Claudia

Our due date is 3 months from today. Benay has always delivered our kids a few days early so three months from today we should be holding our (still unnamed.....keep the name ideas coming) little boy.

This date and the fact that we went and saw our doctor yesterday made me think about sharing our friend with you.

When we were surprised to find out that Benay was pregnant with Anderson, we had only been in Brasil for a little over a year and Benay had not yet found a OB-GYN.

One of our sisters recommended a doctor named Claudia to us. We went and loved her.

This is Benay and Claudia just a couple of months ago:One of the things that we love about Brasil is the great medical care. From the first visits that we had with doctors here (me in the ER for stitches) we've been greatly impressed with the way they care for us, spend time talking to us and order tons of tests to get to the bottom of any problem, big or small. I know that "should" be the norm for a doctor but unfortunately it isn't.

Claudia has been a huge blessing to Benay and myself. She's more than a doctor, she's a friend. She's rejoiced with us through the birth of Anderson and through this pregnancy and she's suffered with us through the loss of our baby in 2006. One great memory I have of her is how she allowed our house church to pray over her and her anesthesiologist at the hospital before they went and did a surgery on Benay. She humbly and graciously accepted and they both thanked everyone involved for asking God to watch over them and Benay. I will never forget that night.

She was so excited for us when we went back to see her for the first time when we were pregnant with this baby. She understands and appreciates our faith and has shared some prayer requests with us regarding her family.

As we left her office yesterday Benay and I spoke of how we would love to see Claudia and her family become part of God's family.

We thank God for the way he put Claudia in our lives and are praying that He will continue opening doors for us to share more of our faith and the Good News with her and her family.