{"id":2064,"date":"2007-04-10T20:51:20","date_gmt":"2007-04-10T20:51:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jesuscreed\/2007\/04\/joel-and-karla-2.html"},"modified":"2007-04-10T20:51:20","modified_gmt":"2007-04-10T20:51:20","slug":"joel-and-karla-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jesuscreed\/2007\/04\/joel-and-karla-2.html","title":{"rendered":"Joel and Karla + 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our BTS colleague, Joel Willitts, and his wife Karla had twins today. Zion, the little boy, weighed in at 3.4 pounds and his sister, born one minute later, Mary, weighed in at 2.4 pounds. Both the little ones are doing very well with good signs of health. Mary, Joel says, is not too happy about the little tube in her nose, but mom and dad are glad Mary and Zion are here and healthy. Pray for the<br \/>\nWillitts &#8212; all four of them! 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Zion, the little boy, weighed in at 3.4 pounds and his sister, born one minute later, Mary, weighed in at 2.4 pounds. Both the little ones are doing very well with good signs of health. 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