Meet Luis Reyes
I have had some incredible personal and professional highs in my life and an unbelievable foundation with my family and God. I grew up healthy, played sports, and ran a marathon in my 30s. I also moved to DC, fulfilled professional dreams of working at the Department of Justice and the White House, and met the love of my life, Colette.
In my 40s, I faced more than one unforeseen and severe health crisis. An occlusion in my eye left me blind for about six months. Several years later, an uncomfortable feeling at home led me to the ER, which led to quadruple bypass open heart surgery a few weeks later. At that time, we also found out that my kidneys were not operating at 100 percent and would eventually fail without a transplant. All of this before I was 50.
Despite fear and uncertainty, I found peace in trusting God, even when the present is scary and uncertain. I could trust in the invisible through how my church community showed up for me and my family and literally cloaked us in the armor of God. We could never have done life without them. I am forever grateful.
The endings to each of these crises are true testaments to the work of God. The occlusion in my eye completely healed (on Christmas morning!), my heart operation went without any complications, and today my heart function and labs are “above average” for a person my age. My sweet sister donated her kidney, which resulted in my ultimately receiving a perfect match with “best case” results. I was home in just four days and never went on dialysis.
God is great!
