“From Discouragement to Rejoicing”
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April 30, 2023“Guys please do not do this! It is not too late to change your mind! We can connect you to a good doctor! Let us help you! Please!” These are the words our team projected down the long driveway at Your Choice Healthcare. A couple was going in for their abortion appointment to get the pills they would use to end their baby’s life. We had talked to them the previous week. They took literature and shared that they were undecided about the abortion. The mother had an ectopic pregnancy not long ago. She lost her baby and required surgery. She was worried about going through that all again and was not ready for another baby either. We gave them information for good pro-life doctors that could help them and talked to them about all the support that is there for them. We were hopeful they would not return, which led us to become so discouraged when we saw them come back. On several occasions, we have seen people who we spoke to after consultations return for abortions. It is always so hard. After this couple went inside the abortion facility, we continued to pray for their baby and for them.
After several other clients, we saw this mother and father exit the building. We prepared ourselves to try to tell them about abortion pill reversal as they turned out of the driveway. We were surprised when they rolled down their window to say something to us. “She changed her mind!” proclaimed the father! The mother proudly held up a check reimbursing them for the abortion! She had changed her mind at the last minute! Praise God! We must pray and fight for each baby, for each soul, until the very last moment!
We also had another baby rescued from abortion this month, three mothers turn-away from the abortion facility, two mothers take abortion pill reversal information, four post-abortive parents take information on the Gospel and healing, and twenty-six others take literature and talk to us. God also inspired two new volunteers to join us!
As you know, our ministry on the sidewalk bears more fruit than just reaching those going into the abortion facility. We were able to minister to two homeless men. A man walking by took information for his pregnant niece. We spoke to the new police officer at Planned Parenthood and offered to help find her another side job. We spoke to a woman about the abortifacient side of hormonal birth control and Natural Family Panning. While helping a man push his car to the gas station, we learned that his ex-girlfriend aborted their baby. We gave him Bethesda Healing Ministry information and a gospel card. We evangelized a man who believes he is a god due to a lot of strange New Age theology. Lastly, we talked for nearly an hour to a post-abortive mother who stopped her car. After lots of tears, she left still pro-choice but was grateful for the conversation and took Bethesda information.
We had fifteen people join our Torchbearers training, Mass, sidewalk counseling, and outreach at Columbus State Community College. On the campus, there were people there collecting signatures for the proposed unrestricted abortion amendment. Lots of students had questions about the petition and some said it was deceiving. We need to keep spreading the truth about what this amendment would do! Thank you for partnering with us to spread the Gospel of Life to rescue children and save souls! May God bless you!
