Posted on 07/08/2011 8:17:21 PM PDT by surroundedbyblue
Dear Pittsburgh 40 Days for Life family,
A good friend and true warrior for the unborn just gave me some bad news yesterday. I want to share it with all of my 40 Days for Life family so we can all be praying. There are dark clouds on the horizon here in Pittsburgh. This friend was looking on Google Earth, over Neville Island, and he noticed a large construction project, which has the name "Planned Parenthood". I checked it out for myself. It is true. It looks like Planned Parenthood is building a new facility (a very large one) on Neville Island. It is right on Grand Avenue, between Front River Rd. and Elsie Street...right on the edge of the river. It is near the 279/65 bridge. You can see it for yourself by going to http://www.panoramio.com/photo/3932650. You need to click on the overhead view (on the right), pan to the far left side of the island and zoom in till you see the "Planned Parenthood", right next to the Subway Restaurant. We know that all across the world, Planned Parenthood is moving away from the small clinics of the past, and is building new, large "mega-abortion" facilities. They are usually built rather like fortresses, where there is no access for sidewalk counselors to offer information to women who are entering. They also include the appropriate medical facilities to enable them to do later term abortions, which is big money for them. It is very fitting that Planned Parenthood would choose a site like Neville Island, which is only accessible by a bridge.
I have had a sense of dread since speaking to my friend yesterday. However, this morning while reading my bible, I read in 1 Chronicles 5:20 that the Israelites "Cried to God in the battle, and He granted their entreaty because they trusted in Him". It says He helped them to defeat the enemy because "the war was of God". Now that is encouraging, because we know that the battle against abortion IS a war of GOD! This coming 40 Days for Life campaign (September 28 - November 6) is going to have immense signifigance for Pittsburgh. Now more than ever, we need to be praying, fasting and witnessing. Let's all pray that Planned Parenthood themselves will fall into the trap that they are laying for others in Pittsburgh's Neville Island. Let's pray that those walls will never be built...that not one child will be killed inside that empty space. Pray they will go bankrupt, however you feel the Lord leading you...PRAY! You know, it is no accident that our pro-life community is more united now than a year ago. Through our 40 Days for Life campaigns, we have begun to build a united network and can communicate through emails and gatherings. This is of the Lord's doing...for such a time as this. He has equipped us to fight this battle that is coming to our town. So, have faith in Him and do not be discouraged.
It is also no accident that Bernie Conklin has felt called to lead weekly "Jericho Marches" around the Planned Parenthood on Liberty Avenue for the past few Saturdays. She said she will continue to have these marches every Saturday at 8:00 am all during July and into August. She even has a shofar now! So, if you feel called to participate, come to Planned Parenthood any Saturday morning. Maybe we can begin some Jericho marches around the construction site on Neville Island. I will let you know if that happens.
Here are some dates to mark on your calendar, pertaining to our up-coming fall 40 days for Life campaign: Tuesday, July 19th, 7pm - First planning meeting at St. Paul Cathedral's Synod Hall in Oakland (open to anyone wishing to be involved in the fall campaign) Sunday, August 14th, 7pm - 40 Days for Life Benefit Concert by Intent (www.intentworship.com), held at Word & Worship Church, 1200 Wolfe Avenue, North Braddock. PLEASE COME SUPPORT OUR FALL 40 DAYS AT THIS EVENT!!! Saturday, September 24th, 3pm - Kick-off Event for 40 Days for Life held in Phil's Parking Lot, located at 917 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh
Lastly, if you are interested in sidewalk counseling abortion-bound women and men, I want to make you aware that there will be a national sidewalk counseling seminar held in Minnesota on August 5th and 6th. To get details, go to http://publicactionnow.blogspot.com/2011/06/national-sidewalk-counseling-symposium.html . Meredith Parente is planning to attend this seminar, and would be like to have someone else join her. Please reply to this email if you are interested, and I will put you in touch with her.
That is it for the updates for right now. I will be on vacation with my family all next week, so may not be replying to emails as promptly as usual. If anyone finds out any details about the new Planned Parenthood facility on Neville Island, please share whatever information you discover.
It's great to see the Pirates playing some good ball, I knew Clint Hurdle would do a good job there.
Actually, the number of abortions performed in the US since 1973 is AT LEAST 53 MILLION and that doesn't count the number of chemical abortions. Approximately 1.3 MILLION babies are killed in American abortuaries each year, this is more than the number of Americans that have died in all of the wars America has fought COMBINED.
In the past century over ONE BILLION babies have been aborted worldwide and this is more than all of the wars, famines, natural disasters and acts of genocide in the history of the world COMBINED.
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