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"HAND OF HOPE!!!"

Please read before viewing picture - it's worth it!

A picture began circulating in November. It should be "The Picture of the Year," or perhaps, "Picture of the Decade." It won't be. In fact, unless you obtained a copy of the paper which published it, you probably would never have seen it. The picture is that of a 21-week-old unborn baby named Samuel Alexander Armas, who is being operated on by surgeon named Joseph Bruner. The baby was diagnosed with spina bifida and would not survive if removed from his mother's womb. Little Samuel's mother, Julie Armas, is an obstetrics nurse in Atlanta. She knew of Dr. Druner's remarkable medical proceedure. Practicing at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, he performs these special operations while the baby is still in the womb. During the procedure, the doctor removes the uterus via C-section and makes a small incision to operate on the baby. As Dr. Bruner completed the surgery on Samuel, the little guy reached his tiny, but fully developed hand through the incision and firmly grasped the surgeon's finger. Dr. Bruner was reported as saying that when his finger was grasped, it was the most emotional moment of his life, and that for an instant during the procedure he was just frozen, totally immobile. The photograph captures this amazing event with perfect clarity. The editors titled the picture, "Hand of Hope." The text explaining the picture begins, "The tiny hand of 21-week-old fetus Samuel Alexander Armas emerges from the mother's uterus to grasp the finger of Dr. Joseph Bruner as if thanking the doctor for the gift of life." Little Samuel's mother said they "wept for days" when they saw the picture. She said, "The photo reminds us pregnancy isn't about disability or an illness, it's about a little person." Samuel was born in perfect health, the operation 100 percent successful. Now see the actual picture, and it is awesome...incredible....and hey, pass it on. The world needs to see this one! Don't tell me our God isn't an awesome God!!!!!

FANTASTIC PICTURE!!!

The following photograph was taken by the crew on board the Columbia on a cloudless day during their last space flight. 
 
The picture is of Europe and Africa when the sun is setting. Half of the picture is in night. The bright dots you see are the city lights.
 
The top part of Africa is the Sahara Desert.

Note that lights are already on in Holland, Paris, and Barcelona; and that it is still daylight in Dublin, London, Lisbon, and Madrid.  Can you spot tiny little Cornwall, still in the afternoon sun?

The sun is shining on the Strait of Gibraltar.  The Mediterranean Sea is already in darkness.

In the middle of the Atlantic Ocean you can see the Azores Islands; below them to the right are the Madeira Islands; a bit below are the Canary Islands; and further south, close to the farthest western point of Africa, are the Cape Verde Islands.

Note that the Sahara is huge and can be seen clearly both during day time and night time. 

To the left, on top, is Greenland, totally frozen.   

Isn't this a wonderful time to be alive and take part in this unbelievable technology.............PRAISE GOD!!!!!

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