

The 40-year-old Zanesville native previously lived in West Lafayette and has been in Coshocton about seven years. I don't know if this happened to bring my mom and dad closer to God, for me to be closer to God, my husband, for the church as a whole," Jennifer said. "God pulled me through all this and it's my duty to share my story," Jennifer said. "I feel like everything happens for a reason. Then it was her husband who was the church link. Jennifer had a friend whose father was a pastor.

Then a friend of her mother's took her to church. When he stopped going, the church van still picked her up every Sunday. Jennifer started going to church as a child through her uncle. As she was unconscious to the world, family and friends prayed for her and God touched the lives of her husband, Michael, and father, Bob Gibbons of Adamsville, in different ways related to her ailment. She was place on a ventilator and in a medically-induced coma as a last resort.

She also knows that most who go on a ventilator for the disease rarely come off. As Easter is a time of rejuvenation and rebirth, Jennifer feels blessed with a second chance at life.Īs a nurse, she understands how dangerous COVID-19 can be. She knows God saved her life so she's become more involved in the church and community. However, nearly dying of COVID-19 has brought her and her family closer to God than ever before. She'd attend services on Sunday morning and then go home. COSHOCTON - Jennifer Evans has always been a churchgoer, but it was always someone else bringing her into the church.
