Biblical Perspectives on Breastfeeding & Parenting

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" height=150 BGCOLOR="#CC6699" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="25200960erlcnk.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="6" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Andy" ><I><B>Mommy Zone</B></I></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" ><B>    </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT><I><B>| </B></I><I><B>    </B></I><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mommy Zone"><U><I><B>home</B></I></U></A></div> <div> <I><B>Biblical Perspectives on Breastfeeding & Parenting</B></I></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=330 BGCOLOR="#FFCCFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I><B>Biblical Perspectives on Breastfeeding and Parenting </B></I></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <TABLE BORDER="4" CELLPADDING="4" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="443" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#CC6699" BORDERCOLORDARK="#FFCCFF" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#FFFBF0 > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#000000 HEIGHT= 198 ><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="2d08bad0.jpg" border=0 width="139" height="173" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="2d16b120.png" border=0 width="107" height="18" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#000000><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="2d35e700.png" border=0 width="94" height="112" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <B>JESUS was </B></div> <div> <B>BREASTFED</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#000000><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="2d589ab0.jpg" border=0 width="137" height="171" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="2d66b120.png" border=0 width="107" height="18" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <I><B>Jesus said, "Let the children alone, and do not hinder them from coming to Me, </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these."  </B></I><B>Matthew 19:14</B></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="#a_young_mother_s_story______" TITLE="Biblical Perspectives on Breastfeeding "><U><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a73007700dc99339900.png" HEIGHT="15" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">A Young Mother's Stor</B></U></A><A HREF="#a_young_mother_s_story______" TITLE="Biblical Perspectives on Breastfeeding "><U><B>y</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.mothering.com/9-0-0/html/9-5-0/9-5-trainup93.shtml" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.mothering.com/9-0-0/html/9-5-"><U><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a73007700dc99339900.png" HEIGHT="15" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">And the Bible Sayeth, Train up a Child in the Way He Should Go</B></U></A><B> </B>Dr. Sears</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://pages.tca.net/mpwalker/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://pages.tca.net/mpwalker/"><U><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a73007700dc99339900.png" HEIGHT="15" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" 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CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="403" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 26 WIDTH="397"><div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#CC6699" FACE="Script MT Bold" ><I><B> <A NAME="a_young_mother_s_story______"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></I></FONT><I><B>A Young Mother's Story</B></I><I><B> </B></I><I><B> </B></I><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#993399" FACE="Script MT Bold" ><I><B> </B></I></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000099" FACE="Script MT Bold" ><I><B>   </B></I></FONT></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="491" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 590 ><NOBR><div> Becoming a mother the very first time</div> <div> Is as difficult as can be</div> <div> I needed support from someone</div> <div> To tell me how to be</div> <div> Deep inside me “mothering”</div> <div> Wanted to rise to the top,</div> <div> But insensitive comments of others </div> <div> Sometimes made me stop.</div> <div> I wanted to still his crying</div> <div> And rock my newborn baby,</div> <div> But whisperers said I was spoiling.</div> <div> And, I wondered, “Am I, maybe?”</div> <div> I wanted to hold him closely</div> <div> And sing to him when he cried at night.</div> <div> Some told me he should  “cry it out”,</div> <div> But my heart told me that was not right.</div> <div> Feeling my baby at my breast</div> <div> Was an emotion that defied description!</div> <div> And holding him and loving him</div> <div> Was my deep-down inner conviction.</div> <div> But many of you warned me,</div> <div> “Don't tie yourself down like that,</div> <div> Leave a bottle and the baby.”</div> <div> And, you'd give my hand a pat.</div> <div> Outside my mouth is smiling, </div> <div> But inside my heart is sad.</div> <div> Do you think that loving a baby </div> <div> Is simply a passing fad?</div> <div> So without your help or assistance </div> <div> I went on and met his needs.</div> <div> I rocked him, loved him, and held him.</div> <div> And when he was a toddler</div> <div> You thought I should seek my profession.</div> <div> And enroll the child in nursery school,</div> <div> But this is my confession: </div> <div> I'd rather stay at home with him</div> <div> And watch him grow each day,</div> <div> And cut out cookies and read to him,</div> <div> And simply watch him play.</div> <div> What's a profession really worth</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="230"><div> When here I can each day</div> <div> Teach this heart the Word of God</div> <div> And help him learn to pray?</div> <div> Together this special child and I </div> <div> Thrilled to those stories of old…</div> <div> Abraham, Joseph, Daniel,</div> <div> And all the prophets bold</div> <div> We learned about the Savior, </div> <div> And about His perfect love.</div> <div> And how we all can live with Him</div> <div> In that beautiful home above.</div> <div> Yes, I have found fulfillment, </div> <div> And within me inner peace.</div> <div> But I worry about my friends, </div> <div> And the comments that do not cease.</div> <div> Where were my sisters in the Lord</div> <div> Who are commanded from above </div> <div> To teach the younger women</div> <div> Their husbands and children to love?</div> <div> Why didn't someone tell me </div> <div> How thrilled my heart would be </div> <div> To see this tiny soul God gave</div> <div> Develop spiritually?</div> <div> Where were you when I needed you</div> <div> When others were tempting me so,</div> <div> To think of my own self first </div> <div> And let the baby's needs go?</div> <div> My deepest heartfelt prayer is that</div> <div> Within the grace of God</div> <div> I may be a help to others</div> <div> As along this road they trod.</div> <div> Help me to remember</div> <div> The pressures they will see</div> <div> And tell them their “mothering instincts”</div> <div> Are as true as they can be.</div> <div> Young women, love your babies</div> <div> Every single day you live,</div> <div> And meet their needs and cuddle them</div> <div> And GIVE…and GIVE…and GIVE.  Your LOVE…</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div>  <A NAME="first_things_first___a_christian"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#993399" FACE="Arial" ><B>First Things First - a Christian Perspective (by Mary DeMent) </B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> My son toddles out of his bedroom in the morning, rubbing the sleep from his eyes. If he doesn't see me right away, he asks his father, "Where's Mommy?" My husband may say, "Come here, buddy. Give me a hug." But he continues, "I need Mommy. Where is she?" He then sets off in search of his Mommy. For no one else will do first thing in the morning. His desire is for me alone. </div> <bR> <div> I realize that he will eventually outgrow his need to see me and be held by me before he starts his day. So I'm holding these moments, these days, close to my heart. </div> <bR> <div> Jesus said, <I>"I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven"</I> (Matthew 18:3). God wants us to be wise and grow in Him. At the same time, though, I believe He would like us to remain like children when it comes to our longing for Him and for His presence. </div> <bR> <div> I love knowing that my son yearns to be near me first thing in the morning. There is a great sense of joy in understanding that someone loves you that much. So just imagine how God must feel when his children long to meet with Him before they do anything else. </div> <bR> <div> Do we search for Him first thing? I wish I could say I do. But sometimes I fear I'm like the older, more "mature" child who needs to get ready for school, brush her teeth, eat breakfast, rush out the door, and maybe, just maybe, has time to give Mom a peck on the cheek before she starts the day. </div> <bR> <div> We could all take a lesson or two from my son and the rest of those little children Jesus referred to. We need to take the words of Jesus seriously. But unfortunately, I think this is one of those scriptures we just breeze by, thinking, this doesn't really pertain to us. </div> <bR> <div> Look again at the powerful statement He makes! He begins, "I tell you the truth." Since He IS the truth, we ought to pay close attention to His next statement. He continues: "Unless you CHANGE and BECOME as little CHILDREN." What will happen? Read His conclusion carefully, "You will never enter the kingdom of Heaven." We will never enter eternity with Him. Now that should get out attention! Isn't that the goal of every Christian, eternity with Christ, our Lord and Savior? </div> <bR> <div> You know what? I'm never far away when my son calls for me. In fact, I hear him when he first wakes up. I wait for his voice to call out my name. I may not always drop everything and run to him, but when he finds me, I take him up in my arms and hold him tight. Sometimes he says, "I couldn't find you." And I answer, Well, here I am!" He follows, "Yeah, I found you now!" We both smile and hold on tight.</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I><IMG SRC="2e801010.png" border=0 width="1" height="1" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <bR> <div>  <A NAME="mentions_of_breastfeeding_found_in_the"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#993399" FACE="Georgia" ><B><U>Mentions of Breastfeeding Found in the Bible</U></B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c899339900.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">And she said, "Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age."  And the child grew and was weaned, and Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned.  <I>Genesis 21:7-8</I></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c899339900.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Then his sister said to Pharaoh's daughter, "Shall I go and call a nurse for you from the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for you?"  And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, "Go ahead." So the girl went and called the child's mother.  Then Pharaoh's daughter said to her, "Take this child away and nurse him for me and I shall give you your wages."  So the woman took the child and nursed him.  <I>Exodus 2:7-9</I></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c899339900.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">From the God of thy father, who will help thee; and from the Almighty, who will bless thee, with blessings of heaven above, with blessings of the breasts, and of the womb. <I>Genesis 49:25-26</I></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c899339900.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Was it I who conceived all this people?  Was it I who brought them forth, that Thou shouldest say to me, 'Carry them in your bosom as a nurse carries a nursing infant, to the land which Thou didst swear to their fathers'?"  <I>Numbers11:12</I></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c899339900.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">And Na’omi took the child, and laid him in her lap, and she became his nurse.  <I>Ruth 4:16</I></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c899339900.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">But Hannah did not go up; for she said unto her husband, "I will not go up until the child is weaned; then I will bring him, that he may appear before the Lord and stay there forever.  And Elkanah her husband said unto her,  "Do what seemeth good in thy eyes; tarry until though has weaned him; only may the Lord fulfill his word."  So the woman remained behind, and gave her son suck until she weaned him.  <I>Samuel 1:22-23</I></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c899339900.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">"And when I rose in the morning to nurse my son, behold, he was dead; but when I looked at him carefully in the morning, behold , he was not my son, whom I had borne." <I>1 King 3:21</I></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c899339900.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Why did I not die at virth, come forth from the womb and expire: Why did the knees receive me, and why the breasts, that I should suck? <I>Job 3:11-12</I></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c899339900.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">And the nursing child will play by the hole of the cobra, and the weaned child will put his hand on the viper's den.  <I>Isaiah 11:8</I></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c899339900.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">To who would He teach knowledge?  And to whom would He interpret the message?  Those just weaned from milk?  Those just taken from the breast? <I>Isaish 28:9</I></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c899339900.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Like a shepherd will he feed his flock: with his arm will he gather the lambs, and in his bosom will he carry them, will he lead gently those that suckle their young.  <I>Isaiah 40:11-12</I></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c899339900.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Whereas you have been forsaken and hated with no one passing through, I will make you an everlasting pride, a joy from generation to generation.  You will also suck the milk of nations, And will suck the breast of kings; The you will know that I, The Lord, am your Savior, And your Redeemer, The Mighty One of Jacob.   <I>Isaiah 60:15-16</I></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c899339900.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">"Be joyful with Jerusalem and rejoice for her, all you who love her.  Be exceedingly glad with her, all you who mourn over her, That you may nurse and be satisfied with her comforting breasts, That you may suck and be delighted with her bountiful bosom." For thus says the Lord,  "Behold, I extend peace to her like a river, And the glory of the nations like an overflowing stream; And you shall be nursed, you shall be carried on the hip and fondled on the knees. As one whom his mother comforts, so I will comfort you; And you shall be comforted in Jerusalm." <I>Isaiah 66:10-13</I></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c899339900.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Now when she had weaned Lo-ruchamah, she conceived, and bore a son.  Hosea 1:8</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c899339900.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Give them, O Lord, what thou wilt give! give them a miscarrying womb and dried-up breasts. <I>Hosea 9:14</I></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c899339900.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">From the mouth of infants and nursing babes Thou hast established strength,  <I>Psalm 8:2</I></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c899339900.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Yet Thou art He that didst bring me forth from the womb; Thou didst make me trust when upon my mother’s breasts.  Upon Thee I was cast from birth; Thou hast been my God from my mother's womb.  <I>Psalm 22:9-10</I></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c899339900.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Surely I have pacified and stilled my soul, like the suckling on its mother’s breast; like a suckling is in me my soul.  <I>Psalm 131:2-3</I></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c899339900.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Oh that you were like a brother to me who nursed at my mother’s breasts!  <I>The Song of Solomon 8:1</I></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c899339900.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Even jackals offer the breast, they nurse their young; but the daughter of my people has become cruel like ostriches in the wilderness.  The tongue of the infant cleaves to the roof of its mouth because of thirst; the little ones ask for bread, but no one breaks it for them.  <I>Lamentations 4:3</I></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c899339900.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children and the nursing infants.  <I>Joel 2:16</I></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c899339900.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">And said to Him, "Do You hear what these are saying?'  And Jesus said to them, "Yes; have you never read, "Out of the mouth of infants and nursing babes Thou has prepared praise for thyself." <I>Matthew 21:16 (Pslams 8:2)</I></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c899339900.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">"But woe to those who are with child and to those who nurse babes in those days!"<I> Matthew 24:19, Mark 13:17 & Luke 21:23</I></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c899339900.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">And it came about while He said these things, one of the women in the crowd raised her voice, and said to Him, "Blessed is the womb that bore You, and the breasts at which You nursed." <I>Luke 11:27</I></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c899339900.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">"For behold, the days are coming when they will say, 'Blessed are the barren, and teh wombs that never bore, and the breasts that never nursed.'  <I> Luke 23:29</I></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c899339900.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">But we proved to be gentle among you, as a nursing mother tenderly cares for her own children.   1 <I>Thessalonians 2:7 </I></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B><IMG SRC="2ea2b200.png" border=0 width="43" height="32" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">     <IMG SRC="2eb581f0.png" border=0 width="88" height="31" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="4" CELLPADDING="4" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="461" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#6666CC" BORDERCOLORDARK="#009999" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#CC6699 > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 187 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="24c63610.jpg" border=0 width="99" height="97" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>BREASTFEEDING</B></div> <div> <B>God created it,</B></div> <div> <B>Science confirms it,</B></div> <div> <B>Nature celebrates it</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><bR> <div> <B>"Breastfeeding is the most precious gift </B></div> <div> <B>a mother can give her infant.</B></div> <div> <B> When there is illness or malnutrition,  </B></div> <div> <B>it may be a lifesaving gift;</B></div> <div> <B>when there is poverty, </B></div> <div> <B>it may be the only gift"</B></div> <div> <B> </B></div> <div> <B>Ruth Lawrence, M.D.</B></div> <bR> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="2ee7b730.png" border=0 width="123" height="115" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B><IMG SRC="2f09c720.jpg" border=0 width="156" height="114" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="3" CELLPADDING="4" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="227" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#CC6699" BORDERCOLORDARK="#FFCCFF" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#111111 > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 102 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="2f2c14d0.png" border=0 width="193" height="77" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <IMG SRC="2d66b120.png" border=0 width="107" height="18" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <IMG SRC="2f4bd260.png" border=0 width="189" height="38" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>