Baby Time!!! – What a day!!! – 2 girls and 1 boy

Just last week I posted about our “pregnant night out”. It was indeed a blast!

I mentioned that Sommer delivered her baby boy the very next day. Since then it has been really quiet on the baby scene – until today!

This morning I received a text at 7:00am from Meghan that she was in labor and asking me to pray! Benjie (Meghan’s husband) is our Worship leader and they together direct our Prayer Ministry at the River.

About 2 hours later (while Meghan was still laboring) I received a text that Nate and Erin were on the way to the hospital as Eliana was on her way.

I texted with Jill who was pretty bummed that Meghan and Erin both were in labor since their due dates were the 20th and 28th respectively and hers was yesterday – the 12th!

Less than a half hour later I received a text that she (Jill) also was headed to the hospital. It was definitely River Church Day at Labor and Delivery at Mercy Hospital! Dw and I were rejoicing all over the place – we love kids and the blessings are being poured out!! Yipppee Jesus!

We had Emma and Graham with us as we were spending the day at the Durango Parade of Homes. About an hour later we got a text that Sadie had arrived.
Benjie, Meghan and Sadie…… (Benjie – worship leader and both lead our prayer ministry.)
About half hour after hearing that Sadie had arrived my cell rang and it was Erin’s step mom (her mom passed away when she was young) and there was an emergency and they had rushed Erin to the Operating Room. I could hardly talk through the tears as I told Dw the news. We were in one of the Parade Homes out by Durango Mountain Resort, but we ran to our car and sped toward town and the hospital.

Erin and Nate spend their days ministering full-time on the campus of Ft. Lewis College. They are two of the neatest young adults we have ever met. Yet they have struggled with two traumatic losses and this news was just horrible.

We prayed as we drove the 35 minute drive back to Durango and begged God for His mercy on Eliana and Nate and Erin.

What a relief to get to the hospital and find that although things were really tense for awhile Eliana was here safe and sound (arriving at 5 lbs 1 oz). Although the doctors thought that Eliana was in the right position she actually was breech and the cord was wrapped twice around her neck, besides her leg was coming first….all around it was not good – BUT God!!
Nate, Erin and Eliana Louise…..(campus ministers at Ft. Lewis)

Shortly after Eliana arrived Jill delivered baby Jack (7 lbs. 15 oz). Whew!! Thank you Jesus!
Mark, Jill and Baby Jack…….(Mark and Jill are our children’s pastors)

We did the tour and held babies and rejoiced with each family! And although some would say we were prejudiced, they are the sweetest three babies in the world!! God is so good and it is His word that declares: “The fruit of the womb is His reward!” (Notice it doesn’t say whose womb!)

So I guess that’s 9 babies at the River in just about 3 months time – Yipppeee Jesus!

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