Jean was born in Sydney and her mother died when she was 5. She became her father’s full time carer when she was just 14. He passed away a year later.

Jean had a variety of jobs and married at 21. Wendy was born in 1971, followed by twins Peter and Jason in 1974. When the children started school Jean took the opportunity to become involved with the school. She helped the teachers with reading classes every day. Jean soon noticed there were a number of children with learning difficulties. These children were suffering low self esteem and there was minimal support available to them and their parents. She started The Ryde Learning Difficulties Support Group

Being in touch with other parents and teachers of children with disabilities, both physical and intellectual, led to the formation of an umbrella group. The Special Education Joint Committee was formed to lobby government for more funding, and more rights. Jean was the group secretary.

In 1984, Jean entered the University of New South Wales as a mature age student. She studied for a degree in Psychology & Sociology. She also owned and managed a hotel in Sydney with her then husband, at the same time.

Jeans plans changed in 1985 when she discovered she had developed breast cancer. She was told the cancer had spread to her lymph nodes and if she did not have chemotherapy she had just two years to live.

Jean chose not to undergo chemotherapy, and instead, she read everything she could about the power of the mind. Jean began visualising the cancer being destroyed and went to an Ashram to learn meditation. She became very spiritual and looked to find the lesson she felt she needed to learn in order to turn her illness into something positive.

Jean subsequently divorced her alcoholic husband, and made changes to her life. Jean believed she was learning from all her experiences for a purpose, yet to be revealed to her.

Jean married Les in 1989 and their daughter, Sophie, was born that year. They bought a hotel in the country, in NSW, but moved back to Sydney when Les had the first of many strokes. In recent years Jean has been a successful business woman. She had a small business in the hospitality industry employing a number of people.

Jean explains in her own words how visiting John of God in Brazil has changed her life.

"When Les and I travelled to see John of God, my life was changed forever. I am a diabetic and before I went to Abadiânia my blood sugar reading was around 19. My blood pressure was way up, and my legs were stained a light brown from the calves down because of bad circulation. I also had lost feeling in some of my toes.

John of God told me I needed invisible, spiritual surgery and to also visit the sacred waterfall. I had the surgery and a few days later I went to the waterfall at the Casa de Dom Inácio. Within 5 minutes of going under the Sacred Waterfall the staining had gone out of my legs, and the feeling was back in my toes.

Today my legs feel great. My blood sugar is down to around six and my blood pressure is 125/70. The cancer has not returned these past 21 years and I feel truly blessed & guided by God & the Entities each day.

On my last trip to see John of God I asked permission to take a Crystal Bed home. Not only was I given permission by Entity to have a Crystal Bed but I was also told I was an honest woman and I was to bring people to John of God in Abadiânia for healing.

I now understand what my lessons have been for. I have been taught how to truly look after, and care for others, and how to guide them to healing.

My daughter Wendy is a very spiritually strong woman. She is a loving mother and has 4 daughters Jemima 16 years, Sabrina 9 years, Arielle 6 years, and Zachara is two years old.

Jason has recently married in Scotland. He is a plumber and has a pilot’s licence.

Peter has recently married a Canadian girl and lives in Canada. He is a carpenter and also a qualified pilot.

Sophie is still in school and hopes to be a dentist. Sophie, like her sister Wendy, is very spiritual.

Les and I are truly blessed and humbled to be able to help others seek potentially miraculous healing in Brazil."