Today is my mother-in-law's birthday, so Happy Birthday Robin! We are all doing well here, still in Bahrain and will be for the birth. I have 20 days until my due date and we are all anxious for little Noah's arrival. Since everything will be in storage and ready to ship to Iran, our friends the Dunkley's are letting us use a portable crib, blankets, carseat, snuggli and a stroller if we need it, until we leave here. We plan to buy most things in Iran because they are cheaper there and we don't want to lug it from here to there or wait until our cargo arrives to use it. So, that is nice of them to loan us the necessities. I am still writing up the birth plan to give the midwife and hospital staff and have been reading lots of books to prepare. Sometimes ignorance is bliss and I wonder what I am doing filling my mind with all the things that could go wrong!

Yesterday in church, there was a guest speaker from England talking about bringing Jesus with you to work, but during his talk, he mentioned worrying. It was really good for me to hear, again. When something has me worried I tend to dwell on it and usually it doesn't turn out how I imagined at all. He used the example of wildebeasts and lions. Wildebeasts don't have support groups or dwell on "if" a lion comes, they go on with their lives until a lion does appear. Then they worry. He brought up the Lord's prayer and the part that says "give us this day our daily bread" and where Jesus tells the disciples not to worry about tomorrow. So, I am praying for each day and not thinking ahead to tomorrow or even next week, or to whenever Noah arrives, just today. And I am not worrying about today, but giving thanks to God for it and for whatever He wants me to learn and experience now. May you all do the same!