I Love Coffee!

While at Campus Outreach’s Christmas Conference in late December, Meriam’s brother Caleb told her other brother Josh that Meriam had really been on his mind lately. He saw Meriam holding her beautiful niece Sydney, her sister Sarah’s baby, and saw how much Meriam would love having a baby. He asked Josh if they could pray for us to get pregnant. So as they prayed for us, Josh prayed that we would get pregnant in January. He then took it a step further by deciding not to drink coffee, starting January 1, until we became pregnant. Each time he would think about having a cup of coffee, he would instead pray for us to have a baby. Josh loves coffee, and thankfully for him and us, his coffee fast did not have to continue very long. We did not know that all this was going on until we called Josh and his wife Jessica on January 22 to tell them about the positive pregnancy tests (3 of the 5 that Meriam would eventually take :) ) we had seen that day. What an encouragement to hear how Caleb and Josh had prayed for us and to hear them share in the joy. The next day, January 23, was Josh's birthday and I am sure coffee never tasted that good.