Northview Stories The Amos' Story: God's Impeccable Timing December 26, 2020 Angela: We got married in 2004. So, we've been married for about 16 years, but for the first five years of our marriage, we wanted to have a child. And, the doctors basically told me to stop trying, to give up. You begin to talk to God and ask God, "God, what's wrong with me?" You know, I thought that God just never wanted me to be a mother. So, I was really sad. Terence: So a part of the frustration with me with God was," God, why did you put us together? If we can't produce, you know, we want to be a part of, you know, adding to your kingdom." Angela: So, we decided at that moment to commit our lives to ministry and just give our all to that. And once we surrendered and said, "God, we give our all to you," then when we stopped trying, that's when we got pregnant. Terence: Angela wakes me up and hands me a test. It was before church, before church. I had to go lead worship. And I'm just like, is this, is this real? Is this, is this really about to happen? So, me because of the struggles that we had, I get up at like six o'clock in the morning and I go to Walgreens and I buy a plethora of more tests just to make sure. It was, it was all in God's time. And it was definitely unexpected. It happened when it was supposed to happen. Angela: So, God definitely surprised us with Tahj and he's our miracle baby. So fast forward from 2009, when we had Tahj to now 2020. The day before the shutdown happened, we found out that we were having a miscarriage. Those feelings of despair, hurt, pain, anger, all of those came rushing back. Terence: As the day went on, you know, I want to say that it got better, but it didn't. As the weeks went by, it did, and things started to calm down and we accepted what it was. Angela: One day out of the blue, you know, I get a message from his sister's friend. She says, "Hey, Terence's sister, you know, she is in labor." And I'm like, "In labor? I just talked to her like three days ago. I didn't even know she was pregnant, you know." Then her friend explains, you know, "Hey, well, she is unable to care for the baby. She's unable to keep the baby." We called his sister and we spoke to her and she did. She asked us, "Hey, yeah, I'm not able to take care of him. Can he come and stay with you guys for a while?" The day that he was released from the hospital, Ja'Shawn came to us. What was supposed to be a temporary situation, you know, his sister basically asked us if we could help permanently. You know, we ended up taking full custody, permanent custody of Ja'Shawn. Terence: God gave Ja'Shawn to us in his timing. And it was more than unexpected, but it was more than what we ever expected. Infertility Parenting Faith Serving Pregnancy