I Live in Christ and He in Me

Yes, I have ended my lengthy hiatus from blogging. To be fair, I have been blogging; over the course of the past two and a half weeks, I have made three contributions to the American Center for Pro-Life Action Blog. I have been granted a summer internship with EMC (Expectant Mothers' Care) Pregnancy Centers, handing out pamphlets outside abortion clinics and counseling young mothers who want abortions.

It's an exhausting job physically and mentally, but the lives of the children we save make it worth any pain we suffer.

I have been privileged with the cases of three young women, who shall remain here nameless. One lives with her father, who will almost certainly throw her out when he learns of her pregnancy. She's from Africa, studying here on a green card; she had few friends here in the states...until she met us. Now she has a whole host of people who are working to get her prenatal care, housing, clothing, diapers, baby food...the works.

Another woman thought her live-in boyfriend wanted to keep her unborn baby, but she herself was uncertain about it when she came to us for help. Then an ultrasound at our clinic revealed that she was carrying twins. A twin herself - though her brother died at birth - she realized that she just couldn't take the lives of her babies. A double stroller had just recently been given to us by a generous donor, and we passed it on to her.

The final mother is a homeless high-school dropout, living with a friend. Being post-abortive, she wanted desperately to keep her child...but didn't know how she would be able to afford it. We are setting her up with a pregnant women's shelter and a maternal mentorship program, and will sign her up for prenatal care once her baby is old enough.

These women touched my lives, as I hope I touched theirs. God was very obviously at work in all three situations, guiding these women in their efforts to do what was best for themselves and all around them. All three chose life, giving their children the greatest gift possible. Please pray for them as they struggle through the challenges of raising these beautiful children.

Interestingly enough, all four babies are due in December. Our sonogram technician calls them the "little twinkles."


God bless,
PHC