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Unexpected Arrival

In my journal I wrote "For unto us a child is born. Unto us a son is given..." Gabriel made his unexpected arrival on Monday night at just after 9:00. I say "unexpected" because we really were not expecting him to come on Monday.

We had delievered Ann's ultra sound results to the Doctor and he had decided to keep her at the hospital. However, he had also told her that she probably would not deliever until Tuesday morning.

We returned to the apartment expecting a 10:00pm return visit to the hospital and to leave Jackson there to be with Ann during the night. We went about our business, had a bite to eat and waited until about 9:45 to return.

As we entered the nurse informed Jackson that the baby had "apparently" been born. We were shocked. How could she have gone from 2 cm to babe in arms in just four hours? It was then that we were told that she had gone cicerian section.

Both Ann and Jackson had planned to go natural. They both had participated in classes so that he could be a part of the birth, which is a new concept here. So, needless to say we were sad that Annie had gone through the cicerian alone.

However, it was neat to hear testimony. She said, "Dad, as I entered that room I began to pray an say, 'Father, You know that I would like Jackson to be here. But, I know that your timing is perfect. 'So, be with me during this procedure!'"

We discovered later that 7:00pm was shift change. What does that have to do with anything? Many doctors here don't like to wait around for a natural birth so they opt for the quick money and exit with several cicerian sections at a time.

But as Ann was quick to remind me, "God's timing is perfect!" We are praising the Lord for a perfect baby boy and Ann's safety.

Sorry that for the time being I have no pictures. Actually I have them but have no way of uploading them on the computer that I'm using. Hope to have some by this weekend.

Thank you for praying.

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