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Duane:
Volume III Number 15-December 15, 2011
   
Pam’s Story
 
In a recent email, I read about a woman named Pam, who knows the pain of considering abortion. More than 24 years ago, she and her husband Bob were serving as missionaries to the Philippines and praying for a fifth child. Pam contracted amoebic dysentery, an infection of the intestine caused by a parasite found in contaminated food or drink. She went into a coma and was treated with strong antibiotics before they discovered she was pregnant.
 
Doctors urged her to abort the baby for her own safety and told her that the medicines had caused irreversible damage to her baby. She refused the abortion and cited her Christian faith as the reason for her hope that her son would be born without the devastating disabilities physicians predicted. Pam said the doctors didn't think of it as a life, they thought of it as a mass of fetal tissue.

While pregnant, Pam nearly lost their baby four times but refused to consider abortion. She recalled making a pledge to God with her husband: If you will give us a son, we’ll name him Timothy and we’ll make him a preacher.

Pam ultimately spent the last two months of her pregnancy in bed and eventually gave birth to a healthy baby boy August 14, 1987. Pam’s youngest son is indeed a preacher. He preaches in prisons, makes hospital visits, and serves with his father’s ministry in the Philippines. He also plays football. Pam’s son is Tim Tebow.

The University of Florida’s star quarterback became the first sophomore in history to win college football’s highest award, the Heisman Trophy. His current role as quarterback of the Denver Broncos has provided an incredible platform for Christian witness. As a result, he is being called The Mile-High Messiah.

Tim’s notoriety and the family’s inspiring story have given Pam numerous opportunities to speak on behalf of women’s centers across the country. Pam Tebow believes that every little baby you save matters. I pray her tribe will increase!
 
May the peace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you always!
 
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Dr. Gerald B. (Jerry) Kieschnick
President Emeritus, The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod
Presidential Ambassador for Mission Advancement, Concordia University Texas
   
 
 
 

 

Duane:
John--did you forget to take the spoon out of your coffee cup and poke yourself in the eye??
It was like a Paul Harvey story!  :-)

Mbongiseni:

What a story!
I wish all mothers-to-be do read it.

Kat:

A point to think about is that Tim Tebow was not 'almost' aborted, his mother did choose to keep the pregnancy as it was in God's plan for her to do. So when something is in God's plan to happen, there is no way that it cannot happen. Just like it is in God's plan for all those precious little babies that are aborted to not be born. In other words Tim's mom really didn't save him. All glory goes to God.

What I am saying is that's why we should not judge anyone, as it is just not for us to say what is to be or not.

mercy, peace and love
Kat

onelovedread:
Amen to that Kat. True dat

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