La Verne Sanders knows all about how God can move in the time of tragedy - as she has experienced that herself.

La Verne experienced what has to be one of the hardest things for a Gospel singer to experience. She traveled for a time with a group called the Master's Quartet. Unfortunately, one morning with the group changed LaVerne's life forever. After a bad bus accident, La Verne barely got out with her life while the remaining four members lost theirs.

LaVerne was hospitalized for six months - spending three and a half of those months in a coma. Her family was called in and told to make funeral arrangements - she was basically left for dead.

After spending all that time in a coma as well as months on a respirator and being told, "I would never breathe without oxygen or walk or sing again, God still granted me the desires of my heart," mentioned LaVerne.

During her time of recovering, God began to plant the desire to minister the Gospel through song back in LaVerne's heart. In 1997, Mercy Rain was born.

Today, the group consists of LaVerne, Jimmy Reno and Tiffany Griggs. In addition, the group has an extremely important "behind the scenes team" which includes LaVerne's husband Noah and their son Keith.

LaVerne said, "We have each made a promise to God to use our talents for His glory and honor. "Our motivation is to serve Christ and spread the Gospel to this world, as it is not long before He is coming back."

It's easy to see that God has mighty plans in store for this group - which means they've seen their fair share of trials and tribulations along the way.

"We have had to overcome financial difficulties, health issues, and personnel changes over the years," said LaVerne. "My health has always been an issue, and our members have their fair share of trials. However, we firmly believe that this mix of members is ordained and anointed by God."

"Even through all of those issues, our proudest moments are when we can look out into a crowd and see folks with lifted hands in worship," recalled LaVerne. "It is just awesome for us to see others being blessed by what we sing. We hope to continue this ministry until the Lord calls us all home."