A very special blessing!

I want to tell you about one of my best friends and the awesome blessing that God has bestowed upon her! My friend Dawn, is pregnant and she is due December 21st. The really awesome part is this though... 1)as far as they can tell, the baby is completely, 100% healthy and 2)she is having a boy...her FIRST little boy!! She has two beautiful daughters already and was so excited to learn that she is expecting a boy. I am so excited for her too!!
The doctors had Dawn and her husband, Tim, a little scared in the beginning. Dawn had a terrifying ultrasound experience very early on in her pregnancy and doctors thought the baby's chances for survival were almost none. They labled the baby as a 'threatened miscarriage'. Regardless of this, Tim and Dawn never lost hope. They clung to each other and to the Lord throughout the entire frightening experience. There were many people praying for them and for their precious baby. After a lot of waiting, Dawn finally had another ultrasound and...praise God...there was a beautiful, healthy heart just a-beatin away on that screen!! What a wonderful sight that must have been for Dawn to see! I can't begin to imagine it. The Lord was faithful as He always is! He heard the many prayers of His people crying out to Him and He answered. Praise you God!!
Tim and Dawn knew there was a chance the Lord might have chosen to answer the prayers of His people by taking this dear little boy home to be with Him. Despite that fact, Tim and Dawn decided they were going to be faithful and praise God regardless of HOW He chose to answer. The Lord has given these two special people such an amazing blessing that only comes through Him. Their faithfulness has been rewarded.
Dawn is more than 26 weeks along now and has experienced many ups and downs throughout her entire pregnancy but the Lord has remained faithful. He continues to answer prayers on behalf of Dawn and her cherished baby boy.
I know this is one special little boy that the Lord is bringing into this world. God's hand of protection has been on him from the very beginning. Let's pray with Dawn and Tim that he grow up to be a man who loves the Lord with his whole heart and lives to serve him daily. I know God has special things in store for this boy!! Now, if only the two of them could agree on a name for this special boy! :)

Here are some pictures of Dawn's beautiful family!

Here's Dawn!!


Dawn's youngest daughter, Ashley and husband, Tim


Dawn's oldest, soccer superstar daughter, Katlyn