Regina Swarn Audio Series Presents

Calm Before the Storm: How My Dreams Connected Me to a Stranger's Tragedy

• Regina Swarn • Season 7 • Episode 19

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What happens when you've been blessed—or perhaps burdened—with the ability to see tragedies before they occur? Regina Swarn opens her heart in this deeply personal episode about her lifelong gift of prophetic dreams and visions, focusing on her recent spiritual connection to Chris Arsenault  the tragic fire at his Happy Cat Sanctuary.

From her earliest childhood memories of foreseeing her mother's friend's death at age seven, to witnessing an axe murder through symbolic visions as an eight-year-old, Regina shares how these experiences have shaped her spiritual journey. She makes a clear distinction that she considers herself neither a psychic nor a prophet, but rather "a humble servant" gifted with a spiritual sensitivity that her pastor once called her "ministry."

Most haunting are what Regina describes as "the calm before the storm" moments—when she's spiritually transported to locations just before tragedy strikes. Whether it was seeing her brother's murder a year before it happened, experiencing Hurricane Helene's devastation in the Carolinas, or most recently, being connected to Chris Arsenault's   sanctuary fire, these visions leave profound emotional impacts. Regina explains why she deliberately avoids news media, how she copes with this gift, and the helplessness of seeing events unfold that she cannot prevent.

The episode closes with a heartfelt tribute to Chris Arsenault's   work with cats and a call for listeners to support the continuation of his mission through the established GoFundMe page. Regina's vulnerability and openness about her experiences offer rare insight into a spiritual gift that bridges the seen and unseen worlds. Have you ever experienced something you couldn't explain? Perhaps this episode will help you understand your own spiritual intuitions.

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Speaker 1:

Good Friday morning. How are you? I'm Regina Swarn. Welcome back to another episode of Regina Swarn Audio Series Presents. This morning I decided not to have any music in the podcast and this is more or less like a bonus episode. So anytime I don't have music in the podcast it's like a bonus episode. It's a very early morning, just got up to you know. Say a word of where do I start with this. Let me go ahead and say give you a place to contact me. Contact me at sorenutina at gmail dot com. Thank you to all who support this podcast monthly and thank you so much to all who listen and share these podcasts.

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I'm going to talk a little bit about visions and dreams again, but I'm going to kind of talk a little bit about some of the things in the news, which is something I don't do a lot because I don't watch the news, but sometimes the news is brought forefront to me. It's brought to me so yeah, and that's because of the dreams and visions that I have and I see, and my beloved pastor told me years ago she said you know, you say you don't have a ministry, but your dreams and visions are your ministry. So anytime I see something that I can reach a person, I try to tell them what I see. Or family members especially family members and friends I definitely try to tell them what I see. Or family members especially family members and friends I definitely try to reach them. I can't reach the world, but I can reach the world through my prayers. That's the only way I can reach some people, through my prayers, because if I don't know you personally, I can't reach you, but prayers reach everywhere. I want to give you just a brief description of how God showed me things in visions and dreams.

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I want to say again that I'm not a psychic. People write me and say but you got psychic abilities, but I am not a psychic. I'm neither a prophet. I'm neither a prophet. I'm very humble, however, a very humble servant who thank God for this gift. But I'm not a psychic, so, and I'm not a prophetess or a prophet. Those are names for other people, not for me, and I don't. Those are names for other people, not for me, and I don't tag them on me because I don't feel that I'm worthy to be called a prophet Just because I see visions and dreams.

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The Bible said that we were going to do that in the last days, right? So I'm going to take you back a little bit to and I'm going to bring you up to date to the Chris Ursenel Happy Cat Sanctuary. And I'm going to bring you up to that why that is in my spirit so strongly Because I can see the whole thing. I mean, I can see it played out the whole thing, believe it or not. And I went to sleep the other morning not even thinking about anything like that. I didn't know Mr Arsenal at all, but I'm connected with him due to cats, because I love cats, and he had a love for cats, a great, great love for them. And so when I heard and read the story, I fell asleep. The other day I fell asleep so I was heartbroken. Some news just stayed in my spirit for so long that it just really it disturbed the spirit. You know, believe it or not, I don't know if that makes sense to anybody that cannot see dreams and visions, and so I was going to come back to this, but I'm going to tell a little bit.

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After reading his story and reading about the fire, I fell asleep. The fire, I fell asleep and the Lord took me through that vision, through that fire, through the very moment through the incident, and it was so scary Because when I'm put in a dream, right in a location or a situation, it really scares me. You know, it scares me a lot and I had another dream the other night about something similar to that and it was very scary. But so that's how I'm connected to his spirit, because he loved T so much and reading his story on Facebook I didn't know the guy but he seemed like he had a really genuine love, seems like somebody that I would have loved to have interviewed or met in his lifetime would have been awesome, um, but I didn't get that opportunity. But I feel the connection to his spirit because he loved cats and because I love cats. And then so many millions of people who read his story, who has come acquainted with his story, they are acquainted through that love that he had for those cats.

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And being taken to that situation in a vision is very disturbing to me. I'm not going to go into the vision here, I don't think it's appropriate to do that, but it's just really sad. It's very sad, I'll put it that way. It's very, very disturbing. The dream was disturbing. It disturbed my spirit so much that you know to see it before, during and after. So it really disturbed my spirit a great great deal. And again, I'm not a psychic and then a lot of people like to equate me or associate me with being a psychic Because I see visions and dreams.

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I'm going to take you back a little bit now to when I was eight years old. I was seven years old. One of my mom's best friends, Miss Julia I think you guys heard me tell that before I seen her death a couple of, about two or three weeks before it happened, and I was trying my best at the time to warn I'm not going to say warn, but I look at it now, maybe it was warning I tried my best to tell my mom that what I saw and I did tell my mom and she, you know my mom was a very prayerful woman and she said we'd be praying. I still remember this at seven years old. I'm going to take you a little bit further.

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Update now to a murder that happened in 78. And this was, in my spirit, so bad. This is one of those where you read the news and then you see the events through vision, Kind of like what happened with that thing the other day. But anyways, in 78, I was like this little girl and I seen this, I read it in the news, but before it happened, I think a couple of nights before it happened, I I had this dream. It scared me so bad. It was like a big bug on the wall, a big one of those big water bugs, and I remember seeing like a big bug on the wall, one of those big water bugs, and I remember seeing an axe hit the bug like and it killed the bug. An axe came out on the bug and killed the bug. How do you like? Two days later it was a murder that had taken place in the news A couple of years. I mean a couple of days later this lady was found dead and put in a trash can and killed with an axe.

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So that was scary to me because a little girl can you imagine that? All I could think about was the vision that I seen. And the really really, really scary part about it is you know, they did a trial, they had the son-in-law go, he got in trouble, was let free. They just never that was an unsolved murder. I think the scary part is, as a little girl, to see what happened in the vision was very scary to me. It was very, very scary to me. I was so intrigued with the story that I eventually got to know the daughter and got to know the family and just something didn't set right with my spirit with the daughter. You know, I'm just not going too far because I'm not calling names, but it just didn't set right with my spirit because in that vision that happened in 78 and the thing happened, the murder happened in 78. And here it is, three years later. I'm so still intrigued with that story that I ended up meeting the family and it just my spirit didn't set really right. It didn't set right, it didn't set right and it's all right.

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I've been seeing visions and dreams again since I was a little girl and some of my visions and dreams are like years away. And I don't think you have a vision or dream to just sit back and wait till it happens. I think you tell a person hey, I dreamed this and I always tell the family at least I try to. I don't think you just sit back and wait till things happen and then say, well, I dreamed about that last week. Back to date, up to date with the events in the news, which is why I don't like. I go out of my way not to watch the news. I go out of my way, but I do have a Facebook page and I do have things. So I do have a Facebook page and I do have things. So I do have a Facebook page. I see things on there like the thing that happened in the news not too long ago, back in September of last year, with the hurricane that it's still in my spirit, it stayed in my spirit. It's still in my spirit, Just like this.

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I will fall asleep and go into a vision and it's just so scary to me when I see these things, Because it's like how do I scratch these things out of my head, out of my mind? But some things just stay there and that Hurricane Helene in Carolina would not leave me. It would not leave me and when I go to sleep I would be in the dream. I'd be taken right there. That was scary to be right there in all that water, but I was taken right there before it happened, like right before, like when the calm, the calm before the storm. And that's the part that scares me, because that scares me, that really scares me sometimes. I'd rather see a vision and dream like years before or weeks before than to be taken.

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When I fall asleep after I see the news and I see the whole event play out and it's that part is scary to me. And again, I gotta always jump in here and tell people that I'm not a psychic. Okay, Because a lot of people write me and they said you got psychic ability and I had to tell them that no, I'm not a psychic though, because this is a gift that the Lord has given me for years, for years since I was a little girl, like since I was probably, since I was a baby and my mom used I was probably since I was a baby and my mom used to always say that girl is a prophet. Maybe she spent her whole life saying that girl is a prophet because of the things I would tell the family. But I'm not a prophet, guys, and I'm definitely not a psychic.

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But telling you this, like the event that happened with the lady with the axe and stuff like that to be taken into a situation after it happened, into a vision I mean a real vision this is no joke here To be taken there, the calm before the storm, the calm before it happens. That is so scary to be put there. To be put there, Things like that really scare me because it's almost like an eyewitness. You know, and a lot of people ask me about my brother who was killed back in the 80s, the late, late 80s I was able to tell my brother what I saw. I stand on that. He didn't listen but I stand on it. I saw everything in it and that was a year before it happened, Almost a year to the date. But the scariest thing about being taken to incidents or situations the calm before the storm that part really broke my heart. And to actually be taken into this situation with these beautiful, beautiful cats and this man that I didn't know, but to be taken into the calm before the storm, is really just disturbing to my mind. Very disturbing, Very disturbing, oh God, yeah, yeah, yeah, Very disturbing and I hope that everything gets worked out.

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I hope everything gets. I don't know, I have to choose my words very carefully. Um, I don't know, I have to choose my words very carefully. He sounded like he was a really good person. Anybody that takes in cats like that and do volunteer work, I think that that's a very beautiful thing to do and to do that it takes a person that has a lot of love for their cause or for the cat or for even if you're caring for a person or whatever, it takes a lot of love to do that, and so I just hope that this whole thing works out. I hope everything, if it's investigated or whatever. I hope and pray that it wasn't arson. I hope and pray that it wasn't. I hope and pray that it wasn't. But I say pray for his family and pray for his friends who really knew him and really loved him, and pray for yourselves. If you love cats, like I do, pray for yourselves. And just like I said in one's very unfortunate, but he's gone and again, as I said in the beginning of my podcast, it sounds like somebody I would have. So may your soul rest in peace.

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Mr Chris, Arsenal didn't know you personally, but I'm connected through vision and dream to you, my spirit connected with him through vision and dream, the calm before the storm, Sometimes things I see I wish they wouldn't be and wouldn't just go away. You know what I mean. Like dreams I would see and then see things acted out and it's almost like I want to say no, no, go, get out. It's like I want to say that. You know, like in this situation I want to stay, because I see beforehand I want to say, oh no, no, no, no, no, go, no, get out of there, Get him out, get him out. It's like I want to say that, but now it's too late to do that.

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So, to be taken in a situation as I told you about, when I was a little girl and I'd see this lady who were murdered, I was like I want to tell her where she came home and the way it was played out in the news. When she came home, it was almost like it was taken into the dream saying don't go home, don't go home, don't go home. You know, I'm taken into these dreams like that and it's so scary, Just really scary, Very scary, Just so scary. You want to see a train. If you see a train coming, you want to see a train. If you see a train coming, you want to warn people. But how do you do that if the train is already swift by and did the damage? You know what I mean. So I don't know guys and shit. You know what I mean. So I don't know. Guys Don't want to get on this podcast, crying, Don't want to do that, but please let's pray for his family.

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Rest in peace, Chris. Arsenal Didn't know you. I'm connected to your spirit through this vision. It's a very disturbing one, I might add, but I'm connected through your spirit and I just think what he was doing was a great, great thing, and I hope that his friends and family continue the foundation that he started. Guys, I think you can go online. I believe it's on Facebook. They have a GoFundMe there. You can help and don't say anything to me, I'm not associated with that, but you can go online and you can see that it was the Happy Cat Sanctuary I believe it was, and you can go online and you can see everything you need to see there. They got a foundation set up for his family, you know, and it would be great if his love for those cats because he had great love for them, I mean, it took a great man to do something like that.

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So sometimes, when you are going to do things, it's good to just travel in silence. You know, Sometimes it's good to travel in silence. You know, Sometimes it's good to travel in silence instead of going and saying I'm going to do this or do that, and sometimes it's good to travel in silence and watch your surroundings and things you know. Sometimes it's good to travel in silence and watch your surroundings and things you know. But anyways, I'm not going to go into the vision that I did see. I think that's between me and the Lord. I'm not led to talk about that, I'm just led. I just wanted to come over and talk about my visions and dreams again and how real they are, and just send up a word of prayer for Mr Arsenal and his family and friends who loved him and all of the great cat lovers around the world who had a chance to see his story.

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My spirit is disturbed right now, so I'm going to get off this particular podcast and hopefully the next podcast is more uplifting and joyful. So I thank all of you for listening. I'm Regina Swern. Contact me at swernregina at gmailcom and thank you all so much for listening. Thank you for your support. God bless you. Thank you.