BVOV Magazine 2013 - present

“Oh, yes, Sir!” Brother Copeland answered the Lord. “I want a cookie! I believe I have a cookie! Now I take the cookie! Thank You!” Then, the Lord showed Brother Copeland that for THE BLESSING to work in its fullness, he had to forgive everyone. Over and over Danita signed these words: I believe! I will! I take it! I have it! I thank You! I forgive! Taking by Faith Excitement welled in Danita’s heart. Was this what she needed to do to receive her child? The next time she repeated the words, Danita personalized them to her own situation, grabbing hold of it by faith. “I believe I have a child! I will have a child! I take it now! I have my baby! I thank You, Lord! I forgive that doctor for saying my eggs were too old!” After one of the sessions, the person who served as Danita’s contact for signing at the meetings walked up to Danita. “I’m seeing some things,” he said. “I see ovaries. Are you believing for a baby?” “Yes, sir.” “I see healing and restoration coming for you in that area.” Back home, Danita shared that message with her husband, Aaron, and it became their confession. Danita even hired a graphic artist to make the confessions into a beautiful wall hanging for Aaron’s office. The Winning Game “The revelation from Brother Copeland’s cookie dream became my regular confession,” Danita recalls. “I knew God would respond to my faith as surely as He responded to Brother Copeland’s. “While we continued to stand in faith for a child, I was in my third year attending a Bible institute. I was tired, burning the candle at both ends. The stress of our hectic schedules and our struggle to conceive had put a strain on our relationship. “In June 2010, I graduated from the Bible institute. The following week, I attended our church’s women’s conference. My pastor gave an interesting bit of advice about how to show our faith for a blessed marriage. He said, ‘Act like he’s acting like you want him to act, and see how you act.’” Back home, Danita pondered how she could show Aaron how much she loved him. Not by words alone, but by actions. One of Aaron’s passions was basketball, and his favorite team, the Los Angeles Lakers, was playing in the NBA finals. Because of his schedule, Aaron couldn’t watch the game. "Watch it and text him the plays," the Lord said. Danita watched the game, texting Aaron the plays. “Kobe’s on the line!” “Oh! He missed it!” Play by play, she fed the game to Aaron. “Thanks, Babe!” he replied. “Oh, my goodness! That’s so cool!” The Lakers won the game, but Aaron and Danita won an even bigger victory: the war over their seed. A few weeks later, with the remote control in his hand, Aaron settled in front of the TV while waiting for a sports announcement. Grabbing the remote, Danita said, “I have an announcement to make! I’m pregnant!” “I knew it!” Aaron said. Speaking to the Fig Tree The first thing the doctor did was list Danita’s pregnancy as high risk because of her age. “Although being labeled high risk irked me,” Danita explains, “early on in my pregnancy I was diagnosed with placenta previa, which can cause severe bleeding before or during delivery. This condition occurs when the placenta attaches low in the uterus rather than at the top or side. I wasn’t allowed to stand or walk for long periods and I couldn’t lift anything heavy.” During the second trimester of Danita’s pregnancy, the doctor ordered a sonogram to make sure the baby was developing normally. The sonogram revealed a problem. Something besides the placenta showed up. “You have a fibroid tumor at the base of your uterus,” the doctor explained, pointing it out on the film. “It’s so close to the base of your uterus that it could block your cervix. We’ll watch it, but it may require you to have a cesarean section instead of a normal delivery.” 12 : BVOV : NOV '13

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