The Lonc Family: An Infertility Story
We had always wanted to have kids and have a family, so about three years after we got married, we were ready to start a family, and it happened really fast, and we were really excited. And then just about seven or eight weeks in, I had an emergency ectopic pregnancy. It was very scary, but the Lord saved my life that day. But then after all of that and everything settled, it was the pain of setting in that, you know, we had a plan for that baby, and we weren't going to have that baby. Really, that was my time in life that I leaned into the Lord the most I ever have.
It almost felt like it was compounding on us, that hurt. It was every month it was like a loss was happening, which was really, that was really hard. For 76 days, I prayed in an empty nursery, just believing and hoping and imagining a baby in that room. And on day 77, we found out that we were expecting our son, and he was born on April 23rd, 2014. And it was the most amazing day, one of the most amazing days of our life.
It was a miracle. It was amazing. A day we'll never forget, a feeling we'll never forget, and just thinking, wow, all this time we were waiting, all that time was so worth it, to be able to see his little face and to see God's faithfulness and his blessings, and that he blessed us with this beautiful little boy. So there's about a year and a half waiting. Between trying again for a, you know, to grow our family for the second, you know, the second time.
Went and saw the fertility doctor, and he did tell us our chances were pretty slim of conceiving. And that, you know, there was different things we could try. And we actually went home and found out we were pregnant that day. And we didn't need the fertility doctor's help. And we were so excited to welcome our daughter, Avalon Grace, on February 28th, 2017.
And then... Again, we got pregnant with our third, and we had a miscarriage. I felt like, Lord, we had already experienced this heartache and really didn't expect. I was a little blindsided by that and didn't expect that to happen again. Very shortly after that second miscarriage, the Lord blessed us with our daughter, Everly. And without that loss, we wouldn't have her. And so we've just trusted that God had a plan for her life, too. And she was born on July 3rd, 2019.
And that's when we found Radiant, absolutely loved it. Jessica was serving in kids ministry. I actually had never served in kids ministry prior to Radiant. I was always a greeter, leading a first impressions team, something like that. That was where I was wired. But there was a connection that I had because of what I was seeing Radiant doing, pouring into this next generation
This is a, for us, is a way that we can, you know, give back to these families that have had kids. And now that we can go, we can go share the goodness of God and, you know, how God's a great comforter and how he brings us joy and peace and this through these kids. And I love it. If you're someone that's been, is dealing with this or going through this type of, you know, a similar situation, like we know that all of our stories are, they're unique. And we're not claiming that our story is the same as yours or we have the same exact pain as you. But we know that.
And what I know. Is that God is faithful. There are other people who are experiencing this, probably right around you right now. We've been in situations and then recognize, oh my, that is, we went through this. We experienced that pain. What if it was just for this? What if it was just to comfort this person, to be able to come back to that?
There's been reminders that God has given us about his goodness through that time that we've learned. Years. Years down the road from when it happened, you know, this life is here and eternity is here. We don't know what God is really crafting together with our story until, you know, we're, we're truly, you start seeing it and it's, it's pretty amazing.
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