A Joy and Sorrow Week

This week has been a mixed bag. We lost two babies to abortion this week. Even though we tried to encourage, offer tangible support, share biblical truth and prayed for the hearts of these mothers to turn towards their children, the deeds were done. We hope to stay in contact with the dear women and offer them help if they have problems in the future. Pray for our staff--we grieve these losses and are concerned for the futures of the moms.

A precious client that we have worked with during her recent pregnancy gave birth to twins in mid-March. We knew that one of the babies was most likely not going to survive. This woman carried both babies to term, and when they were born, she loved them both. On Sunday, April 5th, one of the babies died. We grieve with this mom, and she has given me permission to share her story with you and to ask you to pray for her. She is a single mother with two other children to care for. Even in the face of a lot of challenges, she carried her babies to term and allowed the Lord to determine the fate of her children. She exhibited the unselfishness and being others-oriented (and she is not even a Christian) that we see in
Philippians 2:3-4:

"Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself. Let each of you look out not only for his own interests, but also for the interests of others."

Thankfully, it is Easter Sunday this week, and we will be celebrating our RISEN SAVIOR! Sorrow on Friday, but joy comes on Sunday! Thank God for the hope provided us by our resurrected LORD!

Happy Easter to you all!



Colleen