100th Episode and It’s Going to Be Great

WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.600 --> 00:00:05.759 I Am Yours, I am yours, I am yours, s and me. 2 00:00:06.120 --> 00:00:10.150 Lord, Welcome to the Gospel Center pro life podcast. This is our 3 00:00:10.189 --> 00:00:15.390 hundredth episode, a special episode where we've interviewed some of our local volunteers to 4 00:00:15.470 --> 00:00:19.070 get them to share their favorite testimony or word of encouragement. We know that 5 00:00:19.149 --> 00:00:25.019 it will be a blessing to you, so stay tuned. I felt show 6 00:00:25.660 --> 00:00:36.929 passish touch your heart. Use Me. Welcome to the Gospel Center pro life 7 00:00:36.969 --> 00:00:40.890 podcasts. Appreciate you guys joining us and, as we promised a few weeks 8 00:00:40.890 --> 00:00:47.090 ago, this is a special episode because this would be our is our hundredth 9 00:00:47.609 --> 00:00:51.759 episode. That's amazing. Yeah, you believe that? I don't. It's 10 00:00:51.840 --> 00:00:55.600 really wonderful. It seems like we just started doing this podcast like a couple 11 00:00:55.640 --> 00:00:58.320 of weeks ago, right. Yeah, I still don't have the name down. 12 00:00:58.320 --> 00:01:02.200 Yeah, and I's still a little bit confused, because the Gospel focused, 13 00:01:02.439 --> 00:01:04.909 right, but I'm getting closer. The Gospel centered. Well, centered. 14 00:01:06.069 --> 00:01:08.150 Yeah, pro life podcasts what it's called, right. Thank you for 15 00:01:08.230 --> 00:01:14.390 getting that right. So we thought we would do something a little special with 16 00:01:14.510 --> 00:01:17.709 this podcast now. Of course, you guys know, if you've been listening, 17 00:01:18.030 --> 00:01:22.340 we're really focusing on training and equipping people to be effective on the sidewalk 18 00:01:22.459 --> 00:01:27.819 and really training and equipping you to just be an effective pro life voice with 19 00:01:27.980 --> 00:01:34.010 a Gospel centered focused, of course, Gospel focused. That's why you're confusing 20 00:01:34.090 --> 00:01:37.209 me. I'm confusing you a bit, but that's not the goal. The 21 00:01:37.250 --> 00:01:40.530 goal is actually to help equit people. That's that they're not confused. That's 22 00:01:40.530 --> 00:01:45.049 right, but this is going to be, hopefully, I think it'll be 23 00:01:45.090 --> 00:01:49.319 equipping for sure, but I think it just generally be a blessing. So 24 00:01:49.480 --> 00:01:55.400 what we did for a hundredth episode is we went actually on the sidewalk. 25 00:01:55.439 --> 00:01:57.719 So you guys will hear the audio is not going to be as good as 26 00:01:57.760 --> 00:02:01.390 it is here in the studio here in our office, but we went out 27 00:02:01.469 --> 00:02:05.549 on the sidewalk with our volunteers, some that have been out there for a 28 00:02:05.629 --> 00:02:08.469 long time, some that have been out there for a few months or a 29 00:02:08.509 --> 00:02:15.979 year or so, a varying you know, commitments and all of that stuff, 30 00:02:15.900 --> 00:02:19.780 but we recorded them on the sidewalk, some of them in the RV, 31 00:02:20.139 --> 00:02:23.219 actually the wild sound unit. We tried to get people that were on 32 00:02:23.300 --> 00:02:25.259 different days of the week so that we got a full yeah, you know, 33 00:02:25.419 --> 00:02:30.689 taste and and in different facilities as well. Yeah, and so we 34 00:02:30.810 --> 00:02:35.650 took our local volunteers and we just asked them share for us your favorite testimony 35 00:02:35.969 --> 00:02:38.610 or a word of encouragement, and we really thought that it would be a 36 00:02:38.650 --> 00:02:42.689 blessing you guys to hear these. So we're going to play them for you. 37 00:02:42.969 --> 00:02:46.039 We have. Actually, we didn't get all of our volunteers to do 38 00:02:46.199 --> 00:02:49.599 this. Some of them just refused because they didn't want to be that when 39 00:02:49.639 --> 00:02:53.120 to have their voice recorded. Some of them just weren't available. We got 40 00:02:53.159 --> 00:02:55.599 about, I think, eighteen or so. Yeah, testimonies of just some 41 00:02:55.759 --> 00:03:00.349 awesome people, right, guys, the these are the most awesome people that 42 00:03:00.509 --> 00:03:04.909 exist on the face of the planet. They really are sacrificial, again, 43 00:03:05.030 --> 00:03:12.430 from varying backgrounds and denominations and and all of that. Some our homeschool mom's, 44 00:03:12.590 --> 00:03:16.939 some are retired folks, some are everything in between. And so, 45 00:03:17.180 --> 00:03:22.300 anyway, we want to listen through these with you, guys and then maybe 46 00:03:22.419 --> 00:03:24.460 just share something to kind of springboard off, but really just want you to 47 00:03:24.580 --> 00:03:29.689 hear our local volunteers and hear some of the encouragement that they would give to 48 00:03:29.729 --> 00:03:32.729 you and stories that they've been a part of yeah, so you ready for 49 00:03:32.810 --> 00:03:37.050 that? I am. I can't wait. All right, so let's start. 50 00:03:37.409 --> 00:03:38.770 First one we're going to start with this is. This is Mandy. 51 00:03:39.250 --> 00:03:44.800 Love Mandy. She's awesome. So here's what Mandy has to share. Hello, 52 00:03:44.919 --> 00:03:50.319 my name is Mandy. I've been volunteering on the sidewalk for almost two 53 00:03:50.319 --> 00:03:54.000 and a half years now and I wanted to share a precious story of a 54 00:03:54.120 --> 00:03:59.189 mom that God allowed me to meet about a year ago. Her name is 55 00:03:59.469 --> 00:04:04.469 Mama in and she stopped for me in the sidewalk, for me on the 56 00:04:04.509 --> 00:04:10.500 sidewalk and God allowed me to go on the mobile ultras on unit with her 57 00:04:11.099 --> 00:04:14.259 and it was amazing to see the Lord work in her heart that day and 58 00:04:15.180 --> 00:04:20.019 as she watched her baby kick on the ultrasound, God just soften both of 59 00:04:20.060 --> 00:04:27.089 their hearts that day and it was amazing to see that and into keep in 60 00:04:27.209 --> 00:04:30.769 contact with her throughout her pregnancy and then the moment that I held her son, 61 00:04:32.009 --> 00:04:38.569 I cried and I just praised Lord for him softening her heart and that 62 00:04:38.839 --> 00:04:42.519 was very touching for me just to be actually to see that. Was My 63 00:04:42.600 --> 00:04:46.519 first time that God allowed me to see a mom and be with a mom 64 00:04:46.600 --> 00:04:50.839 and almost walked beside of her. She had a mentor, but I still 65 00:04:50.839 --> 00:04:56.350 kept in contact with her and just to be able to be a part of 66 00:04:56.430 --> 00:05:01.709 that I'm very thankful for. Yeah, so that was Mandy and we're going 67 00:05:01.750 --> 00:05:04.149 to play these for you. I just wanted to play that first one. 68 00:05:04.230 --> 00:05:08.860 It just kind of talk about Mandy and talk about what she shares, but 69 00:05:08.980 --> 00:05:11.420 also just mentioned that you can hear in the background, like I said, 70 00:05:11.459 --> 00:05:15.220 these recorded on the sidewalk and you can hear in the background somebody yelling or 71 00:05:15.259 --> 00:05:16.420 something like that. I think that's one of the pro abortion people in the 72 00:05:16.459 --> 00:05:20.569 background. Yeah, making a ruckus there, which is kind of funny. 73 00:05:20.970 --> 00:05:24.129 But Mandy, you mean, you can just hear from her voice just a 74 00:05:24.209 --> 00:05:28.649 sweet spirit. She loves Jesus and just sharing this testimony is kind of one 75 00:05:28.649 --> 00:05:30.730 of the promises that we make for people. If you go out there on 76 00:05:30.810 --> 00:05:33.170 the sidewalk, God will use you to say babies. Yeah, yeah, 77 00:05:33.290 --> 00:05:36.240 she was able to experience that and walk with this mom and then, of 78 00:05:36.279 --> 00:05:41.199 course, and this mom who chose life with her off to a mentor, 79 00:05:41.279 --> 00:05:44.519 which is ultimately the goal, right, and that she got to hold the 80 00:05:44.560 --> 00:05:46.720 baby. Yeah, you know, that's that a huge blessing that we don't 81 00:05:46.800 --> 00:05:51.029 always get, but but what a what a blessing and to watch the Lord 82 00:05:51.069 --> 00:05:55.310 working in their heart. That's a very common theme. You think we'll hear 83 00:05:55.389 --> 00:06:00.550 from others? It's wee see God in action. Yeah, absolutely. Yeah. 84 00:06:01.470 --> 00:06:04.379 Hey, it's Kara. I've been work out here in the sidewalks with 85 00:06:04.500 --> 00:06:10.339 love life or about seven months and I think something that has that I would 86 00:06:10.339 --> 00:06:15.579 encourage people who are thinking about getting into love life, if you have even 87 00:06:15.620 --> 00:06:19.689 the least bit inkling, to you know, speak for the unborn. Something 88 00:06:19.769 --> 00:06:24.649 that keeps me coming out here is that I know every day that these ladies 89 00:06:24.689 --> 00:06:29.009 who are waking up, you know, to come to this clinic where they 90 00:06:29.089 --> 00:06:31.529 know that they're coming to abort their baby, I know that many of them 91 00:06:32.079 --> 00:06:36.000 have probably cried out to God at some point during this journey, asking for 92 00:06:36.160 --> 00:06:41.920 a sign or just asking them to make himself knowing, and I think when 93 00:06:41.959 --> 00:06:45.240 we're out here as the hands and feet of Jesus, that we are those 94 00:06:45.279 --> 00:06:50.589 answers of prayers that so many women in our community are praying the mornings that 95 00:06:50.629 --> 00:06:54.949 they know they're coming into Latrobe, and so I think that's just something I 96 00:06:54.990 --> 00:07:00.829 would put out there to encourage anyone who's thinking to help just be the hands 97 00:07:00.910 --> 00:07:04.579 and feet in Jesus out here as a sidewalk counselor. That's just been something 98 00:07:04.660 --> 00:07:09.180 that's encouraged me the last six months to keep coming out here. Yeah, 99 00:07:09.180 --> 00:07:14.699 I'm Dave Caesar and I've been coming out here for five years. I came 100 00:07:14.779 --> 00:07:20.050 up here with the barbers who are currently in Lebanon on mission strip with their 101 00:07:20.329 --> 00:07:28.290 ten children. But what the when I came out here, I started being 102 00:07:28.410 --> 00:07:30.160 with them and next thing I know, they they're gone. They take off 103 00:07:30.279 --> 00:07:33.839 to Georgia to go to mission school. So I've got big shoes to fill. 104 00:07:34.600 --> 00:07:41.000 So I've asked the Lord if this was my calling and he never said 105 00:07:41.079 --> 00:07:45.629 no, it's not. So I've been here for five years supporting the sidewalk 106 00:07:45.709 --> 00:07:54.629 counselors, praying for them and just making my presence known. Even if you 107 00:07:54.829 --> 00:07:59.620 don't want to come up here and cry out to these ladies and after them 108 00:07:59.740 --> 00:08:03.420 help, come up here and pray, let them see you. Let's support 109 00:08:03.660 --> 00:08:11.579 them. It's important to do and that's why I'm here. I'm support for 110 00:08:11.699 --> 00:08:16.610 them. Yeah, so Kara, who's pretty new, be coming out for 111 00:08:18.009 --> 00:08:22.250 how long? She say a couple of months. Yeah, a brief time. 112 00:08:22.370 --> 00:08:24.649 Yes, been a real blessing. She's one of those that kind of 113 00:08:24.689 --> 00:08:28.360 just jumped right in there and speaks about like many of our counselors, and 114 00:08:28.480 --> 00:08:31.759 like, if you're out at an abortion center any amount of time, you'll 115 00:08:31.759 --> 00:08:35.440 find out these women are praying for a side weird all the time. Yeah, 116 00:08:35.879 --> 00:08:39.799 and so imagine being the answer to prayer. Yeah, and that's how 117 00:08:39.840 --> 00:08:43.029 they perceive. I'm exact the answer to prayer for a life to be saved. 118 00:08:43.110 --> 00:08:48.990 Yeah, absolutely, and so that's the encouragement. Like be assign who 119 00:08:48.070 --> 00:08:52.590 is supposed to be assigned to these women, but those who belong to Jesus. 120 00:08:52.990 --> 00:08:56.019 And then, of course, Dave, I called motorcycle Dave because he's 121 00:08:56.019 --> 00:08:58.740 to drive a motorcycle. Doesn't drive it anymore. He's got our kind of 122 00:08:58.820 --> 00:09:01.899 the issues. Yeah's probably not safe, but he comes out there and he 123 00:09:01.019 --> 00:09:05.179 doesn't really engage and sure he would if he needed to, but he's he's 124 00:09:05.220 --> 00:09:09.450 out there with our team and really out there praying, inter see praise. 125 00:09:09.570 --> 00:09:15.850 And the thing about Dave he just has the biggest, most beautiful vibrant smile 126 00:09:16.610 --> 00:09:20.330 and and he's always smiling and it is we are always encouraged when we see 127 00:09:20.370 --> 00:09:24.120 him. He just is a a joyful presence out there and he raises such 128 00:09:24.159 --> 00:09:28.799 a good point. We all can't do everything, but we all can do 129 00:09:28.000 --> 00:09:33.240 something and he does what he feels he is able to do. Yeah, 130 00:09:33.519 --> 00:09:37.720 thankfully. Yeah, yeah. Well, next we're going to hear from actually 131 00:09:37.960 --> 00:09:41.309 probably one of my favorites. HMM, I'm not supposed to have favorites, 132 00:09:41.389 --> 00:09:45.629 but the Saturday team is my favorite because they're the kind of my team that's 133 00:09:45.669 --> 00:09:50.190 when him out there most often now and Saturdays are so hard they are there. 134 00:09:50.269 --> 00:09:54.259 I mean every day's hard, but Saturday's especially hard because there's a lot 135 00:09:54.340 --> 00:09:56.580 of pro abortion people, even a lot of police there and some police that 136 00:09:58.059 --> 00:10:00.539 actually give us a hard time. So it could be a bit of a 137 00:10:00.620 --> 00:10:03.340 challenge. But friends, seen you guys are going to hear from in a 138 00:10:03.379 --> 00:10:07.289 minute, has actually been faithful out there before cities for life even existed, 139 00:10:07.450 --> 00:10:13.250 before love life existed, before really there was any kind of prolife ministry officially 140 00:10:13.250 --> 00:10:16.090 out there. She'd been out there and really has a powerful testimony herself, 141 00:10:16.970 --> 00:10:22.159 which I actually recorded and we did a podcast with her months and months and 142 00:10:22.200 --> 00:10:24.879 months and months and months ago, but I never put it out there, 143 00:10:24.919 --> 00:10:28.200 but because the audio for some reason didn't do well and so I have to 144 00:10:28.240 --> 00:10:31.799 reach LAPP re record at her testimony because she has a testimony of place in 145 00:10:31.840 --> 00:10:37.190 her child for adoption when she was younger. But let's hear from from francing 146 00:10:37.830 --> 00:10:41.269 for testimony being out on the sidewalk. So my name is francine hikes. 147 00:10:41.309 --> 00:10:48.070 I've been coming out here to the sidewalk in front of latrow for a good 148 00:10:48.149 --> 00:10:52.700 long while and a number of years ago, before all the HOOPLA with the 149 00:10:52.779 --> 00:11:00.700 pope pro aboards and all the Hoopla with barricades on Saturdays, I was on 150 00:11:00.820 --> 00:11:05.610 the sidewalk talking to a young man who was sitting in the parking lot, 151 00:11:07.009 --> 00:11:11.450 sitting on the curb in the parking lot, and he looked like he was 152 00:11:11.649 --> 00:11:16.529 not listening to me. He was. He looked like he was completely ignoring 153 00:11:16.690 --> 00:11:22.279 me, you know, playing with his phone, texting whatever, and I 154 00:11:22.399 --> 00:11:30.519 kept talking to him for about ten, fifteen minutes and then his girlfriend, 155 00:11:30.679 --> 00:11:33.629 wife, I don't know, came out. They talked for a few minutes 156 00:11:35.110 --> 00:11:41.549 and she went back in. So I was very disappointed. And then a 157 00:11:41.629 --> 00:11:50.820 few minutes later here she comes back again and she started talking to him again 158 00:11:50.820 --> 00:11:56.500 and he started talking to her and he was very enthusiastic. I couldn't hear 159 00:11:56.620 --> 00:12:01.929 him, but he was using his hands and and it looked like he was 160 00:12:01.049 --> 00:12:09.529 exhorting her and encouraging her. And she started to cry and he started to 161 00:12:09.690 --> 00:12:15.649 cry and they stood there with their arms around each other, just crying. 162 00:12:16.720 --> 00:12:22.279 I'm crying also, not knowing a hundred percent exactly what's going on. But 163 00:12:24.600 --> 00:12:28.399 when they got hold of themselves again, they turned and they walked to their 164 00:12:28.600 --> 00:12:35.710 car and they laughed and when they turned around to leave, this young man 165 00:12:35.389 --> 00:12:41.309 turned back and looked at me and waved and gave me a thumbs up. 166 00:12:43.029 --> 00:12:48.019 I was thrilled. They went home had their baby. I don't know anything 167 00:12:48.059 --> 00:12:52.500 more about the story, but don't give up. The more hope of the 168 00:12:52.580 --> 00:12:58.100 story is even when they look like they're not paying any attention to you, 169 00:12:58.809 --> 00:13:03.889 even when they look like they're not hearing you, their hearts aren't being touched. 170 00:13:05.769 --> 00:13:09.129 That's what it looks like, but God, but God, Amen. 171 00:13:09.450 --> 00:13:15.120 Amen. Thank you, Francie. Hey, my name is Kathleen. I've 172 00:13:15.639 --> 00:13:20.200 been a cities for life, so I will counselor for about four or five 173 00:13:20.240 --> 00:13:26.230 years now I began par life ministry and an eighty eight and been off and 174 00:13:26.309 --> 00:13:31.909 on, but been consistent a trope for past four or five years. One 175 00:13:31.950 --> 00:13:43.700 of the biggest intimidation factors or whatnot that can timidate some people is the opposition 176 00:13:43.340 --> 00:13:48.980 that shows up because they they do nothing but a noise and to try to 177 00:13:50.019 --> 00:13:54.419 intimidate US and whatnot. But I have learned that I have to remember that 178 00:13:54.809 --> 00:13:58.409 I'm here to speak up for the children. I'm here to speak for the 179 00:13:58.529 --> 00:14:03.129 Lord. I'm not here for of course the opposition doesn't know the Lord, 180 00:14:03.289 --> 00:14:11.159 so they get shared to every time. But yeah, I just have to 181 00:14:11.279 --> 00:14:16.519 focus and remember that I'm here to speak up for the children. One of 182 00:14:16.679 --> 00:14:24.629 the biggest, the most exciting experiences I've had is a couple that we gave 183 00:14:24.750 --> 00:14:26.789 literature to and they stopped the driveway. We had just a few seconds to 184 00:14:26.950 --> 00:14:31.590 talk to them. The father eventually came out. We talked to him and 185 00:14:33.190 --> 00:14:37.549 someone suggested that he go in and have her come out, but his wife 186 00:14:37.620 --> 00:14:41.539 was already back in the back and so he told them that I need to 187 00:14:41.820 --> 00:14:46.299 see her because we have a family emergency. And that was the code words 188 00:14:46.379 --> 00:14:52.059 that they needed, I guess, because they came out and I went on 189 00:14:52.139 --> 00:14:56.049 the RV with them, got the Sonogram of the Amser the ultra sound, 190 00:14:56.090 --> 00:15:01.889 and she got to see the baby and we shared many resources that we have 191 00:15:01.049 --> 00:15:05.690 with them and we were able to help them with what they needed and though. 192 00:15:07.159 --> 00:15:13.200 So that was just a very exciting time. I love that the I'll 193 00:15:13.279 --> 00:15:16.360 start with Kathleen and then maybe you can talk about France scenes. But with 194 00:15:16.399 --> 00:15:20.200 Kathleen, that that story about the family emergency. I now use that. 195 00:15:20.240 --> 00:15:24.389 That is like one of the things I always say to the young men, 196 00:15:24.870 --> 00:15:28.870 because oftentimes they won't let the men go back, but they will if there's 197 00:15:28.909 --> 00:15:33.230 a family emergency and and I tell them, tell them it's a family emergency, 198 00:15:33.269 --> 00:15:37.940 because your family will never face a greater emergency than the imminent death of 199 00:15:37.059 --> 00:15:43.700 your child. And so you can truthfully go back and and say that that 200 00:15:43.340 --> 00:15:46.539 you need to see your wife or your girlfriend for the family emergency. But 201 00:15:46.659 --> 00:15:52.929 she's so right being intimidated by the opposition. But the way to get beyond 202 00:15:52.009 --> 00:15:54.889 that is to just put your focus back on where it has to be, 203 00:15:54.970 --> 00:16:00.049 always out on the sidewalk. Keep you focus on the Lord and on the 204 00:16:00.129 --> 00:16:04.480 mission, which is speaking for those unborn babies. So she talked about some 205 00:16:04.799 --> 00:16:10.399 just really important, key, key elements in being a successful long term sidewalk 206 00:16:10.440 --> 00:16:14.840 counselor, yeah, yeah, a man. Well, yeah, just to 207 00:16:14.879 --> 00:16:17.799 talk about a little bit of what Francine was talking about and just kind of 208 00:16:17.879 --> 00:16:22.669 reiterate that point when she says don't give up. Yeah, that's that's a 209 00:16:22.750 --> 00:16:25.909 truth I think that we've learned over the years, because we can be easily, 210 00:16:26.269 --> 00:16:30.070 I guess, shaking or I don't get discourage because no one's listening what 211 00:16:30.110 --> 00:16:33.500 we're saying, or apparently no one's listening. But listen, God's word doesn't 212 00:16:33.500 --> 00:16:37.539 return void. I think that's the point there, and we need to press 213 00:16:37.659 --> 00:16:41.580 in and just be faithful to deliver God's mail and then, if they're able 214 00:16:41.580 --> 00:16:44.419 to come and talk to us or willing help them, like we talked about 215 00:16:44.419 --> 00:16:45.700 in the past, help them to open the mail and all that. But 216 00:16:47.330 --> 00:16:51.769 we've got to be faithful, speak the word. God will do something and 217 00:16:51.970 --> 00:16:56.090 we'll see stories like that happen. Yeah, and I literally got chills when 218 00:16:56.289 --> 00:16:59.690 she said he turned around, gave her a thumbs up and waved and you 219 00:16:59.769 --> 00:17:03.640 know, that little touch of you helped me, helped us to make that 220 00:17:03.759 --> 00:17:10.559 decision. What a wonderful reward. Yeah, absolutely. Yeah, hello, 221 00:17:10.960 --> 00:17:15.160 Viv and Chowice, and I guess would like to tell you that I've been 222 00:17:15.279 --> 00:17:21.549 volunteering here for the last eleven months. Anna, yes wol, I to 223 00:17:21.670 --> 00:17:26.470 tell you that we need so, so, so many people. As you 224 00:17:26.670 --> 00:17:32.940 may see, there war is upside down now and there are lots of families 225 00:17:33.019 --> 00:17:38.900 and women and men that are very confused. They need help. So we 226 00:17:40.059 --> 00:17:45.930 really need the body of Christ to rise up and come together and and there 227 00:17:45.970 --> 00:17:53.089 are so many places that that we can help if we are if reread because 228 00:17:53.130 --> 00:17:57.880 we are no trained, that he is always away, got got trained us, 229 00:17:59.039 --> 00:18:03.480 and that he is a beautiful group here, brothers and sisters that can 230 00:18:04.200 --> 00:18:11.720 train us and help us and guide us. So I encourage everyone to is 231 00:18:11.799 --> 00:18:18.630 set up and and come and just get ready, just get available. No 232 00:18:18.869 --> 00:18:22.950 help is a little help. We that it's always many things that we can 233 00:18:22.029 --> 00:18:26.779 do. Thank you. Okay, my name's Pam and I'm volunteering at plan 234 00:18:26.940 --> 00:18:36.859 parenthood. My advice would be to pray and to go and shadow someone at 235 00:18:36.900 --> 00:18:41.059 plan parenthood or one of the other sites and just see if that's what you 236 00:18:41.140 --> 00:18:44.289 want to do. If it is what you want to do, I would 237 00:18:44.529 --> 00:18:49.049 go out there and have your church group or your prayer group pray for you 238 00:18:49.890 --> 00:18:59.839 and just don't be afraid stand up for the babies. I would to say 239 00:18:59.920 --> 00:19:04.359 that if the sovereign God of the universes for us, who can be against 240 00:19:04.480 --> 00:19:11.109 us? Go ahead and get out there and volunteer. Three man. Yeah, 241 00:19:11.710 --> 00:19:15.430 yeah, Amen, that was that was good. From Pam and from 242 00:19:15.509 --> 00:19:18.269 Vivian. You know thise, Vivian is actually one of our span Spanish speaking 243 00:19:18.349 --> 00:19:23.069 counselors, very valuable because there's a big Hispanic population that ends up coming here, 244 00:19:23.109 --> 00:19:27.619 sadly. Yeah, and you see in both of those kind of in 245 00:19:27.740 --> 00:19:32.500 both of their testimonies, really a common thread of it's scary. Yeah, 246 00:19:32.660 --> 00:19:36.420 okay, yeah, we acknowledge that. It's scary, especially, and you 247 00:19:36.500 --> 00:19:38.930 know, if you're kind of just have been a pew sitting Christian hating stepped 248 00:19:38.970 --> 00:19:41.890 out and shared your faith a lot, it can be really scary to get 249 00:19:41.930 --> 00:19:47.250 out on the sidewalk and confront the evil of abortion. Thank God, as 250 00:19:47.289 --> 00:19:51.289 VV and said, there's training. You know, we've done some training, 251 00:19:51.450 --> 00:19:53.920 will continue to do some training. We want to train you, guys, 252 00:19:55.039 --> 00:19:57.759 and we've done training in this podcast kind of with this podcast has been about, 253 00:19:59.160 --> 00:20:03.440 but you've got to take that step of faith. Yeah, didn't get 254 00:20:03.480 --> 00:20:04.960 out there. Yeah. Yeah, and, as Pam said, it's like 255 00:20:07.230 --> 00:20:10.430 really, if the sovereign God of the Universe is with us, who can 256 00:20:10.430 --> 00:20:12.390 be against us? Against it? That a wonderful line to remember as you're 257 00:20:12.390 --> 00:20:15.509 out there. Yeah. Absolutely. Yeah, you can't overcome the fear and 258 00:20:15.549 --> 00:20:18.309 there are people that are going to help you. Yeah, in the training. 259 00:20:18.470 --> 00:20:21.700 Yeah, and one of the things that she mentions, which I think 260 00:20:21.740 --> 00:20:26.940 is really unimportant point when we train people locally, is shadowing. Yep, 261 00:20:26.180 --> 00:20:30.539 being under people that at least think they know what they're doing, right. 262 00:20:30.539 --> 00:20:33.019 Yeah, and for a while. Yeah, at least have experienced yeah, 263 00:20:33.299 --> 00:20:37.890 that's kind of how we do training. We if someone wants to get involved 264 00:20:37.890 --> 00:20:40.970 with us, the first touch would be to come out and shadow a team. 265 00:20:41.130 --> 00:20:44.210 Just see if that's for you. And they don't do anything but shadow 266 00:20:44.250 --> 00:20:48.170 we. Yeah, we purposely want them to just take it all in and 267 00:20:48.650 --> 00:20:52.319 watch what happens out there, get a sense of what what really are up 268 00:20:52.400 --> 00:20:55.759 against. Yeah. Yeah, and in reality, as far as training goes, 269 00:20:55.880 --> 00:20:57.359 I mean certainly, again, we do trainings. We've shared about our 270 00:20:57.400 --> 00:21:02.640 trainings here these podcasts at least a past several months of episodes. There's been 271 00:21:02.680 --> 00:21:07.549 training, specific training podcast episodes that we've done, but some of the best 272 00:21:07.710 --> 00:21:11.630 training is just being out there listening to people that have been been out there 273 00:21:11.950 --> 00:21:15.710 doing it yourself, putting yourself out of your comfort zone, and God will 274 00:21:15.750 --> 00:21:22.420 use you. Yeah, okay. The best advice I can give would be 275 00:21:22.700 --> 00:21:27.259 to definitely put on spiritual armor before you come out. Played the blood of 276 00:21:27.339 --> 00:21:33.450 Jesus so for you, before you come out, make sure you dust yourself 277 00:21:33.450 --> 00:21:38.170 off spiritually when you leave, because you don't want to take anything home with 278 00:21:38.329 --> 00:21:45.490 it that you did not come with. And then the results that happen out 279 00:21:45.569 --> 00:21:52.759 on the sidewalk, they are not wins a little losses for us. We're 280 00:21:52.880 --> 00:21:57.880 just meant to be faithful and put what God puts on our heart. I'll 281 00:21:59.039 --> 00:22:03.869 for the mothers and fathers. The results are totally up to God. A 282 00:22:04.029 --> 00:22:07.630 man and that was that was SAM. He said Humble Guyan. Yeah, 283 00:22:07.670 --> 00:22:12.869 he so humble. He didn't introduce himself, but SAM's an awesome guy really. 284 00:22:14.029 --> 00:22:18.500 He volunteers actually in the mornings out here on Saturday at the La Trobe 285 00:22:18.500 --> 00:22:22.740 abortion center with the prayer walks and then he comes in the afternoon and covers 286 00:22:22.779 --> 00:22:25.900 the afternoon on the sidewalk team and he usually doesn't leave to the last car 287 00:22:25.940 --> 00:22:27.980 leaves, yeah, which can sometimes be four o'clock. So He's been there 288 00:22:29.099 --> 00:22:30.970 from eight to four. Yeah, sometimes, and let me tell you, 289 00:22:32.289 --> 00:22:40.130 Sam proves wrong this this notion that only women can reach other women. Right, 290 00:22:40.690 --> 00:22:42.849 Sam, if you were to see Sam, you would think Sam must 291 00:22:42.849 --> 00:22:45.960 drive a Harley, right, he looks like a biker dude, got a 292 00:22:47.039 --> 00:22:51.119 long beard. You might think he's kind of a rough looking redneck or something 293 00:22:51.200 --> 00:22:55.079 like that. He's a gentle giant though, he really is, and God 294 00:22:55.119 --> 00:22:57.000 has used him. I mean, how many babies been saying? So many. 295 00:22:57.079 --> 00:23:00.750 I mean I get text, I go home at noon and and from 296 00:23:00.990 --> 00:23:04.230 noon to twelve, from twelve to three, SAM is there. I get 297 00:23:04.309 --> 00:23:10.670 text almost every Saturday afternoon. God gave me another one and I love how 298 00:23:10.670 --> 00:23:14.339 he always praises that, he recognizes and gives the glory to God. And 299 00:23:14.420 --> 00:23:17.180 he said that. He said the results belong to God, not us. 300 00:23:17.220 --> 00:23:19.019 Yeah, and I think that's why he's able to be out there and what 301 00:23:19.140 --> 00:23:23.579 can be a discouraging time because there usually are not that many saves in the 302 00:23:23.619 --> 00:23:26.809 afternoon or that they don't tell you yeah, but they seem to tell Sam, 303 00:23:27.089 --> 00:23:30.049 yeah, yeah, and he's got two minister to women to that have 304 00:23:30.210 --> 00:23:33.529 had the abortion right come out and that they're broken afterwards and he's able to 305 00:23:33.609 --> 00:23:37.930 pray with them and they open up again. Sam kind of dispels that notion 306 00:23:38.089 --> 00:23:41.759 that you got to be a woman to reach women. Certainly God uses that, 307 00:23:41.960 --> 00:23:45.480 but God uses men to like Sam, kind of gruff looking guy. 308 00:23:45.519 --> 00:23:48.759 You would think nobody ever stopped for him. They stop for him all the 309 00:23:48.880 --> 00:23:52.119 time. Why? Because he's got the Holy Spirit and right he is. 310 00:23:52.160 --> 00:23:56.670 He loves Jesus and he loves people and it's evident. It is. Yeah, 311 00:23:56.750 --> 00:24:00.230 it is. Hey, everybody, I was going to talk to you 312 00:24:00.309 --> 00:24:06.509 about some things I've learned on the sidewalk and just some advice, and I 313 00:24:06.710 --> 00:24:12.140 think maybe my first thing is to be in the word daily, be prayed 314 00:24:12.180 --> 00:24:18.220 up, pray the armor of God, pray for others on the sidewalk and 315 00:24:19.339 --> 00:24:25.289 to me, things like calling out that can be very intimidating when you start 316 00:24:25.329 --> 00:24:30.289 out. You don't know what to say, and I've just learned that there's 317 00:24:30.289 --> 00:24:34.450 going to be times where the Holy Spirit just just feels your mouth and your 318 00:24:34.569 --> 00:24:38.519 mind and the words just flow and and there's other times you you stutter and 319 00:24:38.599 --> 00:24:41.000 stammer and you feel like, you know, did I say this right? 320 00:24:41.279 --> 00:24:45.160 Was this right? Was this wrong? Was it too much? But just 321 00:24:45.359 --> 00:24:49.599 know that there's always going to be fruit and seeds planted and don't ever let 322 00:24:49.720 --> 00:24:56.950 that stop you from from speaking out and be in prayer. Be In prayer 323 00:24:56.990 --> 00:25:03.990 and just constantly ask the Lord to help you, whether the people that stop 324 00:25:04.109 --> 00:25:08.579 for you or people there for abortion or there to argue with you or whatever. 325 00:25:08.740 --> 00:25:14.259 Just constantly be in prayer about you know, Lord, what should I 326 00:25:14.299 --> 00:25:18.980 say? And he will let you know. And don't worry if you think, 327 00:25:19.019 --> 00:25:23.369 well, I should a could, would have said this or that and 328 00:25:23.569 --> 00:25:26.730 that sort of thing, and just know he's with you, he's got you. 329 00:25:27.170 --> 00:25:33.849 And and when you get a chance, when the the mom or dad 330 00:25:33.930 --> 00:25:37.480 has enough time walking in, if you can share out, you know, 331 00:25:37.559 --> 00:25:41.480 shout out some of the Gospel. So I guess today that's the main thing. 332 00:25:42.519 --> 00:25:48.440 Hey, so one of the most amazing experiences that I had on the 333 00:25:48.480 --> 00:25:51.710 RV was with a young couple that was on their way into the clinic that 334 00:25:52.150 --> 00:25:56.349 we were able to stop. I think they were just confused. They just 335 00:25:56.390 --> 00:26:00.470 didn't know where to turn. They weren't totally set on abortion, but they 336 00:26:00.509 --> 00:26:06.859 didn't know really what their options were. The most amazing thing that happened during 337 00:26:06.940 --> 00:26:11.660 that time on the RV was to watch the dad and his response to the 338 00:26:11.740 --> 00:26:19.569 whole thing and it really showed me that the dads really need to be targeted 339 00:26:19.769 --> 00:26:25.890 if we are able to get to the DAD's. Once that dad comes along 340 00:26:26.009 --> 00:26:29.089 it seems to give the green light to the mom I mean the dads are 341 00:26:29.170 --> 00:26:33.480 the leaders and when the MOM's know that the dads are on board, then 342 00:26:33.559 --> 00:26:37.359 that fear seems to melt away. But that man was so excited about the 343 00:26:37.480 --> 00:26:42.160 baby. He was so excited about the resources that the Monroe help pregnancy center 344 00:26:42.240 --> 00:26:48.069 had for men. Took all the literature and they laughed with big smiles on 345 00:26:48.190 --> 00:26:53.509 their faces, eager to take everything that was available to them. That was 346 00:26:53.589 --> 00:26:57.349 Lisa. The Second Yep, okay, let's Lisa and try recognize the voice. 347 00:26:57.390 --> 00:27:02.740 So Debbie is one of our very faithful people out at a different center 348 00:27:02.859 --> 00:27:06.980 here in Charlotte. It over on Wendover, really hard place to reach the 349 00:27:07.059 --> 00:27:11.299 women and I think she captured one of the most important we repeat this over 350 00:27:11.380 --> 00:27:12.900 and over again, be in the word, be in prayer, and then 351 00:27:12.980 --> 00:27:15.210 our third one is be in church. She didn't mention that, but be 352 00:27:15.329 --> 00:27:18.930 in the word and be in prayer. Are were for her some really strong 353 00:27:19.009 --> 00:27:23.009 encouragements. And the other thing she said that that really struck me and it's 354 00:27:23.089 --> 00:27:27.529 so true. Don't second guess yourself. Yeah, because you always could have 355 00:27:27.650 --> 00:27:33.119 said something different, ytter, whatever, let it go. God has worked 356 00:27:33.240 --> 00:27:37.519 and he has used you, he has spoken through you. Just know you've 357 00:27:37.559 --> 00:27:41.279 done your best at that moment and trust that his word will not return void. 358 00:27:41.359 --> 00:27:44.390 Yeah, that was such good advice. Yeah, yeah, because the 359 00:27:44.470 --> 00:27:48.509 way the devil can really neutralize people is, especially when the situation doesn't go 360 00:27:48.589 --> 00:27:51.230 the way you want it to. You you pour into a mom that stopped 361 00:27:51.269 --> 00:27:55.910 and talked, you've given her everything and try to give her every reason not 362 00:27:55.990 --> 00:27:59.460 to go through with the abortion. She goes into the abortion center and that's 363 00:27:59.460 --> 00:28:00.700 when the should have, could have, would have stuff comes you should have 364 00:28:00.779 --> 00:28:03.819 said this, you could have did this and that and this and that, 365 00:28:03.259 --> 00:28:07.180 and the devil can really neutralize people and think, well, should I even 366 00:28:07.220 --> 00:28:11.460 be out here, because after all, I can't do anything right. Don't 367 00:28:11.460 --> 00:28:14.730 second guess yourself. It's not about you, right, and it's not your 368 00:28:14.809 --> 00:28:17.609 words it's going to change a heart. It's to be the holy spirits. 369 00:28:17.650 --> 00:28:19.970 Got To be God's words and just be faithful, like Debbie said, to 370 00:28:21.089 --> 00:28:23.289 walk with God, to be in prayer and leave the results into his hands. 371 00:28:23.450 --> 00:28:26.599 Right, right, and I love what Lisa said about the father. 372 00:28:26.839 --> 00:28:33.240 That is so true. We've said it many times, and I know love 373 00:28:33.319 --> 00:28:37.759 life has often spoken of this, is that the abortion crisis is a problem 374 00:28:37.839 --> 00:28:41.390 with the men. Yeah, that absolutely. If men would just stand up 375 00:28:41.750 --> 00:28:45.630 and be the the person that God designed them to be, the father, 376 00:28:45.670 --> 00:28:53.109 the faithful husband, the protector, then I think there would be so many 377 00:28:53.230 --> 00:28:57.180 less abortions. Yeah, one of the things we often counsel the men is 378 00:28:59.019 --> 00:29:02.299 do that. Yeah, that be that man that God designed you to be. 379 00:29:02.539 --> 00:29:07.900 Speak Courage into the men and they can. That's often all the woman 380 00:29:07.339 --> 00:29:11.130 needs to see. Yeah, absolutely, if you can win him over, 381 00:29:11.970 --> 00:29:14.849 then he can win her over. Right, miss it was privileged to see 382 00:29:14.849 --> 00:29:17.490 that. We do see that. Yeah, all the time. Yeah, 383 00:29:17.690 --> 00:29:22.329 yeah, Hello, I'm Jessica and I serve with the Monday team and probably 384 00:29:22.329 --> 00:29:26.119 the most encouraging thing to me is I get so excited when I go on 385 00:29:26.200 --> 00:29:30.799 the facebook page to read what others are doing, but when Vicky will report 386 00:29:30.920 --> 00:29:34.480 back that someone has reached out to her a year later, or another one 387 00:29:34.519 --> 00:29:37.589 of the team leads and say, a year ago, I was there and 388 00:29:37.670 --> 00:29:41.670 I took your literature or I saw you standing out there, but I didn't 389 00:29:41.670 --> 00:29:47.390 stop and I didn't let anybody know, but I chose life. So those 390 00:29:47.430 --> 00:29:51.589 are the most encouraging to me because it says that the things that we don't 391 00:29:51.589 --> 00:29:55.819 see there is major things still happening, even though we don't see the fruit 392 00:29:55.900 --> 00:30:00.660 that we definitely know that we're making an impact. Hi, this is Chrisy 393 00:30:00.700 --> 00:30:04.019 Evans and I come out to Latrobe to the abortion mill and latrobe on Monday's, 394 00:30:04.259 --> 00:30:08.730 Wednesdays and Thursdays and I just have a little testimony to tell you about. 395 00:30:10.970 --> 00:30:14.650 It's not a happy one. This is from a young girl that was 396 00:30:14.809 --> 00:30:19.529 walking down the street here and just tears were streaming down her face and I 397 00:30:19.690 --> 00:30:22.319 went over to her and I answer, so, what is the problem? 398 00:30:22.400 --> 00:30:26.720 How can we help you? She said it's too late and I said what 399 00:30:26.759 --> 00:30:29.839 do you mean it's too late? She said, I already killed my baby. 400 00:30:30.839 --> 00:30:33.960 I thought I wanted to have the abortion, but that's not what I 401 00:30:34.079 --> 00:30:37.710 wanted. As soon as I had that abortion, right at the moment that 402 00:30:37.869 --> 00:30:41.990 they killed my baby, I knew I had made the wrong decision and it's 403 00:30:42.029 --> 00:30:45.910 been on my heart for this past week and now I'm here, all I 404 00:30:45.990 --> 00:30:51.539 want to do is get the pictures of my baby's ultrasound so I can make 405 00:30:51.660 --> 00:30:56.539 a memorial for this little child, and that just broke my heart. And 406 00:30:56.740 --> 00:31:02.819 another woman that I talked to she had an abortion forty years ago and she 407 00:31:02.940 --> 00:31:04.890 figured it wasn't the right time to have a baby, so she had the 408 00:31:04.930 --> 00:31:08.930 abortion, while a couple years later she got married and then they wanted to 409 00:31:08.970 --> 00:31:12.130 have a child. Well, the only child she was ever blessed with by 410 00:31:12.250 --> 00:31:17.769 God was a child she killed and now has been on her heart every day. 411 00:31:17.930 --> 00:31:22.079 Even though she's even though she is repented of it, she still thinks 412 00:31:22.119 --> 00:31:25.359 of that child every day of her life. So I would just want you 413 00:31:25.400 --> 00:31:32.039 to know that abortion does kill babies and it does harm women. This is 414 00:31:32.079 --> 00:31:36.549 a great, great testimonies to under a wonderful women. Yeah, both are 415 00:31:36.630 --> 00:31:38.670 on the Monday team. Chriss, he's been out there for how long? 416 00:31:38.910 --> 00:31:41.190 Fifteen years, twenty years? Yeah, yeah, I mean I think I 417 00:31:41.230 --> 00:31:45.829 have to backtrack a little bit. I said Francine and Kathleen were my favorite. 418 00:31:45.829 --> 00:31:48.299 I think Chris he might be my favorite. Actually, yeah, Chriss 419 00:31:48.339 --> 00:31:51.339 he's they're all my favorite. There's all right, favorites for different reasons. 420 00:31:51.380 --> 00:31:55.619 They all have such different personality strengths. But Chris he is such a humble 421 00:31:55.900 --> 00:31:59.460 I was shocked she would do this because she will not really she does not 422 00:31:59.619 --> 00:32:02.609 want any notice given to her. Yeah, huge encourage or of others, 423 00:32:02.730 --> 00:32:07.809 but she really is kind of tries to stay out of the lime light. 424 00:32:07.849 --> 00:32:10.210 Yeah, she's gonna be one of those people in heaven that she's going to 425 00:32:10.250 --> 00:32:13.650 have a hard time holding her head up because their crowns going to be so 426 00:32:13.769 --> 00:32:17.680 heavy, so heavy that's got with jewels and oh man. But but her 427 00:32:17.799 --> 00:32:22.480 story was heartbreaking and we definitely see it. Yeah, the MOMS that regret 428 00:32:22.680 --> 00:32:28.160 and the pro boorts think we're making it up that, yeah, women can't 429 00:32:28.400 --> 00:32:32.630 regret abortions or that they can't have children following abortions, and Christie put the 430 00:32:32.630 --> 00:32:37.230 light of both of those in these yeah stories. Yeah, absolutely. Now 431 00:32:37.309 --> 00:32:40.549 with Jessica shares, is something that, you know, to me it makes 432 00:32:40.589 --> 00:32:44.579 me weep when I think about it. Sometimes. Yeah, in the like 433 00:32:44.740 --> 00:32:49.180 that the Lord lets us here about these MOMS that choose life. Even a 434 00:32:49.299 --> 00:32:53.299 year or two I knew one testimony this lady three four years later. She 435 00:32:53.420 --> 00:32:58.539 never told us that she chose life, but God orchestrated it somehow. Through 436 00:32:58.569 --> 00:33:00.930 the grape vine, we found out this young lady chose life. We hear 437 00:33:00.970 --> 00:33:05.410 those testimonies a lot and just speaks to that reality that we say that if 438 00:33:05.410 --> 00:33:07.970 you're out there, God's going to use you and babies are going to be 439 00:33:07.970 --> 00:33:12.049 saved and you might not find out about it right away. You might not 440 00:33:12.130 --> 00:33:15.440 find out about it until you stand before the Lord and he shows you babies 441 00:33:15.480 --> 00:33:19.079 that were safe. But God is doing work when you're out there sharing his 442 00:33:19.200 --> 00:33:22.720 word, when his church shows up, God does something. Yeah, yeah, 443 00:33:22.759 --> 00:33:27.470 I think there was one that returned with her eight year old showed us 444 00:33:27.549 --> 00:33:30.869 her oh yeah, recently. That was a that was actually a grandparents. 445 00:33:31.029 --> 00:33:35.470 So it was a it was a grand grandmother and grandfather brought their eight year 446 00:33:35.509 --> 00:33:38.390 old grandson and we'd never known. Eight years ago that child was saved at 447 00:33:38.430 --> 00:33:43.220 that very abortion center. The grandparents wanted to come and just say thank you. 448 00:33:43.339 --> 00:33:45.940 Yeah, we weren't the same people probably that maybe some of us were 449 00:33:45.980 --> 00:33:52.339 Christ might have stolen. I'm sure. Yeah, it reminds you don't despair 450 00:33:52.460 --> 00:33:55.930 when you think there's been no fruit, because there has. Yeah, just 451 00:33:57.049 --> 00:34:00.450 may not see it right. Amen. My name is Elaine and I'm one 452 00:34:00.450 --> 00:34:04.450 of the newest volunteers, I hear on the trobe on the Monday team. 453 00:34:05.089 --> 00:34:08.530 It has been so rewarding being out here. This is truly the front line. 454 00:34:08.849 --> 00:34:14.039 I didn't know exactly what to expect as a newcomer. Becoming now here 455 00:34:14.119 --> 00:34:16.800 is really open my eyes to what's really going on, not only here in 456 00:34:16.840 --> 00:34:22.320 the natural but also in the spiritual room. There's much spiritual warfare out here, 457 00:34:22.440 --> 00:34:27.150 but no matter what, the reward has been so great. One of 458 00:34:27.190 --> 00:34:31.110 the things I would think I would want to bring to deliver to anybody's who 459 00:34:31.110 --> 00:34:34.989 want to come out here. One of the key things is to stay focused. 460 00:34:35.030 --> 00:34:38.420 When you're out here. There's so many distractions. They have been trained 461 00:34:38.539 --> 00:34:43.579 to distract us and just staying focus on the reason why we're here, and 462 00:34:43.659 --> 00:34:47.860 it is for the women that's coming here. It's just it's very important just 463 00:34:47.900 --> 00:34:52.210 to focus on them and not to be distracted. So I encourage anyone to 464 00:34:52.250 --> 00:34:54.530 come out here if you feel like keep being called to this. It's not 465 00:34:54.610 --> 00:35:00.250 for everyone, but it's been it's been awesome. It's been awesome and I 466 00:35:00.809 --> 00:35:05.730 enjoy being here. Hey, I'm kles salts foos. I'm with the Tuesday 467 00:35:05.809 --> 00:35:09.519 team. Pro Life work is frontline stuff. Of course they're the beautiful parts, 468 00:35:09.599 --> 00:35:14.000 the soft hearts, the brave women who choose life over death, the 469 00:35:14.079 --> 00:35:16.440 first glimpse of a heartbeat, of a tiny, perfectly formed baby. But 470 00:35:16.519 --> 00:35:20.960 there are also the parts that aren't so nice, like the pro choice crowd 471 00:35:20.960 --> 00:35:24.429 who keeps up a running commentary with music and Kazoos and insults. The only 472 00:35:24.510 --> 00:35:29.269 offend property line divides US physically, our points of view, our worlds of 473 00:35:29.349 --> 00:35:32.469 heart. Most weeks I can handle the barrage of lies and contempt, but 474 00:35:32.550 --> 00:35:36.420 last week it finally got to me. In the wake of my agitation, 475 00:35:36.500 --> 00:35:39.099 which took me a week to work through, I wrote this letter. Dear 476 00:35:39.179 --> 00:35:43.500 pro choice friend, I don't know your name and you don't know mind, 477 00:35:43.980 --> 00:35:46.460 but that didn't stop your pain and anger from erupting on to me and everyone 478 00:35:46.500 --> 00:35:51.449 around to disagreed with you. It didn't stop you from judging me by standard 479 00:35:51.489 --> 00:35:55.050 you don't even hold yourself to. It didn't stop you from spewing accusations disguised 480 00:35:55.050 --> 00:36:00.809 as questions. It didn't stop you from hurling profanity and insults, hurting yourself 481 00:36:00.889 --> 00:36:04.679 just as much as me. When you proclaimed adoption to be child abuse, 482 00:36:04.760 --> 00:36:07.760 I saw a broken you were inside and agged for you. When you declare 483 00:36:07.800 --> 00:36:12.159 that a child's right to live is determined by whether or not it is wanted 484 00:36:12.639 --> 00:36:15.760 or will have a good life, I wondered what pain you experienced in your 485 00:36:15.760 --> 00:36:19.869 childhood when you glibly said how happy and relieved you were after your abortion. 486 00:36:19.949 --> 00:36:23.030 I wondered what wounds you were hiding when you said it's impossible to come out 487 00:36:23.030 --> 00:36:27.789 of trauma and pain stronger than before. I wondered what hopelessness felt like. 488 00:36:28.429 --> 00:36:30.190 I want you to know that healing is possible, that you don't need to 489 00:36:30.269 --> 00:36:34.619 keep your wounds raw, that scars can be beautiful. I want you to 490 00:36:34.739 --> 00:36:37.059 know that human life is sacred, which means your life is sacred. I 491 00:36:37.179 --> 00:36:39.820 want you to know that blood has been spilled for you so that you no 492 00:36:39.980 --> 00:36:44.460 longer need to be mired in the worst parts of your humanity, but can 493 00:36:44.500 --> 00:36:46.289 be what you were created to be. I want to know that life can 494 00:36:46.289 --> 00:36:50.329 be beautiful. I don't know your name and you don't know mine, but 495 00:36:50.369 --> 00:36:52.409 I love you anyway. I can't do much. I can't fix your messed 496 00:36:52.449 --> 00:36:57.170 up family life. Promise you that following God will mean bless or stitch up 497 00:36:57.210 --> 00:36:59.610 the bleeding wounds in your heart. But I can be Christ to you. 498 00:37:00.849 --> 00:37:04.360 I can give you soft words for profanity, love for hate and respect for 499 00:37:04.480 --> 00:37:07.599 vic trial. You might close your mind to any possibility of God's existence, 500 00:37:07.719 --> 00:37:12.719 but that doesn't keep him from loving you. Oh my love, Ala, 501 00:37:14.480 --> 00:37:21.510 Amen, what a powerful letter and just a powerful dynamic the you see here. 502 00:37:21.590 --> 00:37:24.030 So you have a lane, slaine, right, right, elane is 503 00:37:24.030 --> 00:37:28.150 on one team. Brandon, I don't think I've met her. FACETOFACE has 504 00:37:28.190 --> 00:37:30.659 only been out and maybe five or six weeks now. Yeah, yeah, 505 00:37:31.019 --> 00:37:35.139 and so you have her and then you have Kayla and, of course, 506 00:37:35.260 --> 00:37:38.139 again both sharing kind of that that spiritual battle that this is. It's out 507 00:37:38.139 --> 00:37:43.019 there, and Kayla really speaking from her heart on reaching out to this pro 508 00:37:43.139 --> 00:37:45.730 choice person. I mean, let's face it, those people are out there 509 00:37:45.769 --> 00:37:49.969 to be a hindrance and and really, as Elaine said, to be a 510 00:37:50.050 --> 00:37:52.690 distraction. Yeah, and we're supposed to love them and it's awesome that the 511 00:37:52.809 --> 00:37:58.289 Cayla wrote this letter and the fact that you just think about that the hard 512 00:37:58.369 --> 00:38:00.440 that she has because if you guys, we can't play for you on this 513 00:38:00.519 --> 00:38:04.239 podcast because we want children to be able to listen to this podcast. But 514 00:38:04.280 --> 00:38:07.440 if you listen to some of the garbage that they spew and if you've read 515 00:38:07.480 --> 00:38:10.480 our reviews on this podcast, you got a good idea that to be able 516 00:38:10.480 --> 00:38:16.989 to ext to give back love and mercy and kindness in exchange for that is 517 00:38:17.190 --> 00:38:21.829 only something that the Holy Spirit can do through a person. Absolutely and it's 518 00:38:21.909 --> 00:38:25.710 so powerful and such an expression of Christ and they see it every day when 519 00:38:25.710 --> 00:38:30.059 we're able to do that, and Cayle it expressed it. I loved when 520 00:38:30.099 --> 00:38:32.059 she said your scars can be beautiful, that she was able to see into 521 00:38:32.099 --> 00:38:37.420 the souls of these people that are persecuting her and hating her and being so 522 00:38:37.539 --> 00:38:42.530 nasty and and she wants to heal she wants to heal them and she wants 523 00:38:42.570 --> 00:38:46.650 to love them and she sees that their wounded and understands that all of that 524 00:38:46.809 --> 00:38:52.449 hatred and awful stuff that's coming out of them it's out of wounds. So 525 00:38:52.610 --> 00:38:58.800 that was really great and elane is. She's brand new, but she is 526 00:38:59.039 --> 00:39:02.559 very I mean she is no stranger to spiritual warfare or the Gospel. She 527 00:39:02.639 --> 00:39:07.880 actually run some ministry where she they go door to door, knocking on doors 528 00:39:08.199 --> 00:39:14.550 and sharing the Gospel. She sees dozens of people saved week, I mean 529 00:39:14.670 --> 00:39:19.269 cheese, and so she really knows about spiritual warfare and and she felt that 530 00:39:19.389 --> 00:39:22.670 the Lord was still calling her, beyond and above what she's already doing, 531 00:39:22.269 --> 00:39:27.219 that this is a battlefield that she needed to be a part of. Yeah, 532 00:39:27.420 --> 00:39:34.179 and so she's absolutely right that it is intense spiritual warfare and stay focused. 533 00:39:34.420 --> 00:39:38.010 yeahcussed on the mission. Yeah, good word. Hi, my name's 534 00:39:38.050 --> 00:39:43.769 Mary Beth and I've been a sidewalk counselor with love life on the trobe drive 535 00:39:44.369 --> 00:39:46.809 in front of the abortion clinic for a couple of years now and I've learned 536 00:39:46.849 --> 00:39:51.929 so much being out here. It has really helped me to get out of 537 00:39:52.010 --> 00:39:57.119 my comfort zone, to step out in faith, and I've learned so much. 538 00:39:58.119 --> 00:40:00.960 One of the things that I would like to share is just a strategy 539 00:40:01.079 --> 00:40:06.400 that God gave me coming here, because it's really easy to get distracted and 540 00:40:06.519 --> 00:40:09.469 lose focus, especially with the opposition that we have to look at them and 541 00:40:09.590 --> 00:40:14.789 what they're doing and what they're saying. But the one word that God has 542 00:40:14.869 --> 00:40:19.510 spoken to me consistently when I've been here is to stay focused and to stay 543 00:40:19.550 --> 00:40:23.099 in an attitude of worship, and so that is one thing I would really 544 00:40:23.099 --> 00:40:28.980 encourage anybody to do, because it's so easy to look at the things going 545 00:40:29.099 --> 00:40:32.820 on around you and lose that sense of purpose of being here. And we're 546 00:40:32.820 --> 00:40:37.369 here for the babies. We're here to be a voice for those that have 547 00:40:37.690 --> 00:40:40.889 no voice. And as the MOM's get out of their cars, I often 548 00:40:42.050 --> 00:40:46.329 picture that little baby, that little unborn child in their belly and I watch 549 00:40:46.489 --> 00:40:50.840 that mom as she walks in and I look at that baby and I see 550 00:40:51.000 --> 00:40:57.360 the love and the value that God has for that baby and it gives me 551 00:40:57.400 --> 00:41:01.199 a passion to call out even louder, even stronger for the life of that 552 00:41:01.360 --> 00:41:07.110 child and really really looking at that child. So that is one thing I've 553 00:41:07.150 --> 00:41:13.469 really tried to do when I'm down here and continually just stay in prayer and 554 00:41:13.510 --> 00:41:15.630 attitude of prayer. When the mom goes in, we don't. It doesn't 555 00:41:15.630 --> 00:41:19.900 stop there. We continue to pray. We pray for the mom as she's 556 00:41:19.980 --> 00:41:22.900 prepping as she's getting ready, that God would intervene in the life of that 557 00:41:23.099 --> 00:41:28.940 child and in the life of that mom. So that is one of the 558 00:41:28.980 --> 00:41:31.739 things I really try to do when I when I come down here. Obviously 559 00:41:31.780 --> 00:41:35.690 Satan doesn't want us to be here and one of the things he does do 560 00:41:36.050 --> 00:41:39.969 is is try to distract us. But you know, there's that scripture that 561 00:41:40.050 --> 00:41:45.050 says set your mind on the things things above and not on the things of 562 00:41:45.090 --> 00:41:47.280 the Earth, and I meditate on that scripture and really stay focused on the 563 00:41:47.400 --> 00:41:53.239 Lord and what he wants to accomplish every Tuesday that I come. Hey, 564 00:41:53.280 --> 00:41:57.599 y'all, this is Lori and I serve on the Thursday team at Latrobe in 565 00:41:57.639 --> 00:42:02.030 the morning. I just wanted to give message of encouragement to anyone who's thinking 566 00:42:02.070 --> 00:42:07.150 about coming out on the sidewalk. I've been doing this for almost two and 567 00:42:07.230 --> 00:42:12.789 a half years or so and at the very beginning I would physically get sick 568 00:42:13.070 --> 00:42:19.420 before coming to latrobe. I would be nauseous and just not able to get 569 00:42:19.420 --> 00:42:21.420 out of the bathroom, to even get in the car to be able to 570 00:42:21.460 --> 00:42:24.420 come. But it did get better after a while. I still have this 571 00:42:24.460 --> 00:42:30.010 feeling of dread as I come there, but once I'm there, just the 572 00:42:30.090 --> 00:42:37.050 encouragement of our team and the way everyone works together and seeing God's plan play 573 00:42:37.090 --> 00:42:44.090 out literally right before your own eyes is just the most encouraging thing you could 574 00:42:44.090 --> 00:42:49.599 imagine. I will promise you that this is the hardest thing that I've ever 575 00:42:49.679 --> 00:42:52.639 done. It is also the most rewarding thing that I've already thought, that 576 00:42:52.800 --> 00:42:58.869 I've ever done and I just want to keep on doing it because I feel 577 00:42:58.909 --> 00:43:02.429 like if I quit, then Satan wins, even when I have to battle 578 00:43:02.510 --> 00:43:07.349 through the upset stomach and the stress and attention, but God will get the 579 00:43:07.389 --> 00:43:14.260 glory. Mary Mary Beth, when she said step out of your comfort zone, 580 00:43:14.980 --> 00:43:17.380 every single one of us who's ever been a sidewalk counselor has had to 581 00:43:17.420 --> 00:43:22.579 do that. It is not comfortable to to do what we do, but 582 00:43:22.460 --> 00:43:27.530 when you do step out in faith and out of that comfort zone, you 583 00:43:27.610 --> 00:43:30.690 know it is so rewarding and and that kind of is piggybacks off of them 584 00:43:30.929 --> 00:43:35.769 what Laurie said. I'd say that all the time, that it's the hardest 585 00:43:35.769 --> 00:43:38.610 thing I've ever done but also the most rewarding thing, yeah, that I've 586 00:43:38.650 --> 00:43:43.599 ever done. Yeah, many people, many people express that. Oh yeah, 587 00:43:43.599 --> 00:43:46.039 and even strangely, I share this with people and people don't believe me. 588 00:43:46.199 --> 00:43:49.559 But as long as I've been doing this, I'm sure as long as 589 00:43:49.559 --> 00:43:53.480 you've been doing this, there's still an amount of anxiety that I feel, 590 00:43:53.559 --> 00:44:00.150 even coming down latrobe drive and just realizing I'm facing evil right here at the 591 00:44:00.230 --> 00:44:05.190 gates of Hell. Yeah, and it can be intimidating. Thankfully, again, 592 00:44:05.349 --> 00:44:07.590 like the Scripture says, greater see who was in us and he was 593 00:44:07.670 --> 00:44:12.260 in the world. Yeah, so I have to remember that. Yeah, 594 00:44:12.619 --> 00:44:16.340 but and that getting sick, physically sick, I think I I certainly have 595 00:44:16.500 --> 00:44:20.260 experienced that also, and I think a lot of people do. And a 596 00:44:20.340 --> 00:44:22.940 lot of people give up. They they say, then I can't do this 597 00:44:23.369 --> 00:44:29.050 because it's it's going to kill me musically. But when you endure, when 598 00:44:29.050 --> 00:44:32.929 you persevere, when you keep continuing, that is how you resist the devil 599 00:44:34.090 --> 00:44:37.929 and he does finally give up, at least to some degree. It did 600 00:44:37.050 --> 00:44:40.519 get easier. Like Lori said, it got easier for me as well. 601 00:44:40.599 --> 00:44:44.519 Yeah, yeah, we're going to wrap this up, but I do have 602 00:44:44.960 --> 00:44:46.840 one more and now save the best for last. This is kind of like 603 00:44:46.880 --> 00:44:51.679 a bonus testimony. Like I said, I say the best for last, 604 00:44:51.920 --> 00:44:52.670 that I can guess who it is. Who you think it is? I 605 00:44:52.789 --> 00:44:55.869 think it's your wife. It's my wife, and that is absolutely true. 606 00:44:55.949 --> 00:44:59.630 So I'm going to get her to share and then we'll wrap this up. 607 00:44:59.670 --> 00:45:01.949 I'd be awesome. Hi, guys, my name is courtney parks and I 608 00:45:02.110 --> 00:45:07.900 am a registered nurse on board help pregnancy sinners mobile ultrasound unit. I've been 609 00:45:07.940 --> 00:45:12.179 doing that for about ten years and I just wanted to just share a word 610 00:45:12.219 --> 00:45:16.820 of encouragement that has really helped me over the past ten years of doing this, 611 00:45:17.260 --> 00:45:24.449 and that is faithfulness. And I've just seen how when we are faithful 612 00:45:24.489 --> 00:45:29.369 to show up and proclaim the Gospel and do what God has called us to 613 00:45:29.369 --> 00:45:31.130 do, no matter what the result is, no matter if we see fruit, 614 00:45:31.409 --> 00:45:35.650 no matter if we see baby saved, if we don't talk to anybody 615 00:45:35.650 --> 00:45:39.480 all day, every day for a week, God is still faithful and he 616 00:45:39.639 --> 00:45:45.599 shows up and I've just seen the just over the past ten years, the 617 00:45:45.679 --> 00:45:50.989 fruit of that and I just want to encourage you guys to keep doing what 618 00:45:51.030 --> 00:45:53.630 God has called you to do. Be Faithful, because God is faithful to 619 00:45:53.750 --> 00:46:00.070 honor that. So that's my word of encouraging. That is awesome and I 620 00:46:00.110 --> 00:46:07.019 would expect nothing less than Courtney saying be faithful because God is faithful. I 621 00:46:07.059 --> 00:46:10.099 loved how she says that's some here to reflect the Lord it in how we're 622 00:46:10.139 --> 00:46:14.260 out there, and I've never really thought of that, that we are to 623 00:46:14.340 --> 00:46:19.849 be faithful in showing up because God is so faithful. Yeah, and providing 624 00:46:19.969 --> 00:46:23.050 and caring and loving and forgiving. Yeah, and all he does for us. 625 00:46:23.570 --> 00:46:25.929 He never gives up on us and we really should never give up on 626 00:46:27.010 --> 00:46:30.929 on his precious children are being slaughtered. Amen, that abortion SIG amen. 627 00:46:31.769 --> 00:46:34.840 Well, you know, when it's all said and done, if we look 628 00:46:34.840 --> 00:46:37.639 at things in a light of eternity, of the difficulties and the things that 629 00:46:37.760 --> 00:46:43.199 we go through to be out there, whatever they might be, it's all 630 00:46:43.320 --> 00:46:47.989 worth it, right. Yeah, and in reality, the Lord has privileged 631 00:46:49.150 --> 00:46:52.670 us to be a part of what he's doing. Like, God doesn't need 632 00:46:52.750 --> 00:46:57.309 us. God doesn't need us at all, and yet he chooses to use 633 00:46:57.349 --> 00:47:00.909 us. And if you think about what we're talking about and thinking about all 634 00:47:00.909 --> 00:47:04.139 these testimonies and what these folks are saying, what is God using us to 635 00:47:04.179 --> 00:47:08.340 do? He's using us to save people who are scheduled to die. Right, 636 00:47:08.860 --> 00:47:15.340 he's using us to proclaim the gospel that takes someone who's headed to hell 637 00:47:15.210 --> 00:47:20.170 and sets their feet on the path to heaven, to eternity with him, 638 00:47:20.489 --> 00:47:22.489 because he's done that in our lives, right. So we're just doing, 639 00:47:22.969 --> 00:47:27.210 as Jesus said, freely you have received, so freely give, and so 640 00:47:27.329 --> 00:47:29.730 that's that's the heart of all of these people. That's why I say, 641 00:47:29.849 --> 00:47:31.000 I could say every one of these people are my favorite. I want to 642 00:47:31.039 --> 00:47:34.480 say that through all these testimonies, like, oh, she's my favorite. 643 00:47:34.480 --> 00:47:36.760 No, she's my favorite. And there were a couple of others, just 644 00:47:36.840 --> 00:47:39.199 so that they know, case they're listening, that the audio just really didn't 645 00:47:39.199 --> 00:47:43.320 work out because there's so much background noises. Yeah, we would have played 646 00:47:43.320 --> 00:47:45.989 them, but we just couldn't, because so for another podcast, the next 647 00:47:46.030 --> 00:47:49.949 hundred. Yeah, at my a, maybe two hundred or something like that. 648 00:47:50.030 --> 00:47:52.829 Maybe we'll play that. But we hope this was a blessing to you, 649 00:47:52.869 --> 00:47:54.110 guys. We appreciate you, guys listening. We hope that you will 650 00:47:54.150 --> 00:47:59.699 share this podcast with friends that you think would be blessed by it and we 651 00:47:59.780 --> 00:48:02.179 encourage to reach out to us. Maybe you've got some ideas for future podcast 652 00:48:02.340 --> 00:48:06.699 subjects that we can cover? We'd love to cover those subjects. Maybe have 653 00:48:06.739 --> 00:48:08.820 a guest on that you would suggest US having on that would be a blessing 654 00:48:08.900 --> 00:48:13.889 and just help further equip people and encourage people that are involved in this ministry. 655 00:48:14.530 --> 00:48:19.170 So again, we appreciate you guys listening and we will will see you, 656 00:48:19.210 --> 00:48:23.849 guys on the next episode. God bless, God less. Give me 657 00:48:24.690 --> 00:48:37.079 our love for love, give me our love for gratitude. I know it 658 00:48:37.199 --> 00:48:45.989 will cost me my life. Nothing's too precious in some you