‘People don't recover from locked-in syndrome. I’m a walking miracle’

Rev David Hazeldine surprised medics by making a near-full recovery from locked-in syndrome. The experience revolutionised his understanding of God’s mercy 

As a boy, David Hazeldine regularly climbed a tree in the forest opposite his house to spend time alone, hearing from God. In his teens, he travelled with the late revivalist preacher, Rev Colin Urquhart, and saw all kinds of miracles and answers to prayer. “I had a raised expectation of what God could do,” said David, who had sensed a call to church leadership for as long as he could remember.