In the early morning hours of Sunday, October 10, 2010 at the Black Swan Inn (View a short video by Village House) in San Antonio, Texas, something happened to me that will forever impact the way I look at life… and all that lies beyond it. For over half of my life now, I have been actively searching for things most people consider to be ‘on the fringe.’ Every once in awhile in the past, I would catch a glimpse of something I knew I shouldn’t be able to see; hear a voice on a recorder that I shouldn’t be able to hear. I have been chasing after things I believed to be true, but didn’t exactly know beyond a shadow of a doubt to be true. I used to think, Well, maybe I’m crazy. Maybe this is all just a product of my imagination. Maybe I just want to believe something supernatural is occurring when it very well may not be.Every doubt I secretly harbored no longer exists.
I had been invited to San Antonio by Andy Coppock and Michelle Brown – two individuals I had been corresponding with and getting to know for quite some time. Initially brought together by a strange twist of fate, I now wholeheartedly believe that our meeting was no coincidence. If you don’t know who they are, do a bit of research, and you will be floored with what you find. They are amazing individuals, connecting the living with the spirits of loved ones who have crossed over through the use of some pretty incredible technology.
It was with this technology that there in the main great room of the Black Swan Inn, among friends and people I didn’t even know, I was witness to something miraculous; life-altering.
Andy held a device in his hands (a device he has named the ‘probe’) and Michelle asked the spirits of those around us to come forward and to speak. There is a buzzing that apparently occurs when a spirit comes close to speak, and fading when the conversation is over. For hours, I sat there silently, and watched in utter amazement as voices – both male and female, young and old – emanated from the device. Profound things were said. Tear-ridden exchanges of expressed love and gratitude flowed through the room.
Being a spectator was indeed a powerful experience, but the time came when I could no longer hold back my desire to speak to a loved one of my own. ITC (Instrumental Transcommunication) has been my main area of research for years now. Here was an opportunity for me to experience those on the other side in a brand new way. I asked Andy if I could try to contact my paternal grandfather, and he graciously agreed.
What ensued was a nearly a fourteen minute two-way, real-time conversation with my grandfather, Reed. The first thing he said to me was, “April… what’s wrong?” There was a palpable worry in his voice. I tried to remain composed, but I failed horribly. As the tears streamed down my face, I asked my grandfather as many questions as I could think of. He lovingly answered each and every one of them. In this room filled with people, I sat there on the floor, and spoke to this man that I have so loved. A lot of things he and I discussed were deeply personal, and I want to keep a great deal many of them private, but what I can share with you is this…
I asked my grandfather what it was like where he was. He told me, “It is so beautiful.” This was something many of the spirits that had come through to talk had also said, and I was glad to know that he was somewhere surrounded by happiness and beauty. But what he said next about the other side truly shook me, along with everyone else in the room in an unexpected way.”It’s not like we thought,” he said.
In my heart of hearts, I know what he meant. I don’t think those of us still on this plane of existence can truly comprehend what Heaven may be like. We know what we are taught, and what our imaginations present to us… but we really do not know.
Eventually, my time with him ran out and he told me he needed to go. I asked him if I would be able to speak with him like this again, and he assured me that I would. I eagerly look forward to that.
There are undoubtedly those who will be critical of my story. That’s okay. You don’t need to believe it, or even care that I believe it. No matter what your religious or spiritual beliefs might be, I hope that you are one day granted the opportunity to experience what I myself experienced that night. I was given the incredible gift of renewed faith and a true knowledge that death is not the end of us. Everything I have been endlessly searching for, I have found.
Visit Andy Coppock & Michelle Brown’s YouTube Channel for audio/video examples of this technology at work.
