At the age of sixteen Willy Frank Rasmussen (73) from the city of Bergen started testing out smoking tobacco. When his friends started smoking, he was not going to be the only one not trying. To begin with it started with a couple of cigarettes a day. A few days could pass by between each time, but eventually the amount increased significantly.
-Usually I smoked 20-30 cigarettes a day. It was often one cigarette every half hour from morning to night. Smoking became expensive, costing me more than 3000 kroners a month.
Smoking also had ramifications healthwise. In 1974 he got COPD and later he got asthma, but he still failed to quit smoking.
-I tried quitting many times, but it only lasted a few hours. I was completely addicted to smoking.
At the end of 2013 Willy was very sick. He felt totally depleted and was bedridden. A cousin of his encouraged him to call Svein-Magne Pedersens prayer phone.
-I decided to try receiving prayer. I believed in God and hoped that prayer could help me with the smoking problem. I called three times, and on January 10, 2014 something happened. While receiving prayer I suddenly felt a strange tingling in my body. Then I was free in an instant. I felt no urge to smoke. The same day I threw away seven packs of cigarettes. Now it has been 11 months and I am just as free, he says excitedly.
Willy says that his physique has greatly improved, and it is easier to breathe. He works out on an ergometer bike and lifts weights every week.
-I am so thankful to God for what has taken place. My finances have also improved. I now have 3000 kroners more a month to spend on necessary things. And that is wonderful, he concludes and laughs.
