Friday, August 22, 2008

Never a dull moment

This past week has been a rather exhausting one. I told my dh, in our work, sometimes, being busy is not exactly a good thing.
Mom A we'll call her, contacted us about giving up her baby for adoption. Actually, our ob/gyn made the referral. I talked with her via phone last Friday. She said she hadn't been to the dr in a while because of no money. Well, we made an appointment and took her in. Much to my suprise, the nurse said "any pains? you are at 39weeks you know." I about fell off the chair!!! I was not quite expecting her that far along (and she sure doesn't look it.........man, I always look like I am carrying triplets by 39 weeks). So, dr told she HAD to come next week and I assured him,we'll bring her. So, now we are on stand by in case she goes into labor. She is 24yr old, unwed and the baby's dad refuses to accept the baby is his and won't have any responsibility. That's how it is alot of the time unfortunately.
Wednesday, we get a phone call from a pastor's wife. She has a 19yr old girl from their village (and church) who is about 6months pregnant. Actually, we thought that last month they went and had an abortion. WE PRAISE GOD THIS BABY IS ALIVE AND WELL!!! She is due in November. The father has changed cellphones, left town, that type. The family says they can't afford to keep baby. PLUS, 19yr old's mom is a tad embarrassed that her daughter's stomach is getting bigger. So, obviously, not alot of people know about the pregnancy. They went to an office here in town about a place to stay. See, our county has no unwed mother's home, so the office was going to send her someplace else. The girl's family didn't feel comfortable with that. We brought up the idea that she could stay here at our house, so they are going to give us a decision next week.
Between those and previous girls have problems all at once, it has been a rough week. But we know that God is in control. HE has HIS reasons for all this happening at once and pushing us to rely more and more on HIM.
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