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Rev. John Ensor, Vice President, Heartbeat International

Intention:

Pray for your local pregnancy help center:

for those who answer calls from

women considering abortion, those

who provide ultrasounds, and those

who personally help mothers prepare

to parent or place for adoption.

Scripture:

Rescue the weak and the needy; deliver

them from the hand of the wicked.

— Psalm 82:4

Reflection:

When a woman arrives at her local

pregnancy help center, the hard work

of “rescuing the weak” begins. They

listen to her. What desperate circumstance

is driving her? They act. A professional

ultrasound and medical care

is provided. They pray, “God use us.”

Then, they take up her burdens and

work towards life. It is cross-bearing

for the child-bearing.

Recently, I prayed for one volunteer

who was working with one mother in

her struggle. Here is what “rescue the

weak” looked like in this one case:

 Aug 3: She made an appointment

for Thursday to get an

abortion and while she feels terrible

about it, she also feels like

she has no choice. Pray that her

heart is changed!

 Aug 10: She is 12 weeks along

but missed her appointment.

She had some good conversations

with people at the pregnancy

center. She is now considering

adoption.

 Aug 13: Things are down again.

She now has an abortion scheduled

for Monday. Pray!

 Aug 17: Missed appointment!

God is working in her life.

 Sept 1: We’ve hit another rocky

period. She has an abortion

scheduled for tomorrow. She

found out today that her parents

are planning a trip to visit

her and she is panicking.

 Sept 15: Missed third appointment.

But feels like she has no

choice. Please pray today.

 Sept 20: She fears her parents

but has agreed to another ultrasound

(a breakthrough).

 Sept 22: I was there with her

for her ultrasound. She saw her

baby moving and made the realization

that she wants to carry

her baby.

Please keep praying against attack by

the enemy. We are overwhelmed by

seeing God's hand move in this situation

and are so very thankful for the

prayers lifted up by each one of you.

God is good!

Prayer:

Father, we praise you for this one sister

who gave herself, heart and soul, to

rescue this one mother and baby. O

may you empower the hundreds more

today who are serving in our pregnancy

help centers. Grant those answering

calls, providing ultrasound and following

up with a bold spirit of truth, love

and perseverance.

Today’s email is different from most of our emails.

In chapter 36 of the new 40 Days for Life book
(http://www.40daysforlife.com/book ), I write about
the notorious abortionist LeRoy Carhart.

In that chapter, I tell about Carhart’s aggressive
late-term abortion business, my interesting
experience with him on an airplane ... and the
inspiring story of 40 Days for Life volunteers
responding to his new late-term abortion facility
in Germantown, Maryland.

What is not in the book, however, is what happened
last week.

GERMANTOWN, MARYLAND

Every abortion ends a life. An abortion that took
place right before this campaign began ended two.

Germantown has just started its fifth 40 Days for
Life vigil outside a facility where Leroy Carhart
travels each week to perform late-term abortions.

According to several reports, Jennifer Morbelli
arrived in at the abortion center in Germantown on
February 3. She was a 29-year-old teacher from
White Plains, New York. She was also 33 weeks
pregnant ... and had named her child Madison.

The reports state that Madison was being welcomed
into the family — the family had set up an online
gift register of requested baby items. But then,
Jennifer was told her child had significant physical
anomalies and she was advised to have an abortion.

Because of the very late stage of the pregnancy,
the abortion was a multi-day procedure. She arrived
at the abortion center each day, four days in a row
... and each day, sidewalk counselors say she looked
progressively weaker.

Finally, on February 7, she was taken to a hospital
emergency room early in the morning ... but the
doctors could not save her. At 10 am, she was
pronounced dead.

Even the Washington Post reported on this story,
noting that Maryland’s chief medical officer and the
local police are investigating Jennifer’s death ...
at the same time when Maryland’s attorney general has
just launched a criminal investigation of Carhart on
an unrelated matter — primarily related to illegal
dumping, possibly of human fetal remains.

Michael Martelli, a 40 Days for Life leader who serves
as director of the Maryland Coalition for Life, is
calling on the state to close the abortion center and
to suspend or revoke Carhart’s medical license. For
now, the business remains open.

The volunteers in Germantown will have much to pray
about over these 40 days. Yet there is always hope.

David Bereit, 40 Days for Life’s national director,
attended the 40 Days for Life kickoff event in
Germantown last fall — and met a baby who had been
spared from abortion at Carhart’s facility.

The mother showed up for her abortion appointment,
but the building was not yet open. As people prayed
on the sidewalk as part of 40 Days for Life, one of
the volunteers asked the woman if she needed help.

They directed her to the pro-life pregnancy resource
center across the street, where she was told about
the many support services available and encouraged
to keep her baby.

She did — and at the Germantown rally, she said it
was because the morning she had been scheduled for
an abortion, she was surrounded by love — love from
the 40 Days for Life volunteers and love from the
pregnancy center workers.

God’s love can overcome even the most profound
darkness. Let us continue to pray for His mercy.