Amazing Things God Did in 2020

WEBVTT100:00:00.560 --> 00:00:06.400I Am Yours, I am yours, I am yours and me. Lord.200:00:06.839 --> 00:00:10.789I welcome to the Gospel Center prolife podcast. This episode we're going300:00:10.830 --> 00:00:14.109to share with you some highlights fromtwo thousand and twenty, things that God400:00:14.189 --> 00:00:17.750did on the sidewalk at the abortioncenters and things that he's doing in our500:00:17.789 --> 00:00:20.910nation, even in spite of thechaos and confusion. Stay with us.600:00:23.660 --> 00:00:36.929I felt show passish, touch yourheart. Use All right, welcome to700:00:37.049 --> 00:00:43.609the Gospel Center prolife podcasts. Appreciateyou guys tuning in and appreciate you guys800:00:43.929 --> 00:00:47.649share this podcast, because we knowthat you do, because if you don't,900:00:47.969 --> 00:00:53.039you're bad person. And so pleasedo share this podcast. Please review,1000:00:53.320 --> 00:00:56.320give us a good review, thumbsup review, actually, five star1100:00:56.439 --> 00:01:00.920review would be great. And inthe Lord may give you extra points or1200:01:00.960 --> 00:01:03.719something. I don't know. I'msure jewels in your crown. You never1300:01:03.920 --> 00:01:07.390extra jewels. Now take it carown. Yeah, exactly. So we wanted1400:01:07.430 --> 00:01:12.750to bless you, guys that listenand the tune into the podcast, with1500:01:12.909 --> 00:01:18.579some highlights from two thousand and twenty. It's been an amazing year with a1600:01:18.859 --> 00:01:25.180lot of rough spots, yeah,but there's been some great news on our1700:01:25.780 --> 00:01:29.219front. Yeah, there's been somegood news. It's been some struggles.1800:01:29.379 --> 00:01:32.019There happened two thousand and twenty,I think. I don't think we have1900:01:32.140 --> 00:01:36.489to tell you guys that it's beenquite the year. Yep, with all2000:01:36.530 --> 00:01:42.129of the craziness. And one ofthe worst things of all is that Alex2100:01:42.209 --> 00:01:46.849Trebek died. I said that wasvery sad. That was sad. Yeah,2200:01:46.890 --> 00:01:49.959and then there's some kind of diseasehas been going around or something.2300:01:51.079 --> 00:01:56.200I forget. I've heard something aboutsetting. Yeah, so it's been rough.2400:01:56.560 --> 00:01:59.719It's been a rough year and it'sbut it's two thousand and twenty.2500:01:59.840 --> 00:02:02.590So there's twenty and twenty vision,twenty and twenty. I think that's something2600:02:02.629 --> 00:02:10.150we really have seen this only pastorsprobably two thousand and nineteen, probably December2700:02:10.150 --> 00:02:14.789two thousand and nineteen, or maybethey're their New Year's message for two thousand2800:02:14.789 --> 00:02:16.939and twenty treat stone, two thousandand twenty vision and how this is going2900:02:16.939 --> 00:02:21.419to be. UF fision ninety ninepoint nine person probably, and if they3000:02:21.460 --> 00:02:24.300didn't, they missed a good opportunityto touch on that. But I think3100:02:24.419 --> 00:02:28.060for some they were maybe if theyhad a vision of how wonderful things are3200:02:28.099 --> 00:02:31.770going to be. Maybe they weresurprised. Maybe their surprised. However,3300:02:32.810 --> 00:02:37.969we're not sharing gloom and doom atat all. We're sharing how lights God3400:02:38.050 --> 00:02:42.889did some stuff, some amazing stuff, I'm pretty amazing things, yeah,3500:02:43.009 --> 00:02:46.439that we're going to give glory toGod for. And so we thought we'd3600:02:46.439 --> 00:02:50.560do a podcast highlights of two thousandand twenty. What has god been doing3700:02:51.240 --> 00:02:53.360through previously cities for life? We'regoing to talk about that a little bit.3800:02:53.639 --> 00:02:59.069Yeah, now, Love Life,right, and so what's the Lord3900:02:59.150 --> 00:03:02.110Been Doing? Well, he's beendoing some pretty amazing things. I like4000:03:02.229 --> 00:03:07.150to say amazing. I guess differentamazing. Okay, I think. I4100:03:07.229 --> 00:03:09.789think amazing is a step above amazing. Okay, do you think? Well,4200:03:09.870 --> 00:03:14.060then it's definitely amazing things that,yes, talk of. Amen.4300:03:14.580 --> 00:03:19.340Yeah. So one of the firstthings, because this has been the the4400:03:19.699 --> 00:03:23.460big story in the news, ofcourse, is coronavirus. Right. We4500:03:23.580 --> 00:03:29.330did a podcast last week, coupleweeks ago, right, yeah, about4600:03:29.449 --> 00:03:32.650the vaccine. Somebody, guys can. That just got posted last weekend.4700:03:32.650 --> 00:03:37.569Yeah, right, and you guyscan can partake in that and argue with4800:03:37.650 --> 00:03:39.849us about how wrong we were.It's some folks have and that's fine.4900:03:40.330 --> 00:03:45.759I don't I don't mind being corrected, but that's been the big story.5000:03:45.800 --> 00:03:50.840Yeah, and we really had,initially the beginning of this year from some5100:03:51.159 --> 00:03:55.310pretty difficult struggles with even what todo. Yeah, because there was a5200:03:55.629 --> 00:04:00.909there's a shutdown, there was astatewide deal where we were not supposed we5300:04:00.990 --> 00:04:04.310were supposed to be basically in ourhome, screen at home. Yeah,5400:04:04.430 --> 00:04:09.349the state at home order that wasin place. Think it first started in5500:04:09.469 --> 00:04:13.060the county. There's a county stayat home order and then the state enacted5600:04:13.099 --> 00:04:16.100a stay at home order, andso we were really stuck with the questions5700:04:16.180 --> 00:04:19.819like what do we do in themidstic? And of course our first question5800:04:20.019 --> 00:04:23.860was just the abortion center going tobe open? Yeah, it was.5900:04:24.019 --> 00:04:28.769That was deemed any essential service andI think there was no doubt in our6000:04:28.810 --> 00:04:32.769mind then we need to be outthere. If the abortion centers open,6100:04:33.050 --> 00:04:36.930we need to be out there,and our strong preference was to do that6200:04:38.129 --> 00:04:43.319legally. Yeah, absolutely, andbreak the law, no problems with the6300:04:43.360 --> 00:04:47.480police. Yeah. So we reallywe poured over the stay at home what6400:04:47.720 --> 00:04:51.560was it called? The stay athome order order? Yeah, and and6500:04:51.759 --> 00:04:56.949made sure that what our rights were. And Yeah, and one of the6600:04:56.990 --> 00:05:00.589things that we said initially, atleast I said in my heart and before6700:05:00.589 --> 00:05:01.589the Lord. It's like, Lord, I don't want to just break the6800:05:01.670 --> 00:05:04.750law. I'm not just out herejust to break the law. But if6900:05:04.870 --> 00:05:10.620the abortion clinic is determined to beessential, yeah, then us being out7000:05:10.620 --> 00:05:14.339there and offering those moms and otheroption and proclaiming the Gospel, that's essential7100:05:14.379 --> 00:05:16.699as well. That's right, andso we kind of stuck with that as7200:05:16.819 --> 00:05:20.850our as our guiding premise. Yeah, that if they are essential, we're7300:05:20.850 --> 00:05:24.930essential, and so we're going tobe out there. And there was you7400:05:25.050 --> 00:05:28.810know, it's hard to almost thinkback then, but I remember that first7500:05:28.810 --> 00:05:31.250day thinking when as I was drivingout there no one, yeah, no7600:05:31.370 --> 00:05:34.920one else on the road, andthinking I could end up in jail,7700:05:34.959 --> 00:05:40.279I'm not sure what's going to happen, and even just wrestling in my own7800:05:40.360 --> 00:05:45.399conscience if they say go home butthey don't shut the doors, lock the7900:05:45.480 --> 00:05:49.350doors the abortion center. Do Igo to jail, yeah, or do8000:05:49.509 --> 00:05:54.790I go home to fight another day? What do I do? I remember8100:05:54.790 --> 00:05:58.389there was a lot of uncertainty,a lot of fear. We lost several8200:05:58.470 --> 00:06:01.149councilors. I don't think so muchfrom fear, though, some of them8300:06:01.589 --> 00:06:04.699from fear, but some of thembecause all of a sudden their kids are8400:06:04.699 --> 00:06:09.180out of school and they they hadto be good thing to do it to8500:06:09.300 --> 00:06:14.139school their kids and be home.So it was. It was rough.8600:06:14.180 --> 00:06:17.300Yeah, it was rough and therewere some arrests that took place. There8700:06:17.339 --> 00:06:23.810were, I remember. So Iremember when the first the county wide stay8800:06:23.810 --> 00:06:27.129at home order was in place.That was the Thursday actually when it went8900:06:27.170 --> 00:06:30.170into place and I came out there. I was listened if they're if they're9000:06:30.209 --> 00:06:32.639going to be open at the abortioncenter, that I'm going to be out9100:06:32.639 --> 00:06:36.399there, and so I was thereand I was pretty much expecting the police9200:06:36.439 --> 00:06:40.600to show up and start arresting us. They didn't. They didn't bother us9300:06:41.000 --> 00:06:43.959even that next Saturday. Saturday's alot of times the police are out there9400:06:44.000 --> 00:06:46.959at the treble abortion center, allthe abortion centers here in Charlotte there's a9500:06:46.000 --> 00:06:51.350police presence on Saturdays and on Saturdaysthey left us alone. Yeah, however,9600:06:53.149 --> 00:06:57.350with our friends. This again wasbefore we merge together with love life.9700:06:57.509 --> 00:07:00.540So Justin and Andre and some ofthe other guys would love life act,9800:07:00.660 --> 00:07:04.100some of these founding members. Yeah, some of the original love life9900:07:04.139 --> 00:07:09.980folks were actually in Greensborough and theywere experiencing some issues in Greensboro with the10000:07:10.339 --> 00:07:13.779local authorities, which I thought charlotwould be worsh in Greensboro, but at10100:07:13.779 --> 00:07:17.009that time it was not right andthey started arrest people in Greensboro. least.10200:07:17.009 --> 00:07:20.850That was on like a Monday afterour stayathome order came in place locally,10300:07:21.129 --> 00:07:24.970I think when the state one camein to play. On that next10400:07:25.009 --> 00:07:28.490Monday or something. I don't knowthe timeline exactly, they started resting people10500:07:28.529 --> 00:07:32.519in Greensboro and then that following Saturday, which we did a podcast about the10600:07:32.639 --> 00:07:36.720arrest there and kind of working throughcivil disobedience and what that looks like.10700:07:36.959 --> 00:07:41.199And Yeah, I can we asChristians. How do we handle that as10800:07:41.240 --> 00:07:45.949Christians? And then that next Saturdaythey actually started arresting people here. It10900:07:46.149 --> 00:07:47.910right there, Charlotte, as matterof fact, are our founder, David11000:07:47.949 --> 00:07:51.790Benham, yes, founder of citiesfor life, was actually arrested out here.11100:07:51.790 --> 00:07:55.149Yeah, yeah, and at thetime that they were resting I believe11200:07:55.149 --> 00:07:59.699there were eight people in fought arrestedright here on the trobe and I was11300:07:59.819 --> 00:08:01.060on the RV at the time.I was here. Yeah, but I11400:08:01.220 --> 00:08:05.939was on the RV where my momnot only chose life but committed her life11500:08:05.980 --> 00:08:09.699to Jesus. And and you know, I came out and half, you11600:08:09.819 --> 00:08:13.569know, half the people out therehad been arrested and I remember just be11700:08:15.129 --> 00:08:18.250walking into the circle of the policemanand saying, do you know what just11800:08:18.490 --> 00:08:22.170happened? Here? You are arrestingpeople who are fighting for life and there's11900:08:22.170 --> 00:08:31.000a mom who has chosen life andand even committed her life to God.12000:08:31.360 --> 00:08:35.639And what what are you doing?Yeah, and that was April, right12100:08:35.799 --> 00:08:39.080two thousand and twenty. It wasright after it. I mean it was12200:08:39.159 --> 00:08:43.549in the midst of the crazy andthe scare and it's like the yeah,12300:08:43.590 --> 00:08:46.629all of the unknowns. And listen, they're still some unknowns for sure,12400:08:46.830 --> 00:08:48.950with the coronavirus and he want thevaccine coming out and all of that.12500:08:50.429 --> 00:08:52.950But yeah, the police were arrestingpeople here in Charlotte. I remember that12600:08:52.990 --> 00:08:58.820day when the arrest were taken place. I was actually there and we had12700:08:58.100 --> 00:09:01.419gotten wind, I believe. Ofmatter of fact, one of the police12800:09:01.419 --> 00:09:05.539officers, the major came over andbasically threatened me with the rest. I12900:09:05.620 --> 00:09:07.899said right, you know, ifif you're out here, if you have.13000:09:07.100 --> 00:09:09.970He said at that time, morethan ten people out here, you're13100:09:09.970 --> 00:09:13.450going to jail, which we didn't. Well, we didn't as cities for13200:09:13.529 --> 00:09:18.210life, but some individuals came alongloved life. At that point had called13300:09:18.289 --> 00:09:20.929off the prayer walk. So therewas no prayer walk happening. But they13400:09:20.970 --> 00:09:22.370said if you come out on yourown, there's nothing we can do about13500:09:22.409 --> 00:09:26.440that. Yeah, what's funny istalk about more than ten people. They13600:09:26.440 --> 00:09:31.519ultimately did arrest some folks because therewere more than ten people out there.13700:09:31.200 --> 00:09:35.960They would have passed right by thepark. Who there were pictures of that13800:09:35.120 --> 00:09:39.950same day in the park of peopleall in the park, gay, gathered13900:09:39.990 --> 00:09:43.870together, far more than team andHome Depot was swamped. I think that14000:09:43.990 --> 00:09:46.909day, on that Saturday, wegot photographs of the line. Now,14100:09:46.230 --> 00:09:50.870yeah, absolutely, go in thecars in the parking lot, but who14200:09:50.909 --> 00:09:54.940they chose to arrest? Where thepeaceful prayers were a branch and I remember14300:09:56.460 --> 00:10:00.940that day when arrest started taking place, I was for sure that I was14400:10:01.100 --> 00:10:03.460going to jail. Yeah, Iknow we've always tried to have a good14500:10:03.500 --> 00:10:07.049relationship with the polease, but there'sone police officer, one of the majors.14600:10:07.090 --> 00:10:11.330I'm not going to name his name, who's just for some reason just14700:10:11.490 --> 00:10:13.169doesn't like us. I don't knowwhat his issue is, but I was14800:10:13.250 --> 00:10:16.250sure, because he was been choppingout the bitch to arrest me or write14900:10:16.250 --> 00:10:20.009me a citation, which he's writtenme citations. That's for another podcast.15000:10:20.559 --> 00:10:24.279But I was for sure I wasgoing to jail and so I kind of15100:10:24.320 --> 00:10:28.480gave my going down in a blazeof glory speech on the microphone. I15200:10:28.519 --> 00:10:33.799said at the microphone and started justproclaiming the Gospel and offering help to the15300:10:33.879 --> 00:10:35.950mom's going in and I thought Iwas going down the last arry you're gonna15400:10:37.750 --> 00:10:41.990go down one day. Yeah,I'm there on the microphone and I'm,15500:10:41.110 --> 00:10:43.710you know, I'm doing my thingthere and I'm thinking, okay, the15600:10:43.789 --> 00:10:46.549police officers going to come up behindme any minute, so I'll come on,15700:10:46.750 --> 00:10:50.259but I'm a back and my gonnaresist arrest or anything like that.15800:10:50.899 --> 00:10:54.860And nobody came, and so Ikept on going. Nobody came. I15900:10:54.980 --> 00:10:58.860got a little louder. You know, hey, I'm the last who wrong.16000:10:58.860 --> 00:11:01.820I'm will go for it, andstill nobody came up. So I'll16100:11:01.820 --> 00:11:05.490put the microphone down and walk backto my spot on the sidewalks, like,16200:11:05.730 --> 00:11:07.049okay, I guess I'm not goingto jail. Come to find out,16300:11:07.529 --> 00:11:09.929actually, because I asked the major, why didn't you arrest me?16400:11:11.049 --> 00:11:13.409Is Not like I wanted to getarrested. They don't misunderstand me, but16500:11:13.649 --> 00:11:16.409I'm like, I mean I wasexplained. Yeah, I was expecting.16600:11:16.450 --> 00:11:18.279I'm like one of the first peoplethere. What's going on? And said,16700:11:18.279 --> 00:11:22.279well, you one of the firstten that were there. So therefore16800:11:22.320 --> 00:11:28.080we getting arrescue. Okay, longstory short, people were arrested, but16900:11:28.679 --> 00:11:31.600the Lord use that in some,some very powerful way. So so,17000:11:31.799 --> 00:11:37.590Justin the founder of love life kindof gives this real I mean it's a17100:11:37.629 --> 00:11:43.509biblical concept. Here where and actsone eight the passages and acts one eight.17200:11:43.710 --> 00:11:46.870Well, I don't you will bemy witnesses. Okay, in Jerusalem,17300:11:46.909 --> 00:11:50.340Judaea, Samaria and the uttermost partsof the earth. So that was17400:11:50.419 --> 00:11:54.500acts undred and eighty. Yeah,but actually that didn't happen until acts eight17500:11:54.700 --> 00:11:58.820one. Acts Eight one is whenpersecution broke out and the church was actually17600:11:58.820 --> 00:12:03.529driven from Jerusalem. So they sortof stayed in Jerusalem until persecution came.17700:12:03.129 --> 00:12:09.490And then acts eight one, theGospel begins to spread into Samaria, and17800:12:09.970 --> 00:12:13.929ultimately to Jdaya, to Samaria andultimately to the uttermost parts of the earth.17900:12:15.009 --> 00:12:18.080I get where you're going with this. This is good and so God18000:12:18.200 --> 00:12:24.639uses are used, the coronavirus stuffand the state at home orders and the18100:12:24.720 --> 00:12:30.110arrest and all that stuff, toreally broadcast the message of Love Life and18200:12:30.590 --> 00:12:35.750the mission of love life and toreally stir up churches and pastors to say,18300:12:35.750 --> 00:12:39.029Hey, these are people that arewilling to lay their lives down right18400:12:39.190 --> 00:12:41.789for the cause of Christ, forthe cause of the unborn. And so18500:12:41.990 --> 00:12:45.740pastors, I mean there are pastors, one pastor, as a matter of18600:12:45.740 --> 00:12:50.220fact, in Greensboro who has achurch near the abortion clinic in Greensboro,18700:12:50.340 --> 00:12:54.620who had never one point in hisministry, had never spoken about abortion,18800:12:54.740 --> 00:12:56.139but was always kind of the elephantin the room for him because there's an18900:12:56.139 --> 00:13:00.610abortion clinic right near their church.Yeah, well, that pastor got stirred19000:13:00.610 --> 00:13:03.570up to the point years before,a couple of years before, when love19100:13:03.690 --> 00:13:05.809life came to his door and askhim, Hey, can we use your19200:13:05.809 --> 00:13:09.649church to launch our prayer walks?He got stirred and began to preach about19300:13:09.769 --> 00:13:13.840life and people in his church gotfree from past abortions and they go into19400:13:13.840 --> 00:13:16.000the prayer walks. But that pastorsto the point where he was actually one19500:13:16.000 --> 00:13:20.679of the pastors that was arrested inGreensboro for praying out in front of the19600:13:20.679 --> 00:13:24.159abortion clinic. I keep in mindthe abortion clinic is right next door to19700:13:24.240 --> 00:13:26.000his church. Yeah, and sohe had every right to be there.19800:13:26.039 --> 00:13:30.509He was not violating any law.And don't let me get to all the19900:13:30.549 --> 00:13:33.110legal stuff because it's actually all stillgoing through the court systems, all the20000:13:33.149 --> 00:13:37.429legal stuff that's going to come fromthat. Anyway, the point is God20100:13:37.629 --> 00:13:43.340used that to stir up pastors,to stir up churches. Yeah, to20200:13:43.899 --> 00:13:46.259really bring the message of love lifethat, hey, churches need to be20300:13:46.340 --> 00:13:50.299at these abortion centers praying and interceding. Yeah, to the nation and and20400:13:50.659 --> 00:13:54.940and to the nations. Yes,so here's a terrible thing that I mean20500:13:54.980 --> 00:13:58.129it really was terrible and it isterrible. Coronavirus is terrible, but it20600:13:58.690 --> 00:14:07.129it was definitely led to some reallywonderful things happening. Yeah, and specifically20700:14:07.490 --> 00:14:13.720then, as the sidewalk councilors andcities for life were also very much in20800:14:13.799 --> 00:14:18.639the news, for I remember reporterscoming out all the time and talking to20900:14:18.799 --> 00:14:22.559us in those early days and askingwhat we're doing there and how do we21000:14:22.799 --> 00:14:26.789feel, and why are we exempt, which we were. We were considered21100:14:26.830 --> 00:14:31.470an exempt. Yeah, well,they exactly. They finally realize that we21200:14:31.549 --> 00:14:35.110were rightly. Yeah, we hadto kind of fight for we had read21300:14:35.190 --> 00:14:39.059the orders carefully and figured out andwe were. We were careful about social21400:14:39.139 --> 00:14:43.460distancing and even marked lines on thesidewalk. But anyway, the kind of21500:14:43.500 --> 00:14:46.659the next big milestone in two thousandand twenty was, ultimately, I think,21600:14:46.820 --> 00:14:50.379love life really started that. Maybeyou can speak about this started looking21700:14:50.419 --> 00:14:58.490at Hey, sidewalk counseling is anabsolutely integral part in the church rising up21800:14:58.690 --> 00:15:05.169to fight this demon of abortion,and we are our ministry is to raise21900:15:05.210 --> 00:15:13.039church awareness and and presents and maybewe need to think about merging and combining.22000:15:13.120 --> 00:15:16.360And that was a huge event forus. Yeah, absolutely, and22100:15:16.720 --> 00:15:20.200listen, we have always love lifewalked hand in hand with this. Exactly.22200:15:20.240 --> 00:15:24.309They'd always walked hand in hand withus. There was never any competition22300:15:24.350 --> 00:15:28.750or anything like that, because whatwe did was sidewall counseling. We trained22400:15:28.789 --> 00:15:33.509up people to be an effective Christianwitness at their abortion center. Of course,22500:15:33.590 --> 00:15:35.019mainly focus here in Charlotte. Arethere? We do have chapters in22600:15:35.100 --> 00:15:39.740other cities. Bermain focus was hereand I had actually at the beginning of22700:15:39.820 --> 00:15:41.820this year, and I talked toyou a little bit about it, before22800:15:41.820 --> 00:15:45.620there's even any talk of love lifeand US merging with them, I had22900:15:45.700 --> 00:15:48.019in my heart to bring people hereto our office where right now, at23000:15:48.059 --> 00:15:52.610our office it's not far from thetribe abortion center where those arrest took place23100:15:52.690 --> 00:15:56.210here in Charlotte, and we're ahundred and fifty, two hundred babies dot23200:15:56.370 --> 00:15:58.970every week here in Charlotte. Itwas my heart to bring people in who23300:16:00.009 --> 00:16:03.330look it, what's what God's doingthrough cities for life, who want to23400:16:03.370 --> 00:16:06.840get trained and then send them backout to their city, not necessarily being23500:16:06.879 --> 00:16:10.200a cities for life chapter anything likethat, but just take what God has23600:16:10.200 --> 00:16:12.320taught us and sewing into other people, because I really felt like, you23700:16:12.399 --> 00:16:15.879know, the Lord has taught ussome precious truths about ministry and he's really23800:16:15.879 --> 00:16:19.710helped us with a, I think, a really good balance of truth and23900:16:19.950 --> 00:16:23.590grace, and so I really wantedto sew that into other people. And24000:16:23.710 --> 00:16:26.549can we dream them attacted all thetime? Oh yeah, I mean from24100:16:26.549 --> 00:16:30.350all over the nation. Absolutely wowould call and say what are you guys24200:16:30.470 --> 00:16:37.340doing, because we'd report on onsocial media really some great fruit of our24300:16:37.419 --> 00:16:41.100ministry here, and so it washey, we you know, God gave24400:16:41.139 --> 00:16:44.779us these experiences in this knowledge.We need to share it. Yeah,24500:16:44.980 --> 00:16:47.139yeah, and so it was onmy heart at the beginning of this year,24600:16:47.139 --> 00:16:49.289before even the corona stuff, wetalked about putting together like a many24700:16:49.330 --> 00:16:53.129conference and and doing some things wherewe can have people fly in and we24800:16:53.250 --> 00:16:56.809train them and send them out,we take them to the abortion center here,24900:16:56.850 --> 00:17:00.009right. So that was in myheart and I begin to share that25000:17:00.009 --> 00:17:03.080a little bit with Justin and whatwas in just as hard as, of25100:17:03.200 --> 00:17:07.400course, seeing the nation really turnits heart toward the unborn, see the25200:17:07.480 --> 00:17:11.400churches rise of and it just becameevident that these two ministries are really a25300:17:11.480 --> 00:17:15.430handinhand sort of thing. Yeah,like the Sidewalk Ministry, it comes out25400:17:15.430 --> 00:17:21.029of the local church are you can'tvolunteer with cities for life without being part25500:17:21.029 --> 00:17:22.230of a local church. So wewant ministry to come out of a local25600:17:22.269 --> 00:17:26.710church. When a mom chooses life, we plug her into a local church25700:17:26.789 --> 00:17:30.420with a mentor. So that's that'sas naturally love life hit. was some25800:17:30.660 --> 00:17:33.339loves doing that part of the process. We're getting a lot of our volunteers25900:17:33.539 --> 00:17:37.779from love life and they would cometo the prayer walks and then they would26000:17:37.779 --> 00:17:40.380want to take it a step furtherand they would come and do subwall counseling26100:17:40.420 --> 00:17:44.019and get trained to do that.So anyway, is just and I talked26200:17:44.099 --> 00:17:48.809and even especially when this coronavirus stuffhit and there was a kind of like26300:17:48.049 --> 00:17:51.849this question of are we essential orwe not? And then of course we26400:17:51.890 --> 00:17:53.650answer that questions. They yeah,we're essential, we're going to be out26500:17:53.690 --> 00:17:57.640there. The arrest took place,all this kind of combined together kind of26600:17:57.680 --> 00:18:03.319at the same time. There's arresttook place and it really spurred Justin and26700:18:03.640 --> 00:18:06.920the leadership of love life to think, Hey, God's doing something in the26800:18:06.960 --> 00:18:11.920midst of this and to the pointwhere, because they weren't doing prayer walks26900:18:11.079 --> 00:18:17.029and at that time love life hadchapters in here in Charlotte, started here27000:18:17.069 --> 00:18:19.029in Charlotte, just like cities forlife did. Then in two thousand and27100:18:19.109 --> 00:18:23.630eighteen they moved to the Tryad inthe triangle here in North Carolina. So27200:18:23.710 --> 00:18:30.299that's like Greensboro is the triad andthen Raleigh is the triangle area, and27300:18:30.539 --> 00:18:33.380then they in two thousand and nineteenlaunched in New York. So that was27400:18:33.420 --> 00:18:37.980kind of like what Justin shares hethought was the uttermost parts of the earth.27500:18:37.619 --> 00:18:41.650Little he realized that God wanted totake it beyond this. So anyway,27600:18:41.730 --> 00:18:45.410the prayer walks and everything we're kindof put on Paul's because the coronavirus.27700:18:45.930 --> 00:18:48.569So love life, I think Godinspired the idea to actually, let's27800:18:48.609 --> 00:18:53.210do kind of a virtual prayer walkwhere we go to the different individuals,27900:18:53.250 --> 00:18:57.079because in some states there couldn't bemore than five or ten people out there.28000:18:57.720 --> 00:19:02.599So let's go to a place where, you know, let's let's zoom28100:19:02.720 --> 00:19:06.119in and have somebody WHO's out therein New York's my who's out there in28200:19:06.720 --> 00:19:10.910Philadelphia, or somebody who's out thereat the abortion center in New Jersey or28300:19:10.950 --> 00:19:12.829wherever it might be, and let'ssee what God is doing there. And28400:19:12.869 --> 00:19:17.589letten courage the church to be praying. So that became ultimately what called what28500:19:17.750 --> 00:19:22.430we call now love life live.We're doing a live prayer walk where you28600:19:22.549 --> 00:19:25.619see people who are around the country. At this point, I think we28700:19:25.700 --> 00:19:27.460have two thousand and twenty five,maybe more than that, people who are28800:19:27.460 --> 00:19:33.220at abortion centers. This happens onSaturdays at nine o'clock eastern, and we28900:19:33.380 --> 00:19:34.779go to their city. What's Goddoing there in your city? And we29000:19:34.859 --> 00:19:37.500have different prayer points, just likewe do at the prayer walks, right,29100:19:37.890 --> 00:19:41.890and that, of course spurred morepeople to want to get involved in29200:19:41.930 --> 00:19:45.569their city, like how can Ibring love life here? And so now29300:19:45.809 --> 00:19:51.170out of that Sprong Love Life America, right, and around the same time29400:19:51.369 --> 00:19:55.200that this is being talked about,this is when we're talking about merging together29500:19:55.359 --> 00:19:56.799with cities for life and love life, because, after all, we're going29600:19:56.839 --> 00:20:00.519to bring love life, there needsto to be a sidewalk presence there,29700:20:00.559 --> 00:20:03.400right, and so how are wegoing to do that? And so it29800:20:03.720 --> 00:20:07.789became evident like, okay, weneed to merge these two ministries together,29900:20:07.829 --> 00:20:11.109and so I was asked. Wehad the expertise for the sidewalk yesterday and30000:20:11.150 --> 00:20:15.069they have the expertise for how toget the churches and yeah, absolutely,30100:20:15.109 --> 00:20:19.670and those are a handinhand ministry.Are Not separate ministries there together, and30200:20:19.789 --> 00:20:22.819so I was asked to come onboard word with love life, to merge30300:20:22.940 --> 00:20:26.380cities for life together in with lovelife and to become the director of soyb30400:20:26.460 --> 00:20:30.299walk missionaries. And so while Ah, here I am director of SYB Walk30500:20:30.339 --> 00:20:36.049Missionaries, which is basically the samerole, except more national. So instead30600:20:36.089 --> 00:20:38.890of raising up local sidewalk counselors,which you and I both do together and30700:20:40.009 --> 00:20:42.490we still involved in that some measure, you're more involved in that now than30800:20:42.490 --> 00:20:47.450I am, for as locally,but really raising up what we're calling sidewalk30900:20:47.490 --> 00:20:49.880missionaries, which we did a podcastabout some months ago. Yeah, yeah,31000:20:51.359 --> 00:20:55.200so that's kind of the the Iguess, the Short Really of a31100:20:55.279 --> 00:20:59.799pretty miraculous story that God used thearrests and things like that to ultimately propel31200:21:00.079 --> 00:21:03.160love life and cities for life andto more of a national spot light and31300:21:03.359 --> 00:21:06.990bring us a national vision and aNashal focus. And it's so cool as31400:21:07.029 --> 00:21:11.269we're looking back over the year,because while it was going on, I31500:21:11.470 --> 00:21:15.069sure wasn't aware of all of thislike seeing God's hand. I knew,31600:21:15.109 --> 00:21:18.259I know God's hand is in everything, but it hindsight is is such a31700:21:18.539 --> 00:21:23.700great way to to recognize the handof God working, how he works everything31800:21:23.779 --> 00:21:27.099for good. And it was justmiraculous. Yeah, and and one of31900:21:27.140 --> 00:21:32.579the immediate benefits, of course,says, as we combine with love life32000:21:32.619 --> 00:21:41.890and all this really increased press andand news presence reporting on what we were32100:21:41.930 --> 00:21:45.769doing, was we start getting volunteers. Amazingly, even during those covid months.32200:21:45.930 --> 00:21:51.000Yeah, we're getting request for Hey, we'd love to come volunteer with32300:21:51.160 --> 00:21:56.160you, and over the months thathas really been increasing, which is another32400:21:56.240 --> 00:22:02.390highlight. Searching for volunteers. Anyonewho's involved in any ministry knows that finding32500:22:02.470 --> 00:22:07.950volunteers, faithful, dedicated volunteers,is hard. Yeah, and, and32600:22:08.069 --> 00:22:12.990this is this kind of minute exactly. This is such a difficult ministry.32700:22:14.309 --> 00:22:19.220But we have had a steady streamof volunteer yes, absolutely, yeah,32800:22:19.420 --> 00:22:23.859the Lord's really blessed us. Sowith some some pretty wonderful people, some32900:22:23.900 --> 00:22:29.539amazing, amazing, markable individuals likeyeah, yeah, and some that have,33000:22:30.170 --> 00:22:33.609I guess, in their minds,never thought that they would be ministering33100:22:33.650 --> 00:22:37.130at an abortion center, but asthey saw what God was doing here in33200:22:37.210 --> 00:22:38.730Charlotte, even in spite of thearrest and all of that, they would33300:22:38.769 --> 00:22:41.170like, man, I gotta,I got to step up my game and33400:22:41.490 --> 00:22:45.480yeah, I've got to be involvedin this thing and there were people that33500:22:45.640 --> 00:22:49.240were just so angry at the thoughtthat an abortion center is open and no33600:22:49.359 --> 00:22:53.000one's going in there to say hey, you're not social distancing or why are33700:22:53.160 --> 00:23:00.829you any essential service? But thatbeautiful little home business or small business on33800:23:00.950 --> 00:23:04.069main street is being shuttered by COVIDand there was a lot of anger.33900:23:04.269 --> 00:23:10.589There was an anger over what wasclearly right, the attempt to silence the34000:23:10.670 --> 00:23:17.299Christian voice and allow an abortion centerto remain open. And and so some34100:23:17.460 --> 00:23:22.819volunteers came saying this is not right, they recognize the injustice and they wanted34200:23:22.859 --> 00:23:26.180to become a part of it.Yeah, so the wonderful result when you've34300:23:26.180 --> 00:23:30.450got a lot of volunteers, you'vegot two great ministries that have merged and34400:23:30.369 --> 00:23:37.849are united under God in in thatmission to save the unborn. Well,34500:23:37.890 --> 00:23:41.200guess what? Unborn babies were saved. Yeah, and absolutely. Yeah,34600:23:41.200 --> 00:23:45.759we have a faithful volunteer who keepstrack of yes, we did the numbers,34700:23:47.119 --> 00:23:51.640Christy, meticulous record of babies thatare saying. So I texted her34800:23:51.680 --> 00:23:55.400today. There were two babies savedtoday, one at the parenthood and one34900:23:55.480 --> 00:24:00.230at at Latrobe Anna, which broughtthe total for this year, Chris,35000:24:00.349 --> 00:24:06.150he tells us up to four hundredthirty six babies that are saved this year.35100:24:06.509 --> 00:24:08.710What makes it even more amazing asthis is in the midst of the35200:24:10.619 --> 00:24:15.420just horror of what happened with corona. And if there were times when it35300:24:15.500 --> 00:24:18.819was you, me and maybe maybeone other sidewalk counselor yeah, out there35400:24:18.859 --> 00:24:22.740where it was pretty skeletal. Yeah, three beginning stages of the coronavirus.35500:24:22.779 --> 00:24:27.769Yeah, and then there was thisnew wave of pro abortion people, Young,35600:24:29.009 --> 00:24:33.849young people, and they very aggressiveand and very, very determined not35700:24:34.009 --> 00:24:37.720to let us, single woman,speak to us or think that we were35800:24:37.880 --> 00:24:41.880someone that should be spoken with.And in spite of all of that,35900:24:42.720 --> 00:24:48.119to have that many babies saved.Yeah, and and that's just here in36000:24:48.279 --> 00:24:51.480Charlotte. Yeah, that's it.Since Ryl, and I will say this36100:24:51.759 --> 00:24:56.150now. I wish I could quantifya number, but I will say just36200:24:56.269 --> 00:25:00.309through observation, maybe anecdotally, butI think you'd agree with me, we've36300:25:00.349 --> 00:25:04.509seen less people arriving at the abortions. Yes, and Charlotte, yeah,36400:25:04.509 --> 00:25:08.380I think certainly. Yeah, Imean say their numbers are down and yet36500:25:08.380 --> 00:25:14.259still, you know, we're abouton par with what we have normally seen.36600:25:14.579 --> 00:25:17.380You're by here with babies that arethat are saved. It as so.36700:25:17.740 --> 00:25:19.619So we think that the ratio isprobably higher of baby saved and we36800:25:19.700 --> 00:25:23.970know that abortion rates generally are down. Yeah, so, so to say.36900:25:25.009 --> 00:25:26.930And I think they're down. Ithink there was recently a report,37000:25:27.089 --> 00:25:30.009and I can't remember prol one ofthe pro life news things, that that37100:25:30.250 --> 00:25:36.519said that that the attributed the thedecreased abortions to some, many more women37200:25:36.559 --> 00:25:41.920and we're choosing life because there wassuch a strong pro life presence. And37300:25:41.799 --> 00:25:48.039and so we did also just findout today the number of babies saved nationwide,37400:25:48.079 --> 00:25:55.109because in terms of nationwide, wherelove life yes, expanded and right37500:25:55.190 --> 00:25:59.349now, that six hundred sixty one. Yeah, and counting. Six hundred37600:25:59.390 --> 00:26:00.869and sixty one babies that have beensaved. And we think about that,37700:26:00.990 --> 00:26:07.700guys. This is six hundred andsixty one individuals who were scheduled to die37800:26:07.259 --> 00:26:15.420but now are alive and and willlive because somebody was standing there offering another37900:26:15.539 --> 00:26:19.289alternative. Listen, guys, thelie that women come to an abortion center38000:26:19.329 --> 00:26:22.730and the already got their minds madeup. It's just that it is a38100:26:22.930 --> 00:26:26.650lie excelling me what I was justgoing to say. Women are coming and38200:26:26.809 --> 00:26:30.289they are praying for a sign,and a Christian being there on the sidewalk38300:26:30.329 --> 00:26:34.519offering help and hope in the nameof Jesus is often times that sign.38400:26:34.599 --> 00:26:37.680And with these six hundred sixty one, and that's just the ones that that38500:26:37.960 --> 00:26:41.759we've been able to count right somany are save that we don't even know38600:26:41.799 --> 00:26:45.039about. We won't find out aboutuntil we stand before the Lord. It's38700:26:45.079 --> 00:26:48.710not about numbers, it's not aboutgiving glory to us, but it's is38800:26:48.710 --> 00:26:52.549about giving glory to God. Andyou'll see in the Bible numbers are shared,38900:26:52.589 --> 00:26:56.509numbers of people that come to theLord or shared. Even the number39000:26:56.549 --> 00:27:00.470of fish that were caught. Onehundred fifty three fish were caught in one39100:27:00.509 --> 00:27:04.380particular fishing expedition in the Gospel's leaves, in the gospel of John. We39200:27:04.460 --> 00:27:07.380do a whole side, can we? We did a whole a tolls podcast39300:27:07.420 --> 00:27:11.259about that very thing. But wedid give glory to God the six hundred39400:27:11.339 --> 00:27:17.569sixty one plus babies that were saved. Yeah, Nashally, and I kind39500:27:17.569 --> 00:27:22.529of brings us to what God isdoing nationally in light of talking about the39600:27:22.849 --> 00:27:29.089acts eight one and persecution rose andthe message began to spread. And so39700:27:29.369 --> 00:27:32.079what we were talking about earlier,as far as love life and cities for39800:27:32.160 --> 00:27:34.200life merging together, what was inmy heart is raising up people, as39900:27:34.240 --> 00:27:37.799in Justine's heart. So we beganwhat we call Love Life America. It's40000:27:37.799 --> 00:27:40.920a matter of fact, if youguys want to check it out, love40100:27:41.079 --> 00:27:45.710life dot org slash America's where youcan find that. There are link to40200:27:45.750 --> 00:27:48.630talk about it talks about all ofwhat we're talking about here. Even describes40300:27:48.710 --> 00:27:52.869what a sidewalk missionary is. Butwhat we had done is tried to ID40400:27:52.269 --> 00:27:56.190and invite people to come here toCharlotte. He get trained up to be40500:27:56.269 --> 00:28:03.180sobwalk missionaries to bring love life totheir city. And you are a part40600:28:03.380 --> 00:28:06.099of, and still are a partof that training. And what we're doing40700:28:06.220 --> 00:28:08.900is we're bringing them here to Charlotte. We're doing what we're calling our Subwak40800:28:08.900 --> 00:28:14.369missionary boot camp and they come andthey get trained up in our tactics,40900:28:14.569 --> 00:28:19.009in Biblical what we believe is BiblicalGospel Centered Sybwall counseling. Right, they41000:28:19.089 --> 00:28:22.410get to observe all of the abortioncenter. Sadly, there are many to41100:28:22.490 --> 00:28:29.279observe here and in Charlotte. Sothey get to observe many different abortion centers,41200:28:29.359 --> 00:28:34.640how we how we work effectively ateach of these different kinds of abortion41300:28:34.839 --> 00:28:41.670centers with different challenges. And andthen then we so we train them up41400:28:41.750 --> 00:28:45.589and then we send them back totheir city, yeah, where they will41500:28:45.670 --> 00:28:48.829hopefully be able to replicate. Yeah, and at their point city. I41600:28:48.950 --> 00:28:53.990believe we've got about twenty five sidewalkmissionaries that we've sent out. So we41700:28:55.150 --> 00:29:00.019started training in July of two thousandand twenty and at this point I believe41800:29:00.059 --> 00:29:03.779it's twenty five. Right, we'vedone for many camps, camps, and41900:29:04.299 --> 00:29:10.569we've sent out twenty five missionaries intoI mean we've got a guy like Fresno42000:29:10.730 --> 00:29:15.450California, we've got folks in Alabama, folks are we get a young lady42100:29:15.450 --> 00:29:21.410in Virginia, Young Lady in Pennsylvania, like you said. You're about about42200:29:21.410 --> 00:29:25.400to talk about internationally. Yeah,we have a young lady that's in Israel.42300:29:25.599 --> 00:29:27.640So she's actually in the states now, but she's going back at that.42400:29:29.400 --> 00:29:33.720Couple of months ago she was inIsrael doing pro life ministry in Jerusalem.42500:29:33.759 --> 00:29:37.160I things are a lot different.They're to do ministry. There's not42600:29:37.240 --> 00:29:40.910abortion centers there. Whether there areabortion centers there, but they're actually kind42700:29:40.950 --> 00:29:44.349of hidden and it's kind of aI think most of abortions take place in42800:29:44.509 --> 00:29:48.549hospitals there in Israel. So it'sa bit of a challenge. But she's42900:29:48.589 --> 00:29:52.789there and she's being faithful. We'vegot a guy in Ethiopia, Abraham,43000:29:52.579 --> 00:29:59.140and we've to me it's been veryrewarding. Now, I donn't know about43100:29:59.140 --> 00:30:02.819you, but to hear their testimonies, to hear about babies that we're saved.43200:30:02.859 --> 00:30:04.740You know, it's kind of likethe Apostle John Talks about that,43300:30:06.579 --> 00:30:08.890to see his children walking in theD at. Yeah, I mean because43400:30:10.009 --> 00:30:14.569and many of them are coming fromsome sidewalk experience, but not most of43500:30:14.609 --> 00:30:17.329them, not a lot, someof them more than others. But where43600:30:17.490 --> 00:30:22.920there. They came because they feltthat they were struggling in in seeing baby43700:30:23.079 --> 00:30:29.720saved at their facility and they gohome after this training and it's really exciting43800:30:29.880 --> 00:30:37.269to see before it after report ofincreased saves, increase baby's saved. It's43900:30:37.390 --> 00:30:41.390just so exciting. Yes, soI just got a video from Abram in44000:30:41.509 --> 00:30:48.069Ethiopia. Ethiopia is hard ground atill. Let'm yes, yeah, what's44100:30:48.109 --> 00:30:52.099happening in Ethiopia as far as onthe prolife scene is that abortion is actually44200:30:52.140 --> 00:31:00.500illegal in Ethiopia and abortions take placeto yeah, abortions illegal, but from44300:31:00.539 --> 00:31:07.009what I understand, you're it's allowedin cases of rape and incest and the44400:31:07.170 --> 00:31:10.849doctors not allowed to ask whether ornot a woman is a victim of raprincess.44500:31:11.009 --> 00:31:14.089So they didn't go in and anyonecan't ask. Anyone can get in44600:31:14.089 --> 00:31:17.009a boy, so anyone can getan abortion. So Abram is there and44700:31:17.089 --> 00:31:21.519he's reaching out and he has literaturein his own language that he's handed out.44800:31:21.759 --> 00:31:25.200Yeah, and so, but hehas no resources. So he had44900:31:25.279 --> 00:31:27.000contacted us, you know, afew weeks ago, saying hey, I45000:31:27.319 --> 00:31:32.079don't have a mobile ultrasound unit.There aren't even pregnancy resource centers. I45100:31:32.160 --> 00:31:36.430don't think they're there. There isn'tany way, to be really rate.45200:31:36.509 --> 00:31:40.230The churches aren't really yet involved,so there's no one to go to to45300:31:40.430 --> 00:31:42.990help if a woman should choose life, or even to offer, Hey,45400:31:44.069 --> 00:31:47.069we have resources to help you.Yeah, and so it's kind of it's45500:31:47.180 --> 00:31:52.019pretty it's rough. This is ahard ministry field or mission field that he45600:31:52.180 --> 00:31:55.779has gone to. Yeah, andthen we get this video. Yeah,45700:31:56.180 --> 00:31:57.779awesome. By the way, nicestguy on earth. Oh yeah, such45800:31:57.819 --> 00:32:00.769a God really Nice Guy. Yeah, so we want to play this video45900:32:00.849 --> 00:32:05.089for you, guys, just soyou can share in the blessing that we46000:32:05.170 --> 00:32:09.170were able to share in. Goodmorning, guys, how are you doing?46100:32:09.329 --> 00:32:15.490This is abby Abram from eat yourprthis Habeb. I'm one about one46200:32:15.529 --> 00:32:19.839of the pushing clinic, the busiesta pushing clinic here in this Habeb,46300:32:20.440 --> 00:32:25.160and I just have a goodness totire. There's a lady of her.46400:32:25.480 --> 00:32:31.829She shows coffee and the guards ispushing clinics cards and I give them this46500:32:32.069 --> 00:32:37.869literature. It's written in an American, my own language, and and one46600:32:37.950 --> 00:32:42.470of the lady, I think lastit was, it was Friday, and46700:32:43.109 --> 00:32:46.380she she was coming for an abortion, and they give her this and they46800:32:46.500 --> 00:32:52.140told her about to about me,to contact with me, and told her46900:32:52.220 --> 00:32:57.299not to kill her baby. Soand she turned around and you give me47000:32:57.339 --> 00:33:00.970a call. So I'm going togo see her today. I'm certainly happy47100:33:01.089 --> 00:33:06.690and excited. The first child issaved. It's awesome. God is good47200:33:07.130 --> 00:33:13.759and please keep prying. The Lordblessing brying. So you hear in the47300:33:13.920 --> 00:33:23.079video Abram is sharing the testimony ofactually God using the security guards to great47400:33:23.160 --> 00:33:27.349stand out his literature. Now howthat all played out. I'm not follow47500:33:27.349 --> 00:33:30.829up with him on that because oursecurity guards here certainly not going to be47600:33:30.869 --> 00:33:34.710handed out our literature. They shredour literature. And he's following the same47700:33:34.750 --> 00:33:42.579kind of theme of God using sometimesthose who maybe mean evil against God's people,47800:33:43.019 --> 00:33:46.980and yet they're being used to promotehis plan and his purpose. Yeah,47900:33:46.980 --> 00:33:51.940and I know for him it wasit was pretty discouraging for a while.48000:33:52.099 --> 00:33:53.940Yeah, he got trained up.I believe it was back in he48100:33:54.099 --> 00:33:57.970was our first under was he wasin our second south the way. Okay,48200:33:58.009 --> 00:34:02.049he was in our September group.Okay, and he went back to48300:34:02.170 --> 00:34:06.809Ethiopia. He actually was living herein the states and he was going to48400:34:06.890 --> 00:34:10.400move like couple days after the bootcamp back to Ethiopia. been here for48500:34:10.480 --> 00:34:15.239like ten years. Yeah, andhe went. Finally he had a hard48600:34:15.280 --> 00:34:17.840time funding a place to stay,but any anyway, so he started going48700:34:17.880 --> 00:34:22.199out to the abortion centers and he'sseen women go in and out and he48800:34:22.360 --> 00:34:24.429has really at first didn't have anythingto offer them. Then he made up48900:34:24.429 --> 00:34:30.230that little brochure that he hands outand to steal. Was Pretty discouraged.49000:34:30.469 --> 00:34:34.389And one of the things that youand I are doing with the missionaries is49100:34:34.429 --> 00:34:37.190not just training them, but we'reoverseeing them and encouraging them. And so49200:34:37.349 --> 00:34:39.780do we do a weekly call withthem and just encourage the whole group?49300:34:40.179 --> 00:34:44.780And you could tell he was prettydiscourage. Yeah, at a few points,49400:34:44.900 --> 00:34:47.659but it on that weekly calling.In his discouragement he's saying, I've49500:34:47.739 --> 00:34:52.019nothing to offer the women and bothof us had the idea, well,49600:34:52.179 --> 00:34:57.650maybe there's a way to ship thingsto him. Yeah, for a baby49700:34:57.730 --> 00:35:00.369shower, and we did a littledigging. We've got a bit our baby49800:35:00.449 --> 00:35:06.090shower lady, Sarah, who isoff with having a well, she's had49900:35:06.130 --> 00:35:07.840her baby. Now our babies gettinga little bit older and she agreed that50000:35:08.320 --> 00:35:13.719she would oversee this because it iscomplicated. I found a link on Google50100:35:13.760 --> 00:35:16.239where that's or yeah, I foundit on Google where it is possible to50200:35:16.360 --> 00:35:21.199ship things to Ethiopia through Amazon.Yeah, so we could do a virtual50300:35:21.280 --> 00:35:24.230baby shower. We could find outthe need ship the stuff and we have50400:35:24.550 --> 00:35:29.909offered that to him and we're inthe testing phase soon, yeah, on50500:35:30.030 --> 00:35:32.750whether this plan will work. Wecertainly hope it will, because now he's50600:35:32.829 --> 00:35:38.139got a woman to offer resources to. Yeah, yeah, and you can50700:35:38.179 --> 00:35:43.539just see in that video the joyin Abra McGee, hear in his voice.50800:35:43.699 --> 00:35:46.900Yeah, and it's joyful for usto it is very exciting. Another50900:35:47.900 --> 00:35:54.090Situations Young Lady, our missionary inrolling over Virginia's Jenna, who was pretty51000:35:54.170 --> 00:35:59.969discouraged for for some time not seeingany baby saved. It's difficult where she's51100:35:59.969 --> 00:36:04.639at. She's had a plan parenthoodthat's really all from the road and Plant51200:36:04.719 --> 00:36:07.440parenthood does do other things other thanabortion, and so she was having a51300:36:07.480 --> 00:36:10.840hard time finding, okay, who'seven here from an abortion and even finding51400:36:10.880 --> 00:36:15.000which days that they do abortion appointments, because some days they don't do abortions,51500:36:15.039 --> 00:36:19.110like the one here in Charlotte onlydoes abortions on Tuesday and Fridays.51600:36:19.150 --> 00:36:23.070Sometimes that's hard to find out.Yeah, but anyway, we actually sent51700:36:23.309 --> 00:36:29.230Amanda, who's a local here thatwe raised up as a sidewalk missionary,51800:36:29.309 --> 00:36:32.099up to support Jenna and to helpher out with some of those things.51900:36:32.139 --> 00:36:37.380And think the first day that Amandawas there Jenna saw her first baby saving.52000:36:37.420 --> 00:36:40.900Actually at that point it was twobabies to babies say so and on52100:36:42.059 --> 00:36:45.980her first day of seen any savedbabies too, saved babies fans. Awesome.52200:36:45.139 --> 00:36:49.250Yeah, and I was overjoyed.I Know Jenna was overjoyed, you52300:36:49.289 --> 00:36:52.530could see, and I was overjoyedhere to hear. Yeah, and so52400:36:52.730 --> 00:36:55.730this is just kind of just sharingwith you guys. God's using even this52500:36:55.849 --> 00:37:00.090coronavirus stuff, even this difficult yeartwo thousand and twenty, which has been52600:37:00.090 --> 00:37:01.880hard for a lot of us,and and it's it ain't over yet,52700:37:02.079 --> 00:37:07.559right. Yeah, but man,God's doing stuff. These are just too52800:37:07.840 --> 00:37:10.400yeah, of the missionaries. There'sthere's more stories that we could share if52900:37:10.400 --> 00:37:14.559you go on endlessly. Yeah.Yeah, so there's a third one that53000:37:14.599 --> 00:37:17.789I do want to share it andCalli with with one of our sharing one53100:37:17.829 --> 00:37:22.230of our very loyal Sidebot councers,and I've been doing this for eight years53200:37:22.389 --> 00:37:25.510now. You longer, but Ithe most I've ever seen in a single53300:37:25.630 --> 00:37:31.380day of women who have chosen lifeis eight, and that was an unbelievably53400:37:31.420 --> 00:37:35.579exciting day. That was the mostI've seen in my eight years. And53500:37:35.699 --> 00:37:42.300apparently about a week ago out inRaleigh there were nine babies saved and that53600:37:42.579 --> 00:37:45.969is just unheard of. Yeah,it seemed like to me. And there's53700:37:45.050 --> 00:37:49.210only twenty one abortions, I think. Yeah, so it's like close to53800:37:49.449 --> 00:37:53.849half. That's Charler's bottom line life. And it seems to me now you53900:37:53.929 --> 00:37:57.849may have observed it a little differently, and Sharon might correct us if you're54000:37:57.849 --> 00:38:00.239listening to this podcast, Yar,and we're not trying to throw you under54100:38:00.320 --> 00:38:02.760under the bus and toot our ownhorn, but it seemed to me that54200:38:02.960 --> 00:38:07.880after she had come her and Greghad come here to do the boot camp54300:38:07.960 --> 00:38:09.719here in Charlotte, that the Lordthey were already doing a great work.54400:38:09.760 --> 00:38:13.710So I'm not, as they werekind of discount that, but it seemed54500:38:13.750 --> 00:38:15.590like it went to the next leftexponential. Yeah, all of a sudden54600:38:15.630 --> 00:38:20.030there's, there's I think it's rarefor them not to see baby safe now.54700:38:20.070 --> 00:38:22.510Yeah, every day. So thatGod is on the move. God,54800:38:22.670 --> 00:38:28.179he absolutely clearly on the move,so that in two thousand and twenty54900:38:28.699 --> 00:38:35.019now we think we have estimated thatthere are nineteen abortion centers that, prior55000:38:35.059 --> 00:38:38.739to two thousand and twenty did nothave a Christian witness and they're now covered.55100:38:38.820 --> 00:38:43.530Yeah, because of God raising upthese God walk missions through one of55200:38:43.570 --> 00:38:46.530the things that was our goal oncewe merge together with love life back in55300:38:46.650 --> 00:38:52.090May of two thousand and twenty andjust really kind of I really hit the55400:38:52.130 --> 00:38:54.329ground running with trying to raise upSibwalk missioners, put together boot camp and55500:38:54.650 --> 00:38:58.280figure out what all this looks like. And we're still working the bugs out55600:38:58.280 --> 00:39:01.000all of Ye but one of ourgoals was we want to see a Christian55700:39:01.000 --> 00:39:06.199witness at every abortion center in NorthCarolina by the end of the year.55800:39:06.239 --> 00:39:10.349They're fifteen abortion centers in North Carolinaand there was one here in Charlotte,55900:39:10.349 --> 00:39:15.030believe it or not, the prolifeMecca has some people view it as there56000:39:15.070 --> 00:39:19.429were still one abortion center here thatdid not have a consistent Christian witness.56100:39:19.550 --> 00:39:24.340Right and God raised up Elijah,who's now a faithful sidewalk missionary. He56200:39:24.460 --> 00:39:29.260came out of a pretty good jobto actually step out in faith and be56300:39:29.340 --> 00:39:32.139a sidewalk missionary. So if youguys want to support my friend Elijah as56400:39:32.139 --> 00:39:37.059a missionary on the sidewalk, thebrothers doing amazing work raising up sidewalk counselors.56500:39:37.099 --> 00:39:40.050He's out there every day. Godis raising up teams around him.56600:39:40.489 --> 00:39:45.489He's even to the point where,unfortunately, Plan parenthood opened up another day56700:39:45.489 --> 00:39:47.690where they were doing abortions. Theyare only doing them on Fridays and then56800:39:47.809 --> 00:39:51.449about a month ago, I believe, they started doing them on Tuesdays.56900:39:51.889 --> 00:39:55.119But he's raised up enough people,Elijah has, that he's been freed up57000:39:55.119 --> 00:39:59.119to be able to go to plantparenthood and since some of his volunteers there.57100:39:59.199 --> 00:40:04.239Yeah, so, I mean I'mhappy to announce that at this point57200:40:04.280 --> 00:40:08.230every abortion center, so Durham andChapel Hill were two kind of breaches in57300:40:08.269 --> 00:40:14.269the wall. There's an consistent Christianwitness at those abortion centers now. So57400:40:14.389 --> 00:40:19.510I can say with with high levelof confidence that there is a Christian witness57500:40:19.989 --> 00:40:23.380at every abortion center in North Carolinaand here in two thousand and twenty God57600:40:23.460 --> 00:40:27.420has done it. Now. Thisnot all of life. People. Hey,57700:40:27.539 --> 00:40:30.860listen, we don't think we're Ithink I think we are the best.57800:40:30.940 --> 00:40:32.260What do you think? Well,I know a little about I mean57900:40:32.260 --> 00:40:36.889a little biased, but listen,as long as the gospels going forth,58000:40:37.289 --> 00:40:39.090people are doing they may not like, maybe they don't do it like we58100:40:39.210 --> 00:40:43.210do it or whatever. Who Cares, as long as they're doing like God58200:40:43.289 --> 00:40:45.449has called them to and they're honoringthe Lord and honor in his word.58300:40:45.969 --> 00:40:49.610I'm happy with it. So Godis raising up people, whether it be58400:40:49.650 --> 00:40:52.400loved life people are otherwise, tobe a Christian witness. He's abortion centers58500:40:52.679 --> 00:40:58.480and God's done it this year tohave a Christian witness at every abortions center58600:40:58.480 --> 00:41:01.360in North Carolina. And now thegoal is with Love Life America, because58700:41:01.440 --> 00:41:07.110we've figured that there's about seven hundredabortion clinics in the United States of American58800:41:07.110 --> 00:41:08.829and I'm actually looking right now ata map that we have on the wall58900:41:09.349 --> 00:41:14.349where we've gone through and identified onthis mappy United States of America where all59000:41:14.389 --> 00:41:16.630of the abortion centers are. Weput a little black pain. Actually,59100:41:16.630 --> 00:41:20.900allied you do this. Put alittle black pain where every abortion center was59200:41:21.659 --> 00:41:25.019and then that that signifies an abortioncenter that we've not been able to identify59300:41:25.139 --> 00:41:30.340Christian witness. And there's about sevenhundred of abortion centers total. And then59400:41:30.340 --> 00:41:31.929we went through and try to figureout where there is a Christian witness and59500:41:32.010 --> 00:41:36.250we put a white pin instead ofa black pin so there's a consistent Christian59600:41:36.289 --> 00:41:38.170witness there. And where there's alove life presence, we put a yellow59700:41:38.210 --> 00:41:42.809pen instead of a white pain andI'm believing that God's going to fill this59800:41:42.889 --> 00:41:45.449up and that that fill these blackpins up with yellow or white pins.59900:41:45.769 --> 00:41:50.199And that really was the goal thatwe think. There's there's about seven hundred60000:41:50.239 --> 00:41:54.239abortion centers. We figure that aboutseventy percent of those don't have a consistent60100:41:54.320 --> 00:41:59.079Christian witness. So the goal is, and it's a big goal, that60200:41:59.400 --> 00:42:01.590by November of two thousand and twentyone, we want to see a Christian60300:42:01.590 --> 00:42:07.070witness at every one of these abortioncenters in the United States of America by60400:42:07.150 --> 00:42:08.429again, by November two thousand andtwenty one. Some be praying for that,60500:42:08.469 --> 00:42:12.389guys, because it's a it's atall order, but I believe the60600:42:12.469 --> 00:42:15.590Lord's in it. And why Novembertwo thousand and twenty one? I think60700:42:15.590 --> 00:42:20.500there was a reason for that.There is so and one thousand nine hundred60800:42:20.500 --> 00:42:24.179and twenty one. HMM, whenthat's when Margaret Sang, you're kind of60900:42:24.300 --> 00:42:28.460launched, and Justin tells it alittle better than I do. He's done61000:42:28.500 --> 00:42:31.690the history on this, but itdidn't. November of one thousand nineteen twenty61100:42:31.730 --> 00:42:37.329one, the Margaret Singer launched theNational Birth Control League, which ultimately became61200:42:37.329 --> 00:42:44.090parenthood and that was the major pushwith the eugenics movement, the Birth Control61300:42:44.210 --> 00:42:49.440Movement, the pro abortion movement.And so we want to glorify God and61400:42:50.159 --> 00:42:52.679just hey, this is what theLord has done. Every abortion center that61500:42:53.000 --> 00:42:57.599Margaret Singers ultimately, and her ideologyis the root of, actually has a61600:42:57.639 --> 00:43:00.510Christian in front of it. Now. Yeah, again, it's all order.61700:43:00.670 --> 00:43:02.309A hundred years later it's later.God has done this work. So61800:43:02.389 --> 00:43:07.590it's a tall order again, butGod's doing it slowly but surely. Got61900:43:07.670 --> 00:43:10.030People from all over the country,all over the world that are interested in62000:43:10.150 --> 00:43:14.099becoming sidewalk missionaries, and so,by God's grace, were trying to raise62100:43:14.139 --> 00:43:16.980them up. And and I Iwhen you first said that, I thought62200:43:17.099 --> 00:43:21.539no way, but you know,yeah, I think God will make away.62300:43:21.820 --> 00:43:24.980Yeah, but then the the lastthing is that our gospel centered pro62400:43:25.099 --> 00:43:30.010life podcast has continued every week withoutI don't think we've missed a week.62500:43:30.090 --> 00:43:34.969HAVEF WE WE HAVE NOT MISSED Aweek without every Thursday morning. Yeah,62600:43:34.969 --> 00:43:37.610I've AMS when I put them outthere. Yeah, and we've been able62700:43:37.650 --> 00:43:44.000to over all kinds of subjects.Even remember the podcast we did with Ebony,62800:43:44.639 --> 00:43:47.559who actually was going to New Yorkto have a third trapmaster abortion and62900:43:47.719 --> 00:43:52.760God, use the coronavirus stuff andthe scare from that even change her mind.63000:43:52.960 --> 00:43:57.230Yeah, save her baby. Yeah, she actually testified. I gave63100:43:57.309 --> 00:44:01.389her testimony at the week forty prayerwalk that we did as past, just63200:44:01.510 --> 00:44:06.190a couple of couple of weeks ago. Right, there was another mom in63300:44:06.789 --> 00:44:10.659as we're very close to the endof of two thousand and twenty, which63400:44:10.739 --> 00:44:16.260is, I think, maybe thewhat we wish would happen with every single63500:44:16.380 --> 00:44:21.940mom who chooses life. She wasout there today. Yeah, she's someone63600:44:22.579 --> 00:44:28.449who came a few months ago toaboard her child and met with love life63700:44:28.690 --> 00:44:36.409people and our counselors and came onthe help monroe pregnancy mobile ultrasound unit out63800:44:36.449 --> 00:44:43.239there and she chose life. Kindof tenuous choice. Rescheduled an abortion a63900:44:43.320 --> 00:44:45.960couple days later and it was ahard fought battle for this woman. She64000:44:46.159 --> 00:44:50.760was she was not walking with God. She didn't believe in God, but64100:44:50.880 --> 00:44:55.550anyways, she she ended up comingto the Lord, choosing life, solid64200:44:55.590 --> 00:45:00.829choice for life. Love Life andpartnering ministries helped her so much in so64300:45:00.949 --> 00:45:07.300many areas. She had a beautifulchild. Yeah, little baby who I'm64400:45:07.300 --> 00:45:13.780not sure how wildy is now acouple months and and she called today and64500:45:13.980 --> 00:45:19.420said could she come out? Shewanted to decide will out this sidewalk and64600:45:20.539 --> 00:45:23.650to speak to the women, ifpossible, and to speak to the people.64700:45:23.809 --> 00:45:28.570She really had a heart to speakto those people that were ushering the64800:45:28.610 --> 00:45:32.489women past us and not letting themspeak with us and trying to dispel the64900:45:32.650 --> 00:45:38.719lies that that these socalled pro choicepeople were telling about us. And she65000:45:39.079 --> 00:45:45.719was just it was so magnificent.It was so wonderful to see someone who65100:45:45.400 --> 00:45:49.159came to the very place where shehad almost well, it was actually a65200:45:49.159 --> 00:45:51.710different abortion center, was the onearound the corner, but had come to65300:45:51.789 --> 00:45:57.829the an abortion center intending to killher baby and now brings the baby back65400:45:57.989 --> 00:46:04.380with the intention to redeem the livesof other women in similar desperate situations.65500:46:04.420 --> 00:46:08.340It's pretty amazing. So, guys, we hope we hadn't been bragging too65600:46:08.420 --> 00:46:13.500much have I think we've been bragginga little aloud. One day, one65700:46:13.539 --> 00:46:15.980day year, we can. Wecan brag one day a year. Will65800:46:15.019 --> 00:46:20.130really bragging on what the Lord hasdone. Exactly. Listen, above all65900:46:20.289 --> 00:46:23.170people, blow all people. Maybethat's the more Humbley to say it whatever,66000:46:23.809 --> 00:46:29.610no Mo limitations, my frailties,yeah, my inadequacies, and that,66100:46:29.929 --> 00:46:34.280apart from the Lord's work, wouldbe nothing. I wouldn't be able66200:46:34.320 --> 00:46:37.960to be effective on the sidewalk helpinganyone. And so anything that that we've66300:46:38.000 --> 00:46:42.519shared with you guys, we're braggingon Jesus, if you can say it66400:46:42.639 --> 00:46:45.880like that, what the Lord hasdone. But he uses people and we're66500:46:45.920 --> 00:46:51.269seeing God use people all over thenation, all over the world to be66600:46:51.389 --> 00:46:54.429a Gospel centered witness and we hopethat this podcast is encouragement to you guys.66700:46:54.590 --> 00:46:58.269This episode we hope and encouragement.Again, we're not just bragging,66800:46:58.829 --> 00:47:00.940we're sharing what God has done andglorying and what the Lord has done.66900:47:01.539 --> 00:47:05.500And if you guys have any interest, you who are listening, maybe you're67000:47:05.500 --> 00:47:08.420already involved in sidewalk ministry but youwant to get trained further, we would67100:47:08.460 --> 00:47:13.059certainly be willing to get you pluggedin with our sidewalk missionary boot camp if67200:47:13.099 --> 00:47:16.250you kind of check the boxes andfit the criteria for that. If you67300:47:16.329 --> 00:47:21.010want to reach out. Maybe youjust got some questions or whatever about cybwalk67400:47:21.050 --> 00:47:23.010ministry. Maybe God stir in yourheart and you've never been out on a67500:47:23.090 --> 00:47:27.809sidewalk. We did a podcast monthsago about your first time on sidewalk and67600:47:27.849 --> 00:47:30.480what that might look like to helpencourage people to be out there. So67700:47:30.679 --> 00:47:36.039check that out. Check out oursidewalks for lifecom website sidewalks the number four67800:47:36.119 --> 00:47:39.920lifecom where there's some equipping stuff there, and we just hope that you guys67900:47:39.960 --> 00:47:43.320are encouraged. We have the youguys, even in spite of all the68000:47:43.360 --> 00:47:46.550foolishness of this year, and youknow, not just corona but the riots68100:47:46.590 --> 00:47:52.389and racial unrest and political stuff,we have the you guys are clinging to68200:47:52.429 --> 00:47:54.469the Lord. Who would encourage youguys to do that so that we move68300:47:54.550 --> 00:47:59.219into two thousand and twenty one,give them praise and glory to the name68400:47:59.219 --> 00:48:00.619of Jesus. At the beginning ofthis year, at the beginning of every68500:48:00.659 --> 00:48:06.820year, me and my family commitour year to the Lord to serve him,68600:48:07.380 --> 00:48:09.659and I hope that you guys willcommit your your year two thousand and68700:48:09.659 --> 00:48:13.889twenty one to the Lord. Committhat the rest of two thousand and twenty68800:48:13.889 --> 00:48:15.809two the Lord. It's not toolate. Yeah, to do that and68900:48:15.969 --> 00:48:20.090get involved in some capacity, toyour abortion center, be out there pray,69000:48:21.050 --> 00:48:25.090reach out and and share this podcast. Yeah, above all things,69100:48:25.849 --> 00:48:30.239it's good about that, but doshare the podcast, and with that I69200:48:30.360 --> 00:48:34.360think we'll wrap this thing up.You can reach out to me Daniel at69300:48:34.400 --> 00:48:37.760Love Life Dot Org, read outto her at Vicky at Love Life Dot69400:48:37.760 --> 00:48:42.469Org. We love to hear fromyou and until next time, God bless.69500:48:45.829 --> 00:48:54.550Give me our love for love,give me our love for gratitude.69600:48:58.659 --> 00:49:07.420I know it will cost me mylife. Nothing's too precious, and some69700:49:07.980 --> 00:49:07.380that you