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DAY 33: When you show up, abortion patients don’t

Former abortion workers report that the no-show rate for abortion appointments can go as high as 75 percent…

…when there is somebody praying in front of an abortion facility.

That means that, while we have confirmed more than 15,000 babies saved from abortion during a 40 Days for Life campaign, the true number is much higher!

A lot of moms who choose life thanks to your presence don’t say anything–at least right away.

Casey brought his girlfriend to the abortion facility in San Fernando Valley, California for an abortion more than three years ago.

Last month, he returned–with his beautiful three-year-old daughter. Holding the little girl in his arms, he tearfully told her, “I would not have you in my arms right now if it weren’t for these people standing here!”

Stories like this happen all the time.

And they remind us why we make the sacrifice to sign up and pray in front of our local abortion businesses.

Lincoln, Nebraska

In Lincoln, a man stopped to show vigil participants a photo of his newborn granddaughter.

Last year, the man’s pregnant daughter went to Planned Parenthood for an abortion.

“That morning, her parents tried several times to reach her as she sat for three hours in the waiting room,” said Matt, the local leader.

Eventually, she decided to take the call and leave Planned Parenthood. “This gentleman credits his granddaughter’s life to our prayers,” Matt reported.

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Paul, who leads the campaign in Harrisburg, learned of a woman who came to Planned Parenthood for an abortion years ago.

But when she arrived, volunteers on the sidewalk showed her a fetal model. Instead of going through with her abortion, she went to the local pregnancy resource center. Her daughter is now two years old!

When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have ordained, what is man that You are mindful of him, and the son of man that You visit him? For You have made him a little lower than the angels, and You have crowned him with glory and honor. — Psalm 8:3-9

Lord, you are the creator of all things. Guide my thoughts to consider your creation in all of its majesty, beauty and holiness. Guide my heart especially to your creation of precious human life. Help me to comprehend how essential life is in your own heart. Teach me to appreciate, love and protect all human life.

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DAY 34: 15 minutes saved a life!

This is it! With one week to go, we now know of…

…374 babies spared from abortion because you answered the call to pray at your local 40 Days for Life vigil!

Haven’t made it out yet? It’s not too late.

A pro-lifer in Worcester, Massachusetts couldn’t stay for an entire hour. But when she found herself with 15 minutes in between work meetings, she met her friend at the 40 Days for Life vigil to pray.

While there, she spoke to an abortion-bound couple, encouraging the new parents to visit the pregnancy center across the street. And they did!

“They met with a counselor, had an ultrasound, got help with some of the issues that were driving them to consider abortion, and left smiling,” said Lee in Worcester.

As they left, they told volunteers, “God bless you people!”

Lee said the story illustrates the power of peaceful prayer. “Where else can you spend 15 minutes in prayer and save a life?!”

Kitwe, Zambia

In Kitwe, Zambia, a teenage girl named Alice became pregnant. Her boyfriend rushed to the local 40 Days for Life vigil to ask for help. With support from campaign volunteers, she chose life.

Alice is now back in school. Her daughter is a year-and-a-half old. And Alice has joined the 40 Days for Life team in Kitwe, promising “to save many lives.”

Iness, the Kitwe leader, reported that her campaign has helped save 12 babies from abortion since 40 Days for Life came to the African nation in 2016.

“To God be the glory,” she added. “Keep up…saving lives.”

Norman, Oklahoma

40 Days for Life Campaign Strategist Chris Davis recently spoke at a campaign rally in Norman, Oklahoma. The event featured a post-abortion testimony, ecumenical prayer, and even a pro-life ballet!

But the best news out of Norman came a few weeks into the campaign when a woman drove more than three hours for an abortion. Her friend accompanied her–trying to talk her out of the abortion the entire drive. She was not successful.

When they arrived, Norman’s Campaign Leader Connie was on the scene, holding a sign that said, “I can help.”

The abortion-bound mother asked her friend to go investigate what kind of help the vigil participants could offer. Connie gave her a packet of information and promised to help.

“She went back to the car,” Connie said. “And after a few minutes, they drove off!”

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. —John 1:1-3</i

O God, may we always be quick to call you Father. And when we call you father, let your Spirit remind us that we, and all people, from their beginning to their last day, are your children. We praise you, Father, that you sent your Son to reveal to the world that all people are His brothers and sisters, that all people are your children.

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