WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:06.000 On one fateful day in August 2022, I just came home and my wife told me, 00:00:06.000 --> 00:00:07.520 ‘Congratulations - you are going to be a dad!’ 00:00:07.520 --> 00:00:10.640 I said, ‘What do you mean?’ 00:00:12.400 --> 00:00:19.640 My name is Kenneth. Sitting beside me is my lovely wife Evetha. 00:00:19.640 --> 00:00:26.200 And this one is our beautiful daughter Krista. 00:00:26.200 --> 00:00:32.360 Originally we are from Tanzania but currently we are residing in the USA. 00:00:32.360 --> 00:00:39.440 So, our testimony is about how God gave us the fruit of the womb 00:00:39.440 --> 00:00:44.520 which, as a couple, we searched for more than three years. 00:00:44.520 --> 00:00:51.760 It all started when we got married in December 2019. 00:00:51.760 --> 00:00:58.240 When we got married, we were really eager to have a child as soon as possible. 00:00:58.240 --> 00:01:07.600 But as the days and months progressed, I noticed that my wife was not getting pregnant. 00:01:07.600 --> 00:01:14.800 We started noticing things that were not initially there or my wife never experienced 00:01:14.800 --> 00:01:18.840 when she was single and also I never experienced when I was single. 00:01:18.840 --> 00:01:25.040 My wife started experiencing irregular menstrual cycles. 00:01:25.040 --> 00:01:32.160 It reached a point where, for 2 to 3 months, she would not see her menstrual cycle. 00:01:32.160 --> 00:01:37.880 We started really getting frustrated. We thought it was a medical issue 00:01:37.880 --> 00:01:40.920 and therefore we decided to consult doctors. 00:01:40.920 --> 00:01:48.640 Along with her irregular menstrual cycle, she also had yeast infections 00:01:48.640 --> 00:01:53.040 which she never experienced before, so we were really troubled. 00:01:53.040 --> 00:01:57.960 We started praying, but at that point we concluded that it was a medical problem, 00:01:57.960 --> 00:01:59.920 not a spiritual problem. 00:01:59.920 --> 00:02:02.440 So, we consulted doctors here in USA. 00:02:02.440 --> 00:02:06.680 They did all the tests and then they said there was nothing they could do. 00:02:06.680 --> 00:02:12.920 They just gave us medications and she just continued taking those medications, 00:02:12.920 --> 00:02:17.600 believing that it would solve the issue and maybe soon we would have our baby. 00:02:17.600 --> 00:02:25.840 But it didn't go that way, so we became increasingly frustrated because 00:02:25.840 --> 00:02:31.720 that issue of looking for a child really took centre stage in our lives. 00:02:31.720 --> 00:02:39.040 We didn’t really focus much on prayer; our focus was so much on it. 00:02:39.040 --> 00:02:43.240 Even me - I remember there were times we couldn't sleep. 00:02:43.240 --> 00:02:46.760 My wife would keep on crying in agony the whole night. 00:02:46.760 --> 00:02:51.600 I became so stressed and eventually, I developed this body weakness, 00:02:51.600 --> 00:02:57.760 that came exactly at the point when we thought, if we met as husband and wife, 00:02:57.760 --> 00:03:00.160 my wife would conceive. 00:03:00.160 --> 00:03:07.000 I became chronically weak at that particular moment. 00:03:07.000 --> 00:03:09.160 Plus, with what my wife was passing through, 00:03:09.160 --> 00:03:11.920 at times, we couldn’t even meet as husband and wife. 00:03:11.920 --> 00:03:18.960 Soon after that, I'd become very strong as if nothing had happened. 00:03:18.960 --> 00:03:25.520 With those kinds of symptoms, we realised that it was more of a spiritual problem, 00:03:25.520 --> 00:03:30.080 rather than a medical problem. So we started praying about it. 00:03:30.080 --> 00:03:34.440 We never fasted before as husband and wife, but this situation 00:03:34.440 --> 00:03:39.680 prompted us to fast together and pray together even more. 00:03:39.680 --> 00:03:45.840 After fasting in August 2021, in September, my wife actually conceived. 00:03:45.840 --> 00:03:53.400 We were so happy about it and we kept praising God, but our joy was cut short, 00:03:53.400 --> 00:04:05.280 because after just 4 or 5 weeks, my wife had a miscarriage. 00:04:05.280 --> 00:04:08.200 It was an unbearable moment. 00:04:08.200 --> 00:04:11.280 Because it was something that we had been praying for over a year and a half. 00:04:11.280 --> 00:04:13.880 We didn't even have enough strength again to pray. 00:04:13.880 --> 00:04:16.240 We said to ourselves - what is happening? 00:04:16.240 --> 00:04:19.760 We felt like God had answered our prayers but now this had happened. 00:04:19.760 --> 00:04:23.520 After she had the miscarriage, she was admitted and then we said, 00:04:23.520 --> 00:04:31.920 ‘Let’s make sure the doctors take all the tests to understand the cause of the miscarriage.’ 00:04:31.920 --> 00:04:36.520 But to our surprise, the doctor came out and said, 00:04:36.520 --> 00:04:41.560 ‘There is no indication of what might have caused the miscarriage. 00:04:41.560 --> 00:04:45.320 Medically, your wife seems okay; her hormone levels are okay.’ 00:04:45.320 --> 00:04:50.760 After taking blood tests, they said everything was fine. 00:04:50.760 --> 00:04:58.800 So, we went back home really sad, contemplating our next steps. 00:04:58.800 --> 00:05:04.440 But after a while we kept on encouraging ourselves because we said life has to move on. 00:05:04.440 --> 00:05:12.120 We started to slowly improve our prayer life, asking God for mercy and forgiveness, 00:05:12.120 --> 00:05:15.640 and asking Him to deliver us from whatever we were passing through. 00:05:15.640 --> 00:05:22.720 Because at that point, we were 100 percent sure that this was a spiritual case and not medical. 00:05:22.720 --> 00:05:26.040 Only God could solve the problem. 00:05:26.040 --> 00:05:33.280 In January 2022, just at the inception of God’s Heart TV - 00:05:33.280 --> 00:05:38.280 we learned about God’s Heart TV through watching YouTube, 00:05:38.280 --> 00:05:45.120 and we said this may be an opportunity for us to request for prayer. 00:05:45.120 --> 00:05:50.240 So we sent a prayer request to God’s Heart TV. 00:05:50.240 --> 00:05:58.240 In February 2022, God’s Heart TV replied to us saying that 00:05:58.240 --> 00:06:03.400 we were invited for a WhatsApp call with Brother Chris. 00:06:03.400 --> 00:06:10.520 At that time, there was no live Interactive Service because it was just the inception 00:06:10.520 --> 00:06:13.320 of God’s Heart TV. 00:06:13.320 --> 00:06:24.560 We were privileged on that fateful day in February 2022 to receive prayer from Brother Chris. 00:06:24.560 --> 00:06:34.040 As Brother Chris was praying, we felt the mighty presence of God during that prayer. 00:06:34.040 --> 00:06:43.040 Suddenly my wife started feeling strange and she started vomiting. 00:06:43.040 --> 00:06:48.600 We explained that to Brother Chris and he told us that this 00:06:48.600 --> 00:06:52.400 was a manifestation that God was working on our case. 00:06:52.400 --> 00:06:56.960 It really lifted our faith - that God cares for us. 00:06:56.960 --> 00:07:01.240 He is in the centre of our situation so we should not be discouraged. 00:07:01.240 --> 00:07:06.600 Soon after Brother Chris ended the call, my wife even continued vomiting. 00:07:06.600 --> 00:07:10.880 The odour was really bad and it’s not like she ate anything before that prayer. 00:07:10.880 --> 00:07:13.640 After all, we were fasting before that prayer. 00:07:13.640 --> 00:07:17.680 So, we were really surprised where all these things were coming from in her body. 00:07:17.680 --> 00:07:22.200 But at the end, we gave God the glory because we knew these were 00:07:22.200 --> 00:07:26.640 from evil spirits operating within her and they were coming out. 00:07:26.640 --> 00:07:31.160 After the prayer, we were really expectant of God’s miracle. 00:07:31.160 --> 00:07:37.560 We knew the blessing was on the way but because our hearts were desperate, 00:07:37.560 --> 00:07:41.480 we thought it was something that would come soon. 00:07:41.480 --> 00:07:45.400 We thought that in a month or two after prayer from Brother Chris, we would see the results 00:07:45.400 --> 00:07:47.120 but that was not the case. 00:07:47.120 --> 00:07:52.000 So, it started really troubling our hearts and slowly we found ourselves 00:07:52.000 --> 00:07:57.960 going back to a place where we allowed that situation to overwhelm us. 00:07:57.960 --> 00:08:04.080 So, I started experiencing weakness because we allowed that situation to overwhelm us 00:08:04.080 --> 00:08:11.240 and forget about God’s promises which came through the mouth of Brother Chris. 00:08:11.240 --> 00:08:18.800 At one point I called my wife and said, ‘This situation is taking the central place in our lives. 00:08:18.800 --> 00:08:25.200 God has already promised us that He is going to give us a child. 00:08:25.200 --> 00:08:30.720 So, let’s just forget about it. Let’s not try to be in control of the situation. 00:08:30.720 --> 00:08:34.120 Let us just completely surrender this situation to God. 00:08:34.120 --> 00:08:39.040 Let’s live our lives as if this problem does not exist because God is aware of it.’ 00:08:39.040 --> 00:08:44.880 We ‘missed’ a lot of life because that was the only thing that we wanted. 00:08:44.880 --> 00:08:49.600 The minute we decided that, God gave us the grace to release it. 00:08:49.600 --> 00:08:52.960 My wife became much happier; I became much happier. 00:08:52.960 --> 00:08:57.760 We could talk about and do other things. 00:08:57.760 --> 00:09:02.440 One fateful day in August 2022, I came home 00:09:02.440 --> 00:09:05.280 and my wife told me, ‘Congratulations - you are going to be a dad!’ 00:09:05.280 --> 00:09:08.640 I said, ‘What do you mean?’ 00:09:08.640 --> 00:09:14.040 My wife was pregnant again and we were really happy about it. 00:09:14.040 --> 00:09:19.960 This time, it did not come out of the stress we were having. 00:09:19.960 --> 00:09:23.200 It came out of the happiness we were having 00:09:23.200 --> 00:09:26.120 because we decided to leave everything for God. 00:09:26.120 --> 00:09:30.120 Throughout that pregnancy journey, there was no indication of a miscarriage. 00:09:30.120 --> 00:09:34.040 There was nothing apart from normal morning sickness. 00:09:34.040 --> 00:09:38.760 It went really smoothly until nine months. 00:09:38.760 --> 00:09:44.160 There were some complications as the baby did not turn in the right position to come out. 00:09:44.160 --> 00:09:46.840 But at the end of the day, she turned. 00:09:46.840 --> 00:09:54.320 My wife had a long, painful labour experience, which is common for many women. 00:09:54.320 --> 00:10:01.880 And then in April 2023, this beautiful baby Krista came into our lives. 00:10:01.880 --> 00:10:10.680 So, we are overwhelmed with joy and we give God all the glory and honour. 00:10:10.680 --> 00:10:16.880 Up until now, she’s eleven months old, going to her first birthday 00:10:16.880 --> 00:10:21.520 and she’s strong, happy and healthy. 00:10:21.520 --> 00:10:28.240 She hasn’t given us any problems - no major sicknesses. 00:10:28.240 --> 00:10:33.320 We keep on enjoying her and thank God for His blessings in our lives. 00:10:33.320 --> 00:10:38.200 In terms of your physicality, you said you were suffering from weakness in your body. 00:10:38.200 --> 00:10:41.120 How are you feeling right now? 00:10:41.120 --> 00:10:43.000 Now, I’m feeling great! 00:10:43.000 --> 00:10:49.720 That prayer we received from Brother Chris manifested physically. 00:10:49.720 --> 00:10:54.840 Soon after that, the general body weakness left me. 00:10:54.840 --> 00:11:01.960 And since then, I have never experienced any form of weaknesses in my life. 00:11:01.960 --> 00:11:10.160 My wife can also attest that all the regular infections she was having - 00:11:10.160 --> 00:11:13.320 she doesn’t experience them anymore. 00:11:13.320 --> 00:11:17.720 From a medical perspective, we did all kinds of tests and it was okay. 00:11:17.720 --> 00:11:21.360 So you think you are okay but things were not happening. 00:11:21.360 --> 00:11:26.120 It was really bad and stressful and at the same time unbelievable because 00:11:26.120 --> 00:11:33.560 before getting married, I thought I would become pregnant right after marriage. 00:11:33.560 --> 00:11:39.480 But it didn’t happen the way we expected. So, it was really painful and stressful to me. 00:11:39.480 --> 00:11:42.920 We feel so happy and good. 00:11:42.920 --> 00:11:46.480 Since the time I noticed I was pregnant, 00:11:46.480 --> 00:11:50.360 it was like the door opening. We feel so happy! 00:11:50.360 --> 00:11:53.960 We see the world from a different perspective. 00:11:53.960 --> 00:11:59.000 So, it has been a very life-changing blessing 00:11:59.000 --> 00:12:03.400 and up until now, we really thank God for that. 00:12:03.400 --> 00:12:08.640 The main advice I have for others from this experience is that 00:12:08.640 --> 00:12:15.200 as much as we value God’s blessings - such as the blessing of a child - 00:12:15.200 --> 00:12:19.840 we should also value God’s processing. 00:12:19.840 --> 00:12:26.120 After getting a child, I later had reflection on what we went through 00:12:26.120 --> 00:12:29.720 and the spiritual journey we went through to get a child. 00:12:29.720 --> 00:12:36.360 So at the end of the day, it was not just the blessing of Krista but us as a couple, 00:12:36.360 --> 00:12:41.000 we were also strengthened by that situation. 00:12:41.000 --> 00:12:45.960 Initially, we did not pray often as husband and wife. 00:12:45.960 --> 00:12:50.600 It was difficult for us to agree together - for example, to fast about something. 00:12:50.600 --> 00:12:58.360 So, our character in God really grew and we came to appreciate life. 00:12:58.360 --> 00:13:02.880 God used this situation to actually strengthen our spiritual lives, 00:13:02.880 --> 00:13:06.120 individually and as a couple together. 00:13:06.120 --> 00:13:12.400 So, for whoever is listening, as much as you need God’s blessings - 00:13:12.400 --> 00:13:17.760 maybe today you have a problem which you wish God to solve - 00:13:17.760 --> 00:13:20.360 you should also value God’s processing. 00:13:20.360 --> 00:13:22.880 Because once you value God’s processing, 00:13:22.880 --> 00:13:28.320 you will have the grace to wait for God’s timing without so much frustration. 00:13:28.320 --> 00:13:31.880 And I remember Brother Chris said that the blessing we receive 00:13:31.880 --> 00:13:37.240 is not an end in itself but a means to an end, which is the salvation of our souls.