share hope. My pain was not wasted. If you are going through a trial right now, maybe you still can't see the “good” in all of it. I didn't see it either. But I can tell you with conviction:
👉 GOD is working, even when you don't feel it.
👉 Faith does not eliminate pain, but it teaches us how to cross through it.
👉 Everything works together. In the right time. This is my testimony. To the glory of GOD.
Also watch the testimony about my daughter's cancer and how God made it disappear: Here

Praying for you and family.

With love in CHRIST,
Missionary Helper Freitas

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