Great Movie!

I am in a little bit of a time warp. We are finally home. We were travelling for one day short of two weeks, and it is strange to me that it is the middle of May now, when we left in April. It is nice to be back in our beds, and in the beautiful green state of Washington.

Here's another tidbit I wanted to share from the Christian Alliance for Orphans conference last week. Eduardo Verastegui, the lead actor in the wonderful movie, Bella, shared briefly with us about the film and how God is using it to save babies that would have been aborted. Keith and I loved seeing this movie when it was in the theaters. It has a wonderful message, but it is not in your face at all. It is clean, inspiring, and very artfully done. Go see the movie!!! I think it came out on DVD this week. I hope to buy it - and that says a lot as I have only ever bought one other movie (Phantom of the Opera:).

Anyway, Eduardo shared with us one partucular story that has resulted from his role in the movie. A friend of his from across the country called him up late one evening and told him of another mutual friends' situation, and fried Eduard hadn't been in contact with in years. This friend had gotten his girlfriend pregnant, and although she wanted to keep the baby, he didn't. They had an abortion scheduled for the next morning. This friend was asking Eduardo to call him up and try to convince him to keep the baby. After playing the lead characted in this touching film, Eduardo has himself taken up the role of advocating for unborn children, and agreed to call the mutual friend. Although it was very late and his friend would have been asleep, Eduardo nervously called, and after small talking for a while, told his friend that he was aware of their situation, and that he would like to adopt the unborn baby (don't read here if you haven't seen the movie yet : this is what his character in the movie does.) His friend is silent for some time, and Eduardo is nervous that he is now a dad (although he is single, and this would be a major adjustment!) They continue to talk a little and the friend agrees to temporarily cancel the abortion appointment the next morning. Eduardo flies out and shows the couple the movie, and they decide to keep the baby. There is now a little baby girl named Bella with a godfather named Eduardo Verastegui.

Many in the conference were tearing up (me too of course) as Eduardo shared this amazing story. His heart and many have been softened through the message of Bella. Go see it and show it to your friends!