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When Your Baby Is Diagnosed With Cancer: Nikki & Samantha’s Story of Faith, Friendship, and the Miracle of Aligned Mommas

Episode Summary

When Nikki’s seven-week-old baby was suddenly diagnosed with cancer, her world collapsed overnight — but God met her in the ashes and rebuilt her faith from the ground up. In this deeply tender conversation, Nikki and her best friend Samantha share how faith, Scripture, community, and obedience carried them through fear, chemo, trauma, and the miraculous creation of Aligned Mommas.

Episode Notes

Today’s episode is tender, raw, and holy — the kind of story that stays with you long after the final minute.

When baby Sadie was just seven weeks old, Nikki received the news every mother prays she never hears: “Your daughter has cancer.” In an instant, joy turned to terror… and yet, in the middle of the unthinkable, God began writing a story of faith, friendship, miracles, and uncommon courage.

Wendy sits down with Nikki Trout and her best friend, Samantha Capstick — founders of Aligned Momma's, a nonprofit and community for women who want to live in purpose, on purpose. Together they share the journey of hospital rooms, chemo drips, fasting, worship, prophetic dreams, Scripture playlists, and the fierce determination of a mother who refused to let go of God’s character or His promises.

This episode is for the mom fighting silent battles, the friend who wants to show up better, and the woman wondering if God still sees her in the middle of her breaking.

You’ll walk away believing this truth with fresh conviction:
There is no darkness God cannot break into. No diagnosis He cannot meet. No story He cannot redeem.

🕊 EPISODE NOTES

Key Themes

What to do when life breaks without warning

How God shows up through friendship and community

The faith required to believe for healing when circumstances don’t change overnight

Why obedience in the waiting matters

How Sadie’s journey birthed a national movement for moms

Scriptures Mentioned

(Directly referenced or quoted in the episode)

Ephesians 3:20 — "Far more abundantly than all we ask or think…"

Psalm 112:7 — “We are not afraid of bad news; our hearts are firm, trusting the Lord.”

1 John 4:4 — “Greater is He who is in you…”

Hebrews 10:23 — “Hold fast to the confession of our hope…”

Hebrews 6:15 — “And thus Abraham, having patiently waited, obtained the promise.”

Mark 11:23–24 — Speak to the mountain; believe and receive

John 11:35 — “Jesus wept.”

2 Corinthians 5:7 — Walk by faith, not by sight

Romans 8:28 — All things work together for good

John 14:13–14 — Ask in My name

Hebrews 11 — Faith that pleases God

Psalm 34:18 — He is close to the brokenhearted

Worship Songs + Media Mentioned

Phil Wickham — “Sunday’s Coming”

Michael W. Smith — “Agnus Dei”

The Broken Hallelujah (various versions)

700 Club Miracle Testimonies (CBN)

Christian radio playlists for building faith in crisis

Referenced Stories & Moments in Scripture

The woman with the issue of blood (Luke 8:43–48)

Peter walking on water (Matthew 14:22–33)

The centurion with unusual faith (Matthew 8:5–13)

Miracles performed through the disciples after Jesus ascended (Acts 3–5)

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