Guys, today we have a special announcement. We have been waiting for this for 13 years. So many
of you have been asking us about this in the chat. So many of you have been sending us hints. We got
them hints. We got your prayers and today we want to share with you an exciting news that
we've been waiting to share with you for 13 years and babe, what is that news? Guys, it's crazy but
it's been 13 years and we have been praying to have a child and it's finally here. Okay. We are
pregnant and it's a 13 weeks now, as of recording of this video, as of recording of this video yep
and today we went to do our second ultra sound. Here we go. Yay, anyways. Guys it was unreal to
hear the heartbeat of the baby. First time that you went and I was actually not in town. Yeah,
you were not in town the first time I went. It was unreal. The first time I heard the heartbeat of
the baby I have never experienced those emotions and feelings before. I was like I couldn't even
describe what I felt, something alive in my stomach. It was crazy but today we went
together yes and the baby was already bigger and it was so funny how the baby was like swimming its
arms in the womb, moving its hands and moving its arms. Yeah. How did you feel about it? I just had,
it was a shock. The heartbeat was kind of scary cuz I was like it was pretty fast. I'm like is
that the baby running already or but seeing, it's just I don't know it made me feel very very good,
very special and I'm excited. I am excited. I know it's been 13 years. We've been praying
for this. We've been believing for this and other people have been praying for this. So we were not
against having children. God's will for us to have children and we always been talking about reaching
next generation and so that's always been on our heart but actually, we couldn't have children and
so medically they just said, Hey you couldn't have children and so we're just very grateful that you
know we actually kind of made peace with whatever is going to happen. Exactly, yeah yeah. Especially
I remember that I had to make peace within myself for whatever outcome you know is going to
come either we're going to have children or if we don't, if we won't have children, I had to kind of
like be okay with that. Last thing I wanted to is I know that some women they fall into depression.
They can't function. They can't move on in life just because they can't have kids but I think even
if you're struggling and you cannot have children, I think your life should not be stopping. If
you're walking with the Lord, continue to walk with the Lord and I think the main focus is your
spouse because he is the person that I married, he's the person that I committed my life to, that
I want to spend the rest of my life with, that I want to get old with and children a blessing.
It's kind of like a byproduct but if they don't come, I think the focus still has to be on a
spouse and I pray that the Lord helps you to make that peace. There are some people who can't even
get married you know like or they're not getting married and they almost feel like their whole life
is wrapped in this dream and it's like they're not living and so I think for us in the last 13 years,
it's not that we didn't walk in depression. We didn't walk in anxiety. Yeah a lot of people like,
Hey we want to pray for you and so for us, I think a lot of people walked in anxiety for
us. Yeah I feel like everybody was just so concerned for us. What's wrong and I mean we
prayed the prayer. We've done the stuff. Cancelled the curses. Anything because none of our families
have that issue and so it was just, we kind of made peace. Now when we say we made peace, it
doesn't mean we surrendered to our circumstances. It doesn't mean that we just accepted things the
way that we are. We just simply said that we will prioritize God's purpose and God's presence in our
life regardless of what's going to happen and so that was huge. I think for me to see that in
Lana because for myself, I'm just, I'm immersed in the ministry. I'm on the go and so like it's not,
I didn't see. I think for man, it's a little bit different. I think that could hit women a
little bit harder if they can't have children that they really want to and this is where we
have to surrender to completely trust in God and His timing and in the process, in that process of
waiting, it could be not easy for some people. So we just wanted to share from our journey of the
last 13 years. Number one is that to be at peace in the process. Number two is don't surrender to
your surroundings. Do not be conquered by your circumstances and the way we did that is that
we didn't accept that as our lot. We accepted God's will as our lot. Now whatever that would
be in our life, we were totally okay, not with the circumstances but with God's purpose and so
that means that in whatever circumstances we find ourselves in, God's purpose will be accomplished.
This doesn't mean that God causes some of those things. It's that in the midst of them, we can
still seek Him, love Him and be pleasing to Him. The Bible says to humble yourself under the mighty
hand of God. It doesn't say to humble yourself under the mighty prognosis of your doctor,
your circumstances, what's happening in your body, what's happening in your finances meaning,
we always walk under something that's stronger and heavier and that is God. Yeah and I think in
the last 13 years, that's what we've decided is that you know this situation is not going to be
what we allow to define us regardless if it gets resolved or not. Absolutely. We're going to trust
in God nor did we stop praying for other people. That's an interesting part. We prayed for other
people who couldn't have children and I've had some testimonies of people who came up and they
testified and so secondly is don't surrender to your surroundings. Just because it takes longer,
don't allow the strongholds to develop. It may seem hard. It may seem difficult. The third
thing is prayer is how we don't waste our waiting period. Prayer, worship, by that, we don't waste
our waiting period. Waiting will always feel like a waste of time if you're not praying.
Prayer requires you to pay the price to keep it a priority, pursuit of God, keeping God in the
center. If everyone's goal in life is I want to get married. My goal is to have children, that's
the whole center around our life. As Christians, our first commandment is to love the Lord our God,
is to really keep Jesus first which means we pray. We press in to God, not only God give me a miracle
but God I want to have more of you and so that's how we don't waste our waiting period is through
prayer. Number four God answers us by His promise before He gives us a miracle. So could you share a
little bit how you received that promise from you know the scripture that the Lord gave you. It was
actually about first, it happened in the Ukraine when we offered our sacrifice and then I went
went there next time and I remember, I sent you actually a photo of a little boy. That's the image
that I got. It doesn't you know it was just a picture of a of a child and then I remember I even
went to the store and I felt I got this promise from God. This was about eight or nine years
ago and I actually got pieces of clothing from the store. I brought it, remember. I remember.
We had that in our closet for years. I actually, this may sound weird, I didn't come up with that.
I really felt God gave me a promise that He will give us a child and as a result of that promise,
I went to the store and bought the clothing and we carried that, little Ukrainian piece of, yeah,
little Ukrainian piece of clothing of a baby and we carried that in our closet and so because I
think the way God answers our prayer is not always giving us a miracle. It's giving us a promise and
that promise becomes like a Rhema word or like a conception in you with that period of waiting.
Because when you're waiting, you're hoping for a miracle. Yes, when God gives you a promise,
you already have a miracle. It's just not visible yet. Yeah like Abraham became a father before he
had a child. God changed his name. He gave him the promise and so actually after that time,
when I received that promise, I no longer prayed for children. I don't remember one time praying.
I thanked God for it and I thanked God that He has gotten that taken care of and so, sometimes people
would come up and like Hey, can I pray for you? And I was like, you don't need to and it's not,
I wasn't disrespectful. It's just God gave me a promise and after I feel like when you receive
that promise, I'm not saying you can't pray. Of course, we pray. We wage war according to
the prophetic words that were given but for me there was that security that I am thankful
and when I would get overwhelmed or something, I would just thank God for that because I feel like
God's answer to us first was to give us a promise to hold on to versus just giving us an instant
miracle that we were hoping for. Yeah so that was our journey for the last 13 years of number one,
it's funny. It's been 13 years and today is 13 weeks. Wow that we're recording this video. Wow,
13 years of having peace number one. Number two is praying during the waiting period and number
three is receiving the promise and then standing on that promise and so we want to ask you guys to
please pray for us. Pray for this pregnancy. A lot of times you know the doctors will say you
know things could be challenging. In fact in the last few weeks, we've had one time where
Lana was profusely bleeding and we end up in the ER actually was right before the fast,
one of the fast and nobody knew about it and you know we really thought that we lost the baby and
so God actually gave me another promise during that time to reassure me that He is with us and
so but we are praying for this pregnancy, that we are thanking God that God has got us and we're
standing on this promise. We want you to agree with us, stand with us as well. I think this
baby is going to bring a great joy and actually last year, this was interesting because last year
I went to the mountains to spend time with the Lord for a few days and I wasn't even thinking
about this whatsoever, this was not on my mind. I went there to seek God, to seek just reconnect
with Him. I remember the next day I'm driving and I hear this still small voice that said next year,
this time you will have a child. Now I didn't get the impression that I will actually hold a child
but we will have a child and I knew this was not in the spirit anymore, it will be physically. Wow
and so I remember I wrote it down. I wept because I felt like God also gave me some other stuff.
I journaled right away and I came, I remember you came. I came back and I told you I'm like
you know we're going to be pregnant and I'm going to be a father and you cried, okay, I receive and
this year, at this time which was last month is September. September is right now. Yeah this was
September last year, yeah. So actually this month a year ago. Exactly a year ago. Yeah is exactly
that we have a child and that Lana is pregnant of course, you can't see the child except on
the on the pictures and stuff so Amen. So it's a great joy for us. It's been a great month of joy,
celebration of seeing breakthrough on YouTube, new book being released and you know but all of these
things are great. This is better, incredible. Yes guys thank you so much for everyone who was
wishing us well and praying for us. We are very happy. We are very thrilled but also a little
bit scared yeah because this is a completely new season that we're stepping into and I can
already perceive and see that so many things will change. Yeah, I think it's been for the past three
years. Every year, we have a major change that is happening either at the church, at the ministry or
our personal life. Yeah and I think this year is going to be many major changes and so we're ready.
Expect my sermon revelations to start flowing into the Father God. Papa God. Daddy God. Daddy
God and stuff and so Amen and then we're going to drop a link for those of you who Lana's going
to have shortly around this time that video is going to be released, a baby shower if you want
to bless this baby and we're going to have a link below. Free to do that. This would be appreciated,
it's not necessary. Just rejoice with us and for those of you that are believing for a child and we
want to just encourage you to have peace in the process, to not surrender to your surroundings,
to keep on praying when you are waiting and when God gives you a promise, just hold on to that
promise because in reality, when God gives you a promise, that promise is going to hold on to
you. It's going to keep you grounded in God's word and no matter what comes, no matter what happens,
we live for Jesus and we live for His purpose. So thank you for watching and until next time!