We Opened Up About INFERTILITY, Our Waiting Season & More - Rich & DawnCheré Wilkerson - Ep 23

On Ep 23 of “Mature Me”, Rich & DawnCheré share a special conversation on their journey through infertility, what to do on a waiting season, and all the details on finding out about baby #4-including the name reveal. If you’re going through infertility, our hope is this episode encourages you and builds your faith.
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00:00 - Pod Intro
5:50 - God Surprised Us
10:25 - A Future Glory
17:05 - God’s Picture Is So Much Bigger
20:55 - The Role Of A Husband
23:11 - Baby In One Hand, Bible In The Other
36:35 - You Have A Call On Your Life
38:50 - Waiting On The Lord
47:30 - God Is Intentional In All He Does
58:15 - When You’re Obedient to God, He Will Get Glory
1:01:25 - Staycation Miracle
1:12:10 - We Are Having A Boy!
1:18:55 - The Importance of Community

[@OfficialRichWilkersonJr]

Baby #4 here we go! Leave a comment below. Would love to know your thoughts on this conversation. VOUSCon 2025 registrations are open! Guarantee your seat today: vouscon.com Every Tuesday morning, I share free leadership resources, tips and encouragements on an e-mail called "Leadership With Rich" - to sign up go to richwilkersonjr.com. Let's stay connected! Follow on Instagram and TikTok @richwilkersonjr

[@MommaDeVe]

I've never felt so close to two people I've never met. You came into my life at the start of the pandemic and I'm so thankful. I hope I get to meet you in person one day. God bless you and your beautiful family!

[@TheFashionChase]

I am weeping. And laughing. And screaming. And praising. And weeping. Chile I’m undone

[@Ifea2637]

On my own journey now for 3 years and honestly there is very little Christian content on this. It has been so encouraging every time you share your story it gets more and more powerful each time . There are so many mixed emotions that come with this journey and there are times when your faith does struggle as a Christian couple with many people who don’t seem to have fertility issues .God has definitely given you a gift in sharing in this area. I am so encouraged to keep trusting God and keep him at the centre. I cannot wait to testify one day 🙏🏾

[@brandon09]

My wife knew night one when you preached that message. So crazy!!! God is so good.

[@melissamccoy7599]

I’m so glad I took the time to stop what I was doing and watch this. As a girl who’s been in a waiting period for an extremely long time- this encouraged my heart in so many ways. Beyond excited for you guys- he is so so good.

[@deneb4039]

Thank you for sharing the details of your family story! I had a smile from ear to ear the entire time. It’s been a gift for me to catch a glimpse of what it’s like to be surrounded by a family of happy followers of Jesus. Hearing your stories were to me like Bible in one hand and baby in the other was for you.

[@laurapeternel15]

Congratulations!! My husband and I are walking through the journey of infertility and waiting for our miracle Thank you for sharing your story and journey, it is such an encouragement to have hope, faith and trust in Him that He knows best and will

[@juk723]

So precious! So many nuggets to remember in your all’s testimony. “I have Work to do in the waiting- I can serve, Give, Love and Host”. “ Don’t seek out words or specific prophesy bc you are missing the real treasure-which is intimacy w/God”

[@joanavalero7910]

The amount of tears I have shed of joy!! This beautiful testimony has waken my spirit I feel like Elizabeth when her baby leaped at Marys greeting. Im not pregnant nor married it is my deepest yearning. All to say my spirit leaped !!!! Amen thank you for sharing God Bless

[@SamanthaGreenwell-li5sk]

I’ve loved these episodes of you together! ❤ It’s beautiful what the Lord has done! Love hearing your testimony and context of how He has so moved in your lives!!! So glad VousCon has been such a success!!! Praying next year is JUST AS OR MORE impactful!!! So many great nuggets in this episode, too.

[@tiffanytoussaint2120]

On my own infertility journey of 10 years and I am finding this right on time. God bless you for your obedience and God bless your beautiful family! Much needed encouragement and faith boost!!! ❤️❤️❤️🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@vivianamonari]

I had my second boy at 40 and also right before xmas. Its all good DC! ❤ ohhh xmas babies 🥰

[@AlyssaMeyreles]

WOW. Baby in one hand Bible in the other. What a message!! ❤️

[@SincerelyyoursloveMaria]

I remember that service when you first shared the infertility journey and again when you shared the pregnancy announcement and it really created a foundation to my spirituality journey. I think I idolized you both so much and then to find out that you who are leading our church can be going through something like this ands STILL love God the same it was such a wow thing to me and made me realize anything can happen to anybody but we can still love and trust in God. It’s easy to read that in the Bible but when it’s people you know it’s different❤

[@ivettesepulveda4941]

My cup overflows! And He is faithful to increase our capacity! So good! 🙌🏽 So encouraged by this conversation. Thank you for sharing your journey with us. Celebrating and praising God with you!! Let’s gooo Wilkerson party of 6!! 🎉🎉

[@sabrinaflores3633]

Loved watching! Since VousCon every time I am reminded of this miracle I can’t help but start sobbing and praising God. It hits different when you’ve personally walked through infertility also! I remember watching Rich in Faith in and DC confidently speaking into the television screen with deep conviction saying I KNOW God will give us a baby. That moment marked my life as I sobbed watching from my couch. God also gave my husband and I a word a week after we got married in August 2010- a prophet told us we would have a son, he would speak the word of God, and would come sooner than we thought. God fulfilled his promise in November 2019, and we thought - wow thanks Lord, you’ve fulfilled your promise. What we didn’t know is that our child would be diagnosed with Autism and be considered non verbal to this day, age 4. This talk reminded me that the miracle is not my son’s healing, which I believe He will do, but the miracle is His faithfullness, and walking in joy and purpose as we await the miracle. What an encouraging word!

[@jessicawhittemore32]

Loved every second of this!! My cup is running over too! Look at God!!! Won’t He do it 🙏🏻

[@katherinem8055]

Got so much comfort from this! Thank you so much, from the bottom of my heart for sharing this and putting it out there. My husband and I are going to an infertility doctor right now and I've questioned in my heart if this is the right path for us, am I not believing God will do it. But, what you said about having doctors along the journey has confirmed that God is listening.

[@lulunienu2652]

This is so good for building our faith 🥹😍 sending you both love & prayers from India 😘

[@lizholt1596]

Such a great conversation! Incredible journey you've had. God is unreal. ♡ Great name for baby #4 - also my son's middle name 🙌🏻❤️! Woop!

[@jenasleiman9374]

Thank you for sharing! This episode gave me so much peace and freedom. It truly restored my faith in this waiting season. So grateful for your ministry!

[@rebeccawilson7441]

Beautiful beautiful story! Thank you for sharing ❤ congratulations! So happy for you!

[@misssusyramos]

Best pod yet!!! Congratulations!!!

[@i.am.victorioustshehla1272]

Question. Was there a point where you did not stand with others( like when a preacher prayed for those struggling with infertility) for prayer or didnt share with others because of shame?

[@brookefinchum]

Yallllllll!!!!! Needed to hear this 🥹🥹🥹🥹🫶🏼🫶🏼🫶🏼🫶🏼

[@catalinabernardini5473]

GOD IS SO GOOD. This was such an amazing podcast! Diego and I loved it. Thanks for the laughs- we love y’all and are sooooo excited for you!!!!

[@abundantlifeza5876]

I am so thrilled for you both... Ive been following since you became pregnant with Wyatt... recently started watching a few of the podcasts, and even though im going through a difficult season, this testimony gives me hope 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽❤ praying all goes well, looking forward to seeing Wolf 😊

[@tishainnis]

1:00:20 Out of the mouth of babes!!!!! Wow! Thank You Jesus!!!

[@tumiolaoshun9447]

we have a few months to decide on that... lol love it!

[@AlannahThayer]

Very encouraging for a circumstance we just had with our son that he was diagnosed with something and I’ve been asking God do I accept this or walk in faith that the outcome will not be what the world says? Got my answer! ❤

[@milarodriguez8502]

Praise God 🙏🏽♥️🙌🏽. Love and blessings to you and yours always 🙌🏽🙏🏽♥️🌸. Love how genuine you both are! Love love this! Thank you for your obedience to God. Thank you Jesus 🙏🏽

[@Letaviolin]

Love this ❤

[@vivianamonari]

I just love you guys so much ❤

[@wayNAY87]

The third child is indeed a game changer

[@wayNAY87]

1:15:12 so so so good

[@kourtneyweiss]

Glory to God 🙌🏼

[@wayNAY87]

59:38 wow wow wow

[@nelisantshinga2684]

So I understand that the last one was without doctors- we’re all of the first 3 with doctors intervention?

[@innatsypan8580]

That’s what I’m understanding to be correct.

[@SheStrategyCo]

❤❤❤

[@user-bk5lt4eq4i]

I have said this for so long and I’ve never seen anybody else. Agree with me. The infertility groups are completely hateful and very toxic

[@wayNAY87]

1:12:45 LOL

[@wayNAY87]

33:43 beautiful

[@RCGWho]

IVF is problematic

[@aliciajohnson334]

favorite epi so far on this pod 🫶🏽 adore you guys! 💛

[@richwilkerson4856]

Loved this convo

[@ayleenpardo7414]

Love this ❤

[@wayNAY87]

1:03:11 so good