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Don’t Miss Your Chance
Our lives are busy! They’re full of kids, car pool, soccer practice and church gatherings. We are pulled here and there and everywhere it seems, while still missing out on something. We feel inadequate, we feel rushed, we feel used, yet we still go about doing the same thing everyday while adding more things to…
Read MoreRoe vs. Wade
This is something one of our precious nurse volunteers wrote for us to share! Roe vs. Wade became law the year I was in nurse training for my OB-GYN rotation. The hospital immediately began performing abortions, and I’m sorry to say, I was curious. I observed a suction abortion while my roommate refused to take…
Read MoreWhen the Road Forks
We recently had a patient who came to us with her mind set on abortion. There were no other options in her book that seemed doable with her situation. She had separated her Christian faith from the “need” she felt to end her pregnancy and just move on with her life. We discussed all…
Read MoreThe Path Less Traveled
We had a patient visit us a few weeks ago with a positive pregnancy test. She was strongly considering abortion due to her untimely circumstances. She was married and had 2 children, both under the age of 5. Her husband was a struggling alcoholic and they were on the verge of being evicted from their…
Read MoreHope Restored
When we pray to make a difference in the lives of the women we encounter sometimes we don’t realize what else that might mean. A few weeks ago we found out! Here is a story of an abortion clinic worker and her brush with redemption and hope at our clinic! We had a volunteer…
Read MoreRedemption After an Abortion
A letter from one of our volunteers, To start my husband “D” and I are going through a divorce which is a struggle for me as I didn’t have a say in the matter. So…. let me begin with my story. I have dealt with a lot of anxiety and panic attacks over the years…
Read MoreA Place of Peace and Love
One of the unusual things we do at the center is to work with community service people – women, especially pregnant women, who have been court mandated to volunteer so many hours to work off their offense. Mandy came to us to work off her fighting offense. When she first came to the center, her…
Read MoreLessons Learned, a Life Changed
One late afternoon, I was trying to wrap things up in my office, when I heard the back door chime. I was talking with another staff person, and both of us went to the door. It wasn’t time for classes or shopping but in walked a former client with many bags full of gently used…
Read MoreFather Figures
Growing up, I did not have a father figure to look to, so I know the importance of having a father and the damage that can be caused by an absentee dad. I was talking to a young man after doing an ultrasound for the mother of his baby. He had been in prison. They…
Read MorePrayer of a Nurse
Mark and Mary came to the center for an ultrasound. Mark seemed disengaged – almost ambivalent about what was taking place. His arms were covered in sleeves of tattoos. There were piercings everywhere. The baby and the heartbeat were seen on the ultrasound monitor – but Mark’s countenance showed no change of emotion, and he…
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