She continued, “I was crying and ran out to the hallway to tell Nika and I just remember Nicole said, ‘God’s going to use this for his glory.'”
Despite responding well to treatment and being told at one point she had “no evidence of the disease,” Nicole’s breast cancer returned and had progressed to stage four, which is when she was given just three months to live.
But Nicole beat those odds with “fearlessness,” living another year before she died last month. And in the face of tragedy, Natalie shared her faith has only strengthened since the loss.
“I’ve been a Christian a long time and something like this, you know, can make you either grow closer to God or distance yourself,” Natalie said. “This trial I would say grows that. I don’t know how someone could get through this kind of thing without God.”
The sisters confirmed ontheir websitethat the family held a private funeral service, adding that “Nicole, the oldest of us three sisters, will be greatly missed.”
“She was our leader and our best friend,” they added in the statement. “We are heartbroken, but we know she is in Heaven and will see her again.”