Monsters Inside Me: A Riveting Love Story to Death and Back

I Don't Have Enough FAITH to Be an ATHEIST

Dr. Frank Turek

Religion & Spirituality, Education, Christianity

4.8 • 5K Ratings

🗓️ 10 June 2025

⏱️ 90 minutes

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Summary

What happens when a Christian psychiatrist wants to marry a “spiritual” Richard Dawkins atheist—and then a medical crisis involving multiple organ failures and a medically induced coma changes everything? Join Frank as he sits down with Garrett & Aja Halweg, a married couple that formed a powerful union against all odds! Tune in as they share their story of Garrett's brush with death, Aja's testimony of becoming a Christian, and how both of these events ultimately led them to become powerful ambassadors for Christ (and appear on Animal Planet)! Tune in as they unpack their story and answer questions like:* How did Garrett and Aja initially form a strong connection despite their opposing worldviews?* Why did doctors misdiagnose Garrett and how did God providentially reveal the true cause of his life-threatening illness to Aja?* What series of events led to Aja's conversion and baptism?* Why did Aja experience a post-conversion crisis of faith and what role did apologetics play in strengthening her new belief in Christianity?* Why does Garrett believe that God allowed him to get sick?* How did Aja maintain peace throughout Garrett's time in the hospital?* What troubling scenes did Garrett see during his near death experience, and how did Biola & Talbot professors help him to process this traumatic encounter with the unseen realm?Sometimes the truth is stranger than fiction, and you definitely don't want to miss this amazing story of God's provision and providence!Resources mentioned during the episode:Garrett's website - https://www.braindochawaii.com/ (https://www.braindochawaii.com/)Garrett & Aja on 'Monsters Inside Me' - https://youtu.be/oD8Y_yODjjg (https://youtu.be/oD8Y_yODjjg)

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0:00.0	Ladies and gentlemen, what happens when a Christian psychiatrist wants to marry a Richard Dawkins brand atheist,
0:10.0	but he knows he cannot marry her if he's going to stay true to Jesus?
0:16.0	Well, you won't believe the incredible journey that Garrett and Asia Howick took to become a married couple
0:23.2	sitting before us today.
0:25.9	Their story, get this, it involves a trip to the emergency room because of Garrett's
0:31.0	multi-system organ failure.
0:33.9	It involves 17 doctors misdiagnosing the cause.
0:39.0	It involves Garrett being in a coma and friends and relatives flying in to say goodbye.
0:45.5	It involves Asia trying to make it to his bedside but feeling peace after prayer from a stranger.
0:52.9	And it also involves the right diagnosis coming from a very unlikely source.
0:58.0	It turns out that there were monsters inside of Garrett, we'll explain as we go.
1:04.9	Asia also then trying to correct the doctors to give Garrett the right treatment. It involves a bedside baptism
1:13.4	with Garrett still in a coma. And then when he woke up, well, we're going to tell you the story.
1:20.6	Garrett and Asia are here. They're going to tell us the story of God's undeniable providence in their
1:26.8	lives right here in the I don't have enough faith to be an atheist podcast. And by the way, the story of God's undeniable providence in their lives right here in the I don't
1:28.1	have enough faith to be an atheist podcast.
1:29.8	And by the way, the story will include apologetics, evidence for the face.
1:34.0	So here they are all the way from Honolulu, Hawaii.
1:40.0	Garrett and Asia Hallwig.
1:42.3	And Garrett right now is a psychiatrist on Honolulu and the one who runs
1:47.0	the practice is his wife. Yes, they did get married. Asia. We just met like a month ago when
1:53.9	we were in Hawaii to do the Unshaken conference and it was a joy meeting you guys. You guys
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