You must read thsi story... Thanks Judi Cole!

Subject: You must read this story







More than 21 years ago, she and her husband, Bob, were serving as

missionaries to the Philippines and praying for a fifth child. Pam

contracted amebic dysentery, an infection of the intestine caused by

a parasite found in a contaminated food or drink. She entered into a

coma and was treated with strong antibiotics before they discovered

she was pregnant. Doctors urged her to abort the baby for her own

safety and told her that the medicines had caused irreversible damage

to her baby. She refused the abortion and cited her Christian faith as

the reason for her hope that her son would be born without the

devastating disabilities physicians predicted.





The doctors "didn't think of it as a life, they thought of it as a

mass of fetal tissue," Pam said.





While pregnant, Pam nearly lost their baby four times but refused to

consider abortion. She recalled making a pledge to God with her

husband, "If you will give us a son, we'll name him 'Timothy,' and

we'll make him a preacher."





Pam ultimately spent the last two months of her pregnancy in bed and,

eventually, gave birth to a health baby boy August 14, 1987.





Pam's youngest son is indeed a preacher. He preaches in prisons, makes

hospital visits, and serves with his father's ministry in the

Philippines.





He also plays football. Pam's son is Tim Tebow.





Last year, the University of Florida's star quarterback, became the

first sophomore in history to win college football's highest award,

the Heisman Trophy. Tim's notoriety and the family's inspiring story

have given Pam numerous opportunities to speak on behalf of women's

centers across the country.





She was the keynote speaker at the Oct. 23, 2008, benefit banquet for

two Louisville ministries. A Woman's Choice Resource Center offers

such services as free pregnancy tests, post-abortion counseling,

adoption information, and material support. Necole's Place is a

companion ministry that provides support services for women in need.





Several Louisville-area Kentucky Baptist churches and Long Run Baptist

Association help support both ministries.





A Woman's Choice board chairman, John Schmitt, reported at the banquet

that in the 20 years since the resource center opened, 4,500 children

have been saved from abortion -- 400 in this year alone.