A Name No One Expected

In 2019, Maria Gonzalez stood in a hospital room in San Antonio, Texas, holding her newborn son. Her mother-in-law had already monogrammed blankets with the name "Alejandro IV" — four generations of firstborn sons carrying the same name. The family assumed it was settled. But during her pregnancy, Maria had felt an unmistakable conviction. She and her husband had prayed for months, and the name that kept pressing on their hearts was Samuel — "heard by God" — because this child had come after years of infertility and desperate prayer.…