My Precious Husband Rich is Now in Heaven is a beautiful eulogy. Dottie Kane wrote and read it for her husband’s memorial service on September 9, 2023. I have known Rich and Dottie Kane for over twenty years through their Healing Rooms ministry. Rich “suddenly” and unexpectedly transitioned to Heaven on the day Hurricane Idalia passed through North Florida. Interestingly, one meaning of the name Idalia is Behold the Sun. Perhaps this is a reminder that the Day is coming when we will suddenly behold the Son (Daniel 7:13). Take comfort in knowing that just as the Lord did not fail Rich, He will never fail you!

My Precious Husband Rich is Now in Heaven with His Lord & Savior Jesus

by Dottie Kane (September 21, 2023 newsletter)

www.HealingRoomsMinistries.com

I would like to share with you what I had shared at New Wine Church on the passing of Rich, my beloved husband of 63 years, on August 30th, 2023.

My Name is Rich

Rich and I met at a high school dance in May of 1958.  Rich was with his friend Ralph. Ralph said to Rich, “I am going to ask that blond over there to dance with me.”  Rich responded, “No, you are not because she is going to be my wife!” You see, Rich had a prophetic gift even then.

Rich asked if he could walk me home.  It had been raining, I took off my shoes to walk in the rain.  Rich was impressed at how natural I was.  He asked if he could take me out the following Friday evening.

When Friday came, I had forgotten what his name was.  I had my sister Patty go to the door. She said, “Hi, my name is Patty; what is your name?”  He answered, “My name is Rich.”  So, Patty called, “Dottie, Rich is here.”  Poor Rich! When he came up the stairs, my Mom and I were laughing because I had thought that his name was Ralph.

Rich and I married two years later, on August 13th, 1960.  We had four children in five years.  Rich was a wonderful husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather.  We were married for sixty-three wonderful years.

We ask Jesus to Be Our Lord and Savior

In 1971 we were invited to a Bible Study. We met people there who shared that they had given their lives to the Lord Jesus.  As we heard their amazing testimonies of how the Lord Jesus had brought His Peace and His Joy into their lives, the Lord Jesus placed a hunger in our hearts to know Him.  And so, in August of 1971 we asked Jesus to please forgive us of our sins and to be the Lord and Savior of our lives.

My husband spent much time in the presence of His God, in worship and in reading the Word of God.  Rich was in his office at our home. As Rich was playing his autoharp, he was suddenly joined by three Angels who were playing their harps along with Rich.

I would like to share with you another amazing testimony that Rich shared with me.  Rich and I had attended a conference up in Toronto, Canada with John & Carol Arnott.  As Rich was prostrate on the floor worshipping His God, he suddenly found himself in Heaven.  Rich shared with me that he saw multitudes of Angels lying prostrate on their faces before the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords.  Rich saw a brilliant light coming forth from the Throne of God.

Sent to the Nations

Rich and I were sent out by Derek Prince Ministries to Third World nations.  We ministered in Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua.  Rich and I would go into garbage dumps where people lived.  We would bring them bags of rice and beans because these people had no food. They would line up in long lines, and Rich and I would hand them these bags of food.  We then would lay our hands on each one and pray blessings over them.

After several years the Lord asked us if we would come back to the States and minister to His hurting ones.  We of course said yes.  I read an article in Charisma Magazine of a man named Cal Pierce. He had started the Healing Rooms in Spokane, Washington.

Opening Healing Rooms

The Lord Jesus had revealed to both Rich and me, that we were to start a Healing Room in Florida.  We opened our first Healing Room in Coral Springs, Florida in March of 2002. The Lord Jesus led us to rent a 12-room office suite.

We had a cast-the-vision gathering at a Church in Cooper City, Florida.  It was raining so hard that I said to Rich, “No one is going to come out in this rain.”  Oh, ye of little faith! When we arrived at the church it was packed with people who wanted to see their God moving powerfully through them.

Rich and I had developed a six-week course, training them in how to use the Gifts of the Holy Spirit.  When we opened our Healing Room in March of 2002, we were packed. People were hungry for more of God.

All Things Are Possible

To the glory of God, we saw hundreds of people who were healed of cancer, the lame walked, five people who were blind received their sight.  During that time, we also opened a Healing Room at New Wine with Pastors Mario & Asela Bramnick.  Rich and I have known Mario and his wife Asela for 27 years.  Additionally, we opened a Healing Room at New Dawn Church in Coral Springs, FL where Randy & Dawn Cutter are the Pastors. Randy, who is also on our Board of Directors, is affiliated with Rick Joyner Ministries.

We saw the Lord Jesus displaying His Glory through ordinary people who believed that their God could do mighty miracles through them.  You see, we are nobody special. The only special One in our midst is the Lord Jesus, and when He is in our midst all things are possible – amen!!

Eventually, Cal Pierce who is the Apostle over all of the Healing Rooms asked Rich and I to raise up Healing Rooms in Israel.  We have one Healing Room that overlooks the Sea of Galilee.  Maurice & Carolyn Sklar are the Directors.

Rich’s Amazing Testimony

Two years ago, Rich began having pains in his chest. He had to go into the Hospital to have his heart evaluated.  While he was waiting to have his testing done, I prayed over Rich and began to read the “Healing Scriptures” over him.

JESUS APPEARED TO ME “HEALING TESTIMONY”

By Rich Kane

I want to declare to you today that all things are possible for our God to do in your life and in my life.  

The Lord tells us in Matthew 10:8, “Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those who have leprosy, drive out demons.  Freely you have received, freely give.”

Dottie and I have seen many people whom the Lord Jesus has healed.  We have seen the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, severe cancers healed through the Lord Jesus and the power of His Word. We know that all things are possible for our God to do in your life and in my life.

I had been having chronic angina for quite some time.  I was referred to a cardiologist, who, after seeing the results of several stress tests, recommended that I have a heart catheterization procedure performed.  

While I was waiting in the hospital prep room to go for the catheterization procedure into my heart, Dottie was reading the Healing Scriptures over me.

Healing Scriptures

Exodus 15:26, “I am the Lord, who heals you.”

Exodus 23:25, “I will take sickness away from you.”

Psalm 103: 2-3, “Bless the Lord O my soul, and forget not all of His benefits, who forgives all of your sins, and who heals all of your diseases, who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with love and compassion, who satisfies your desires with good things so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.”

Proverbs 4: 20-22, “My son, My daughter, pay attention to what I say; listen closely to My words.  Do not let them out of your sight, keep them within your heart, for they are life to those who find them and health to your whole body.”

Isaiah 53: 4-5, “Surely our griefs (sicknesses) He Himself bore; and our sorrows (pains) He carried.  But He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities, the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him, and by His wounds we are healed.”

Jeremiah 30:17, “For I will restore health to you and your wounds I will heal, says the Lord your God.”

As Dottie was reading and declaring the healing Scriptures to me before my scheduled procedure, I had an open vision of Jesus with the ‘Power of His Presence’ coming into the room with us.  I was overwhelmed and began to shake in the bed, I began to deeply weep as I saw Him.  My wife knew that God’s Presence was filling the room in all of His Glory and in all of His Splendor.

THIS IS THE VISION THAT I EXPERIENCED

Jesus appeared to me in an open vision as through what appeared to be an interdimensional portal.  

I saw Jesus as He was being unhooked from the Roman scourging post where He had suffered forty lashes save one.  He was barely able to stand and halfway crouched in a bloody, marred and so disfigured condition beyond human likeness. As Isaiah 52: 14 so well described, “Just as there were many who were appalled at Him – His appearance was so disfigured beyond that of any human being and His form marred beyond human likeness….”

In the vision He spoke to me: “Reach out…. reach out your hand.”  I reached out my hand and I received from Jesus, the Living Word Himself. He said to me that He would not fail me in this matter.  

I assumed that I was going to have some stents put into my arteries and that this procedure would bring remedy.  However, the procedure and its findings medically documented that my condition was beyond having stents placed in my arteries.  The doctors found that four of my main arteries were severely blocked:

The first artery was 100% blocked, the second artery was blocked 90%, the third artery was 80% blocked and the fourth artery was 50% blocked.  The conclusion was a recommendation for open heart surgery.

I asked my cardiologist for his medical opinion. He recommended the same, but I told him that I needed to pray and seek the Lord concerning this.

JESUS SAID I WILL NOT FAIL YOU IN THIS MATTER

I needed to know and have that confidence from the Lord which path to take.  I believe that God can sovereignly heal us, or He can use the medical community and its technology to facilitate healing as He sees fit.  My wife is a nurse and I have two daughters who are nurses.  And so, we went to prayer inquiring of the Lord as to how to proceed in this matter.  

After both my wife and I sought the Lord Jesus in prayer, I shared with her that I sensed that the Lord did not want me to have the operation.  Rather, He wanted me to stand on His Word to sovereignly heal my heart.  Dottie told me that she had heard the same thing from the Lord.  We both individually came to the same conclusion and we both have confidence that the Lord is keeping His promise to me.  Jesus said to me: “I will not fail you in this matter!!“

TRUSTING IN THE LORD’S MIGHTY POWER

I have been off all medications since July 2021, trusting in the Lord’s mighty healing power and in His glorious promises!!  We sing a song about being a history maker.  God wants to make His history in and through all of us as living testaments of His goodness and His faithfulness.  He is faithful to all who trust and obey Him in every life situation that we might face.

He is the God of the impossible, for He will show Himself strong on your behalf, whatever you might be facing!!  For the Lord declares to you this day:  “I will not, I will not, I will not, fail you nor forsake you, nor relax My hold upon you assuredly not.” (Heb. 13:5)

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They published Rich’s testimony in a Christian Newspaper that reached thousands of people.  His testimony is on our website: www.HealingRoomsMinistries.com

Rich did very well for the next two years, believing God for the healing of his heart.

Behold, the Son!

On August 30th a category 4 hurricane hit us in North Florida.  Hundreds of trees were destroyed on our property by this hurricane.  Rich had spent a week preparing our home for the coming storm.

After the storm, we had no electricity in our home and Rich was getting one of our generators ready. When he was finished, he came and sat down on the couch next to me.  We were talking about how bad the Category 4 Hurricane had been.  Our home literally shook from the force of the winds.

Rich suddenly stopped talking to me, I thought that he had fallen asleep.  When I realized that my husband of 63 years had passed away, I began praying over him, rebuking the spirit of death.  I held his hand and prayed for four hours, praying in my “Heavenly Prayer Language” asking the Lord Jesus to please raise up my precious husband.

I then called my Granddaughter Courtney and my Grandson Kyle.  Courtney called the police.  At least 15 police officers came to my home. They were in my home from midnight till six o’clock in the morning.  They then said to me that I had to say my farewells to my precious husband.  I knelt over him and kissed him.  I said to him: “One day I will see you again my precious husband.  Know that I love you with all of my heart.”

My Precious Husband is Now in Heaven with the Lord

I just found out from the coroner that my precious husband did not die from a heart attack.  

Jesus said to my husband: “Son, it is time to come home to be with Me where there is no more pain or suffering.“

Jesus said to me: “I love your husband so much that I wanted him up in Heaven with Me.“

I know that I know that my precious husband is now walking on streets of gold in Heaven.  He is now beholding His precious Lord and Savior, Jesus!!  Rich graduated into Heaven on August 30th, 2023.

In closing I would like to share with you the “Anniversary Letter” that Rich wrote to me for our Sixty Third Wedding Anniversary which was on August 13th, 2023.

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO THE ONE I LOVE AND CHERISH!

How do I love thee?  Let me count the ways!

I love you to the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach.

I love you for who you are and for all you do.

I thank the Lord Jesus for uniting us together to become one in Him.

I want you to know that as we celebrate our 63rd Wedding Anniversary that I thank the Lord for the wonderful blessing and God given gift that you are to me as my wife and friend.

I am grateful that throughout our walk together, you have always been there for me even amid difficulties that we encountered.

I always remember that we really did experience a “God-Wink” when we first met at that parish dance in Brooklyn, N.Y.  I knew then that you would be my wife, my love, and my friend.  I love you with all my heart.

HAPPY 63RD ANNIVERSARY!!

With All My Love,

Rich

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