DAY 1: It starts with prayer … and with YOU
September 24, 2014 
This is it — 10 years ago, the first-ever 40 Days for Life campaign kicked off in College Station, Texas. Since then, God has clearly shown what He can do when we pray, fast, and show up. Lives are saved, hearts are changed, and abortion facilities close.
Will you join His efforts over the next 40 days in any of the 297 cities in 13 countries?
40 Days for Life started in Texas but abortion is a global crisis and many courageous and faithful volunteers will be meeting this global challenge with prayer and peaceful vigil starting today in the following countries:
- United States
- Canada
- Australia
- Brazil
- Croatia
- England
- Ghana
- Latvia
- Mexico
- Nigeria
- South Africa
- Spain
- Wales
Go see the full list – and to sign up for the vigil location nearest you!
With that many locations, there’s going to be a lot of travel involved for the 40 Days for Life headquarters team. Without question, the man who will be logging the most miles over the next 40 days is Robert Colquhoun, our international outreach director who first brought 40 Days for Life to his home country of England back in 2010 and has since spread it far and wide:
Ghana
Robert visited with the 40 Days for Life leaders in Ghana this week. Please keep the people of this African nation in your prayers.
“We spoke to the youth group at a Presbyterian church on Sunday morning,” Robert said, “and we also did a rally in one of the poorest parts of Accra. Edward, the local leader, spoke passionately about abortion for both talks.”
Robert said abortion is, for the most part, illegal in Ghana,. But they’re done anyway – slightly undercover. “A large number of illegal abortions are done with chemicals under the scenes and in secrecy,” he said, “with considerable dangers attached.”
Croatia
Efforts in Croatia continue to grow. After a very successful initial campaign in Zagreb, the Croatian capital is joined by four other cities in that country for this campaign. The response has been most favorable. They had some great stories to share from that first campaign, and no doubt will continue to make a difference.
But you don’t have to go to Ghana or Croatia to pray!
There may be a campaign in your hometown. You can pray wherever you are, of course, but if there’s a vigil near you, prayer on the sidewalk in front of the abortion center sends a powerful message – to the women seeking abortion, to the people on the facility’s staff . . . and to your community.
Here again is the link to find your local 40 Days for Life vigil.