Midst

The interior or central part or place; the middle; -- used chiefly in the objective case after in; as, in the midst of the forest.

Hence, figuratively, the condition of being surrounded or beset; the press; the burden; as, in the midst of official duties; in the midst of secular affairs.

In the midst of; amidst.

In the middle.

the location of something surrounded by other things; "in the midst of the crowd"