Right between the eyes....

I was lying in bed, staring at the ceiling, trying to wake up. My thoughts wandered on over to Ethiopia for few seconds, as they often do these days.....and it hit me, if we are hoping to travel about a year from now and pick up a baby under a year old, our child-to-be is most likely out there somewhere right now, in the womb of his mother. I don't know why I haven't processed this reality before.

What is this woman doing right now on the other side of the world? It's probably appropriate to assume, given that she will be forced to give her baby up, (or that she will die, and someone else will give the baby up,) that she is in a miserable position right now--whether it be due to poverty, disease, or some other factor. Please pray for the mother of my child when you think of us. That God will bless her and give her the strength to bear the unbearable. And that God would protect the little one inside of her.