And Now There Are Four!
Our family would like to announce the conception or our second child! He or she is due to arrive sometime in late August. We are all so thankful for the blessing of new life!
In Everything Giving Thanks
This past month has been one of trials and also one with many reasons to rejoice. As Christians we strive to be thankful and content in every situation, however, that can be difficult at times. We thank all of you who faithfully pray for us, we know that is what keeps us going as God works out all the details of our lives. Please continue to pray for us as we move forward in this life saving work. The enemy has a small victory when we get discouraged and doing this ministry can be discouraging if we dwell on the lives lost, women injured, and families destroyed by abortion daily. Instead of the enemies lies, we must always fill our mind with God’s Word and His promises; knowing He is always at work for our good and the good of these women and families! Your prayers, however, are the most powerful way to ensure that God receives the glory and victory. Thanks again for standing with us in this spiritual battle!
“Have I not commanded you? Be Strong and Courageous. Do not be Afraid; Do not be Discouraged, for YHWH your God will be with you wherever you go.” Joshua 1:9
Opportunities to Share…
With 40 Days for Life beginning on February 22 this Spring, Tara had an opportunity to speak on two different radio stations to promote the event. We continue to be thankful for these opportunities to share upcoming events and ministry updates.
We are also praising God for answered prayers. One of our main prayer requests is for more workers for the harvest here in ABQ. This month we had encouraging meetings with two groups of church leaders who are eager to be involved with pro-life work in their churches.
Visit 40daysforlife.com to find out about the 40 Days for life campaign near you! Please join us in prayer for these church leaders who are taking bold steps for life in their churches and as always more workers to promote life in our community.
Sidewalk Conversation’s & A Glimpse Outside Two ABQ Abortion Clinics…
During the month of February, we spoke with women from New Mexico, Utah, California, Minnesota, Colorado, Texas, Arizona, Washington, Kansas and Louisiana outside of the late term clinic. I also received an e-mail this month from a woman from the United Kingdom who was planning to come here for a Late-Term abortion until she came across Lateterm.com and realized how dangerous Southwestern Women’s Option’s (SWO), is! The ironic thing is that she wanted an alternative abortion clinic to go to, so we gave her an alternative to abortion, local pregnancy resources in the UK and knowledge! We received an e-mail back from her and she told us that she decided to choose adoption instead of coming here to Albuquerque for a late-term abortion! Praise God! We also found out that she lives not too far from where Tara lived in Nottingham, England during a year of mission work! They are keeping in touch and Tara asked if we could keep her in our prayers and she would very much appreciate that.
We spoke to homeless women who still remained homeless after their abortion, women who were raped whose abortion did not heal or change that, we spoke with women who just simply did not want to have a child at this time. One woman was so proud and confident of her choice to abort her baby before her abortion but left afterward sobbing. Abortion is never the right choice and does not solve any of life’s problems! Despite all this darkness, there was a ray of light this month as a couple who had an appointment, instead left SWO before going in and chose to go to Project Defending Life where they were able to get real help! God lit up the darkness! Hope, love and life made a way and this couple chose to reach for the light!
This month out at SWO, a young woman came out of the clinic carrying a clipboard and she was filling out paperwork. I waved for her to come over and she reluctantly did. She told me she was scheduled for an abortion and she desperately needed it and that there was no hope for her or her baby! We talked for a few minutes and as I gave her Project Defending Life contact info she wiped away tears and said sorry but she was going back in and having the abortion. She walked back in and literally, in less than a minute, she came running back out, jumped in the passenger side of a car and the car sped away! We are there to bring hope where there is no hope, life where all there is, is death. We are there because Grace and Truth came through Jesus Christ!
This month, a woman who drove a friend to SWO for a late-term abortion, responded as I was offering alternatives to abortion and offering hope that “It’s the father’s fault! If he took financial responsibility for the child, then they would not be here.” I responded that the father of the child was indeed responsible for taking care of the child, but that it was the mother, who was choosing to kill the child! I told her that she was also responsible because she brought this child here to be killed. I stated that we all need to take responsibility for our part! We all have a role to play in protecting these children and serving these families…so that abortion is never an option! It starts with educating yourself about the injustice taking place in your communities. You can also support local pro-life ministries (Project Defending Life, Care Net, Birthright, or other local Pregnancy Centers in your area) so that these women have resources and can learn how to support themselves and their babies when their world falls apart around them. Also, you can support pro-life missionaries who stand for life; your support makes our work possible! By partnering with us, our voice can be Your voice!
Our Prayer Requests:
~For an end to abortion in New Mexico.
~For the conversion of every abortion doctor and clinic worker.
~For softened hearts of the women we speak to each day at abortion clinics.
~For the moms who have already chosen life and for the means to continue to serve them.
~For a continued grace filled and Christ centered ministry focus.
~For more opportunities to share the truth about abortion and it’s effects with the Christian community.
~For the Christian community to rise up out of apathy and a spiritual awakening.
~For more workers for this ripe harvest.
~For our safety in this spiritual battle.
We are full-time Pro-Life Missionaries and raise our own support from individuals who have a heart for our life saving work!
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Here is a typical conversation with a pro-abortion person, who is upset that we are showing the truth about their choice…abortion. Lorenzo is a little on edge, because this man was abusive to him earlier in the week and knocked down some of Lorenzo’s signs and other pro-life displays. Orae is the other pro-life gentleman with the cool Re-Think Pink sign! (Be warned, there is some offensive language…from the pro-abortion guy…shockingly!)[I (Bud) am filming and talking at times]
