Never hear about this on the news
Pam knows about the pain of
considering abortion.
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 amoebic 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.
Speaking of the thousands of lives
saved, Pam Tebow said, "That just blows my mind. Every little baby you
save matters."
Florida
Gaters quarterback and Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow is the son of Bob
and Pam Tebow and was born in the Philippines while his parents were
serving as missionaries. This account is true according to a
December 6, 2007 article written in Florida's Gainesville Sun .