Pastor Denise was in and out of the hospital constantly.  She lived like this from 1998-2002.  She finally ended up slipping into a coma and placed on a respirator.  The doctors thought that she would never pull out of it, but she did.  Finally they dismissed her from the hospital after a 40-day stay.  There was nothing else they could do.  By that time, depression was no longer knocking at the door, because it had set in to stay.

     During this 3-year span, everything around them fell apart too.  Her husband lost his job, they lost their home, and their teenage daughter got pregnant out of wedlock.  They were being attacked from every direction.  Desperate times called for desperate measures.  In an effort to allow Pastor Denise to live out the call on her life as a minister her family left their life long church and connected with Pastor Walter and Rev. Elaine Walters and the St. Paul AME church family where they covered them with love and prayer.  Later that same year Pastor Denise and her family visited and later joined a church called Immanuel House of Prayer; a church that's known for PRAYING people through these types of situations.  Bishop D.K. & Pastor Alice Jones and the congregation at the church stood by their side and supported them through this 3-year ordeal.