Can we do more?
Are you praying in front of a Planned Parenthood during this 40 Days for Life campaign?
Shawn Carney’s email for today.
As the first full week of this 40 Days for Life
campaign comes to an end, we’ve already seen many
blessings ... and we expect God to send more. The
one question local campaign leaders are asking is:
Can YOU do more?
The 40 Days for Life team in St. Louis is expanding
their efforts this campaign, including for the first
time some overnight coverage for their peaceful vigil.
“The power of prayer lives outside of time and space,”
said Brian Westbrook, the local coordinator. “When we
are standing on the sidewalk praying at night, the
woman who is about to go to the abortion facility the
next day is staying up all night worried because she
feels she has no other choice but to abort.”
He added that prayers often help to comfort and
empower these women to carry their children to term.
“Abortion is a serious matter,” Brian said, “and we
are showing our community that we are willing to step
out of our comfort zone to stand up for the truth and
change our local culture to END abortion, not just
reduce it.”
To see a picture of some of the nighttime prayer
volunteers in St. Louis, please go to:
http://40daysforlife.com/blog/?p=3337
Wynette in Sacramento tells me that Thursdays, Fridays
and Saturdays have always been very busy abortion days
at the location where 40 Days for Life vigils are held.
But she just found out last week that they are now
completely closed on Saturdays!
“Dozens of children have lost their lives each
Saturday at this location for years in our community,”
she said, “but due to reduced demand for abortion, an
attempt by the abortion business to cut costs, and the
loss of several key veteran abortion staff members,
the business is now closed on Saturdays, which is an
encouraging answer to prayer!”
Wynette also says she personally witnessed the answer
to other prayers. “I was present when a car pulled
over at the corner and the young woman said, ‘I
changed my mind and didn’t have my abortion!’
Praise God!”
To see photos of the 40 Days for Life vigil in
Sacramento, please go to:
http://40daysforlife.com/blog/?p=3337
Finally, I’d like to share a story without giving
names or locations.
One of our local teams tells the story of a couple
who pledged their lives together “in sickness and
in health.” Now one of them has cancer.
For the next seven weeks, virtually coinciding with
40 Days for Life prayer campaign, they will be
traveling past the vigil site en route to the hospital
for chemo. They’ve decided that every day after the
cancer treatment, they will stop by the vigil site
to pray.
“They are not people who want adulations for what
they are doing,” said one local team member. “They
prefer anonymity. We are inspired by this couple —
and challenged to do more. Much more!”