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Our Baby Is PROOF God Answers PRAYERS!!!

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    On one fateful day in August 2022,
    I just came home and my wife told me,
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    ‘Congratulations - you are going to be a dad!’
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    I said, ‘What do you mean?’
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    My name is Kenneth. Sitting beside
    me is my lovely wife Evetha.
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    And this one is our
    beautiful daughter Krista.
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    Originally we are from Tanzania but currently we are residing in the USA.
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    So, our testimony is about how God gave us the fruit of the womb
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    which, as a couple, we searched
    for more than three years.
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    It all started when we got married in December 2019.
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    When we got married, we were really eager to have a child as soon as possible.
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    But as the days and months progressed,
    I noticed that my wife was not getting pregnant.
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    We started noticing things that were not initially there or my wife never experienced
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    when she was single and also I never experienced when I was single.
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    My wife started experiencing irregular menstrual cycles.
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    It reached a point where, for 2 to 3 months, she would not see her menstrual cycle.
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    We started really getting frustrated.
    We thought it was a medical issue
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    and therefore we decided to consult doctors.
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    Along with her irregular menstrual cycle, she also had yeast infections
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    which she never experienced before,
    so we were really troubled.
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    We started praying, but at that point we concluded that it was a medical problem,
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    not a spiritual problem.
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    So, we consulted doctors here in USA.
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    They did all the tests and then they said there was nothing they could do.
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    They just gave us medications and she just continued taking those medications,
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    believing that it would solve the issue and maybe soon we would have our baby.
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    But it didn't go that way, so we became increasingly frustrated because
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    that issue of looking for a child really took centre stage in our lives.
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    We didn’t really focus much on prayer;
    our focus was so much on it.
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    Even me - I remember there were
    times we couldn't sleep.
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    My wife would keep on crying
    in agony the whole night.
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    I became so stressed and eventually,
    I developed this body weakness,
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    that came exactly at the point when we thought, if we met as husband and wife,
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    my wife would conceive.
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    I became chronically weak at
    that particular moment.
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    Plus, with what my wife was passing through,
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    at times, we couldn’t even meet as husband and wife.
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    Soon after that, I'd become very strong
    as if nothing had happened.
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    With those kinds of symptoms, we realised that it was more of a spiritual problem,
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    rather than a medical problem.
    So we started praying about it.
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    We never fasted before as husband
    and wife, but this situation
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    prompted us to fast together
    and pray together even more.
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    After fasting in August 2021, in September, my wife actually conceived.
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    We were so happy about it and we kept praising God, but our joy was cut short,
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    because after just 4 or 5 weeks,
    my wife had a miscarriage.
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    It was an unbearable moment.
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    Because it was something that we had been praying for over a year and a half.
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    We didn't even have enough
    strength again to pray.
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    We said to ourselves - what is happening?
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    We felt like God had answered our
    prayers but now this had happened.
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    After she had the miscarriage,
    she was admitted and then we said,
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    ‘Let’s make sure the doctors take all the tests to understand the cause of the miscarriage.’
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    But to our surprise, the doctor came
    out and said,
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    ‘There is no indication of what might have caused the miscarriage.
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    Medically, your wife seems okay;
    her hormone levels are okay.’
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    After taking blood tests, they said everything was fine.
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    So, we went back home really sad,
    contemplating our next steps.
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    But after a while we kept on encouraging ourselves because we said life has to move on.
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    We started to slowly improve our prayer life, asking God for mercy and forgiveness,
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    and asking Him to deliver us from
    whatever we were passing through.
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    Because at that point, we were 100 percent sure that this was a spiritual case and not medical.
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    Only God could solve the problem.
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    In January 2022, just at the inception
    of God’s Heart TV -
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    we learned about God’s Heart TV
    through watching YouTube,
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    and we said this may be an opportunity for us to request for prayer.
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    So we sent a prayer request
    to God’s Heart TV.
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    In February 2022, God’s Heart TV
    replied to us saying that
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    we were invited for a WhatsApp call
    with Brother Chris.
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    At that time, there was no live Interactive Service because it was just the inception
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    of God’s Heart TV.
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    We were privileged on that fateful day in February 2022 to receive prayer from Brother Chris.
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    As Brother Chris was praying, we felt the mighty presence of God during that prayer.
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    Suddenly my wife started feeling strange
    and she started vomiting.
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    We explained that to Brother Chris and
    he told us that this
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    was a manifestation that God was
    working on our case.
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    It really lifted our faith
    - that God cares for us.
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    He is in the centre of our situation so we should not be discouraged.
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    Soon after Brother Chris ended the call,
    my wife even continued vomiting.
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    The odour was really bad and it’s not like
    she ate anything before that prayer.
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    After all, we were fasting before that prayer.
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    So, we were really surprised where all these things were coming from in her body.
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    But at the end, we gave God the glory because we knew these were
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    from evil spirits operating within her
    and they were coming out.
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    After the prayer, we were really
    expectant of God’s miracle.
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    We knew the blessing was on the way but because our hearts were desperate,
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    we thought it was something
    that would come soon.
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    We thought that in a month or two after prayer from Brother Chris, we would see the results
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    but that was not the case.
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    So, it started really troubling our hearts
    and slowly we found ourselves
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    going back to a place where we allowed
    that situation to overwhelm us.
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    So, I started experiencing weakness because we allowed that situation to overwhelm us
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    and forget about God’s promises which
    came through the mouth of Brother Chris.
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    At one point I called my wife and said, ‘This situation is taking the central place in our lives.
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    God has already promised us that
    He is going to give us a child.
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    So, let’s just forget about it. Let’s not try to be in control of the situation.
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    Let us just completely surrender
    this situation to God.
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    Let’s live our lives as if this problem does not exist because God is aware of it.’
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    We ‘missed’ a lot of life because that was
    the only thing that we wanted.
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    The minute we decided that,
    God gave us the grace to release it.
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    My wife became much happier;
    I became much happier.
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    We could talk about and do other things.
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    One fateful day in August 2022, I came home
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    and my wife told me, ‘Congratulations -
    you are going to be a dad!’
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    I said, ‘What do you mean?’
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    My wife was pregnant again and
    we were really happy about it.
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    This time, it did not come out of
    the stress we were having.
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    It came out of the happiness we were having
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    because we decided to
    leave everything for God.
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    Throughout that pregnancy journey,
    there was no indication of a miscarriage.
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    There was nothing apart from
    normal morning sickness.
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    It went really smoothly until nine months.
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    There were some complications as the baby did not turn in the right position to come out.
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    But at the end of the day, she turned.
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    My wife had a long, painful labour experience, which is common for many women.
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    And then in April 2023, this beautiful
    baby Krista came into our lives.
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    So, we are overwhelmed with joy and
    we give God all the glory and honour.
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    Up until now, she’s eleven months old,
    going to her first birthday
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    and she’s strong, happy and healthy.
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    She hasn’t given us any problems -
    no major sicknesses.
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    We keep on enjoying her and thank God
    for His blessings in our lives.
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    In terms of your physicality, you said you were suffering from weakness in your body.
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    How are you feeling right now?
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    Now, I’m feeling great!
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    That prayer we received from Brother Chris manifested physically.
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    Soon after that, the general body
    weakness left me.
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    And since then, I have never experienced
    any form of weaknesses in my life.
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    My wife can also attest that all the
    regular infections she was having -
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    she doesn’t experience them anymore.
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    From a medical perspective, we did
    all kinds of tests and it was okay.
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    So you think you are okay but
    things were not happening.
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    It was really bad and stressful and at
    the same time unbelievable because
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    before getting married, I thought I would become pregnant right after marriage.
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    But it didn’t happen the way we expected.
    So, it was really painful and stressful to me.
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    We feel so happy and good.
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    Since the time I noticed I was pregnant,
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    it was like the door opening.
    We feel so happy!
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    We see the world from a different perspective.
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    So, it has been a very life-changing blessing
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    and up until now, we really thank God for that.
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    The main advice I have for others
    from this experience is that
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    as much as we value God’s blessings -
    such as the blessing of a child -
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    we should also value God’s processing.
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    After getting a child, I later had reflection
    on what we went through
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    and the spiritual journey we
    went through to get a child.
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    So at the end of the day, it was not just the blessing of Krista but us as a couple,
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    we were also strengthened by that situation.
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    Initially, we did not pray often
    as husband and wife.
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    It was difficult for us to agree together -
    for example, to fast about something.
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    So, our character in God really grew
    and we came to appreciate life.
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    God used this situation to actually
    strengthen our spiritual lives,
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    individually and as a couple together.
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    So, for whoever is listening,
    as much as you need God’s blessings -
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    maybe today you have a problem
    which you wish God to solve -
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    you should also value God’s processing.
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    Because once you value God’s processing,
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    you will have the grace to wait for God’s timing without so much frustration.
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    And I remember Brother Chris said
    that the blessing we receive
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    is not an end in itself but a means to an end, which is the salvation of our souls.
Title:
Our Baby Is PROOF God Answers PRAYERS!!!
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Video Language:
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Duration:
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