Before the accident, “I had a lot of issues,” says Smith, 18, who was adopted as an infant from Guatemala by his parents Joyce, a homemaker, and Brian, 65, a retired journalist.

Born in Guatemala, John Smith was adopted as a baby by Brian and Joyce Smith of St. Charles, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis. Devout Christians, the Smiths raised John in the faith as well ...

How the Mom in 'Breakthrough' Credits the Power of Prayer for Bringing Her Son Back from the Dead Joyce Smith prayed over her son's body after he had been lifeless for an hour—and his heart ...

When he was 14, Smith drowned in Lake Saint Louis and was dead for nearly an hour. According to reports at the time, CPR was performed 27 minutes to no avail. Then the youth's mother, Joyce Smith ...

The morning of January 19, 2015 began for Joyce Smith like any other. Her 14-year-old son John, adopted by Joyce and her husband Brian from Guatemala when he was just an infant, had spent the ...

That’s the essence of the story told in “Breakthrough: The Miraculous Story of a Mother’s Faith and Her Child’s Resurrection,” the 2017 book written by Joyce Smith with Ginger Kolbaba.

Breakthrough, out April 17, tells the incredible true story of a mother named Joyce Smith (Metz) who finds strength in her faith after her son John (Marcel Ruiz) falls through the cracks of a ...

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