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Dear Mama,

My mate Pablo died of cancer about four years ago--but not without leaving me with a little son. It was his first son for whom he prayed at New Year's Eve. The same year, he died of cancer. (He felt well up until two months before his death.)

I had had a son 10 years earlier, who died six hours after he was born. The night of his birth, I asked Jesus if I could keep him, but said that if it was His will He could take him back home with Him. After that I didn't have any more children.

Then five years ago, before Pablo and I knew that he was going to die, a precious single mom, Joy (formerly Jasmine), came into our lives. Pablo really liked her, and both of us took her into our circle together with her children, and we became quite close.

When Pablo wanted to share with her I was afraid at first because I knew how much he longed for a child. He even told me that if she were to become pregnant by him, he would have to consider her his wife. So I confessed my fears to Joy who then proceeded to tell me that the Lord had shown her to give us the baby if she got pregnant.

Both Pablo and I had a difficult time accepting such an offer of adoption. We thought it would be too difficult for a mother to give away her baby, especially a sweet mommy like Joy who adores little babies. But she was very positive about it and very decided. She felt so sure of the Lord's leading, even receiving specific prophecies confirming it. Only a few days after declaring her decision, she conceived.

She gave us the news of her pregnancy when she was already three months pregnant. That same day, unbeknownst to her, we found out that Pablo was most probably going to die soon. She sat us down and declared excitedly: “You are going to have a baby!” Can you imagine? We were so amazed at the Lord's timing.

I was still fearful to fully receive such a wonderful and costly gift, and so decided in my heart to wait and see how things developed. Joy stayed by our side through the difficult weeks of Pablo's illness, where we drew even closer in spirit. The Lord even gave the three of us individually the baby's name, before we knew if it was going to be a boy or a girl!

Only four months after Pablo graduated to the Heavenly realm, I received our little baby boy Samuel at the moment of his birth. He looks and acts a lot like his daddy, and is, like the Lord told us in prophecy, the answer to my prayer 10 years ago, when the Lord saw fit to take my first little son back with Him.

Joy, at present, is living in the same Home as me. The Lord has given and continues to give her total peace and grace about it all. She says that, to her, the baby has been ours all along. Sammy calls her Aunty Joy and he spends a lot of time with her kids as well.

It's just so beautiful and completely miraculous. Every day I look at Sammy and see Jesus´ love in a very special way.

--Love, Nina, Peru