Wednesday, July 31, 2013
Saturday at 117th street
Sonogram
Yesterday we went to "radio catolica" in a program called "defiende la vida". It was program retransmited worldwide so it's a fantastic opportunity for us and for the people who listened to us to take part in this war against abortion.
In this program they asked us why we were here, what's EMC, what we exactly do here and that kind of questions...
All of us, with no associaton with the college career that we study agree in one point: "life is a beautifull gift of God and nobody can decide about it, only God" Also they asked for some experiencies we have with girls, I talked about Ivanna (I haved wrote a blog before of that case) and a new case here in the office.
The other day a girl came to see us to the office, it was a really difficult case. Firslty, she was ilegal in the USA, I mean she has no american ID, and she was pregnant, "obviusly" she looked the baby like a big problem and the abortion as an alternative, but after a few minutes talking with her we convinced her to have a sonogram and she accepted!!
We pray for the life of this baby and also for the moment that when the mum see the sonogram her opinion may change and hopefully she would prefer to keep the baby!
Cleveland.
Following
the EMC expansion project we have to offer a grain of sand in Cleveland. What we learned at conferences helps us improve our sidewalk councelling and encourages
us to continue.
Many
women visit abortion clinics. Many kindly stand with a smile and
listen carefully to what you tell them but there are also many who do not want
anything from you. Sometimes you can listen things like: Do something better with your
time.
So I
wonder if I can really do something better with my time? And now I Know it is impossible! These work worth it. Every person deserves to live. Is your life worth?
Whatever
happens every day in front of the clinic, the lives saved by our presence and
prayers are certainly more than you have reached.
From
my deepest admiration I thank all those that reach a firm commitment to life and
decide to spend throughout the year hours of their time to stay in front
of abortion clinics. A time that surely can´t be better spent. Thank you.
Brand new concept: turn-over car
This is the story of my experience of last Saturday at 666 abortion clinic in Miami. This is of course a real story about good work, well done and done with real faith.
At an abortion clinic, prepared interns try to do sidewalk counseling, which is pretty hard mainly because the women who are going to an abortion clinic the only one thing that have in their minds is have that abortion. But there is a plus factor which is that in most clinics you have to enter by car. Well, this clinic especifically it's entrance is only by car so pro-lifers stand outside and pray. Pray for the innocents unborns, for their mums and for the people who work at this places.
What happened this last Saturday was that while I was there with a group of around 25 pro-lifers praying the rosary four cars with women inside who apparently were going to have and abortion, get inside the clinic. We prayed louder and stronger, all together asking God for help and it did work! Every single car which entered that morning last one minute inside that evil place. The good news are that an abortion cannot be done in less than one minute even more if the woman doesn't get off the car.
So, yes it did work.
The conference
This last week we have been in a meeting where a lot of people where talking to teach us about how to councelling the pregnancy girls that they want to have an abortion. I want to tell you two ideas i got from father Frank. He speaks very well and he really has a lot of experience about councelling. he told us that there are a lot of people thinks that it is okey to kill a baby because they dont really have a soul. They said to this people that when it is the moment when we have a soul? we dont know, so it is possible that right now you dont have a soul, so then can i kill you for that?
He also shows us that this girls are not guilty about the abortion, it is the desesperation of a mother what makes a mother want to do such a desesperated think, we have to be there to support them not to judge them.
Because it happens
Pro
choices proponents defend abortion claiming that in a difficult
situation the best thing that a pregnant woman can do is have an
abortion in order to have a better life, reaching their goals and doing
whatever they want without anything holding them back.
Cleveland, a few days ago, I met a woman who had a very complicated life. In her
family there was a lot of violence, her father had problems with drugs
and alcohol so she had a hard childhood. At the age of 18 she got
pregnant, she told to her mother, they decided to have an abortion so
they came into an abortion clinic. There the staff prepared her to do
it, she was a little bit surprised because of the people that work
there, they all looked unhappy and they were rude with her, she didn’t
like the atmosphere. When she was lying on the table
she got very nervous and she start to have doubts about having the
abortion. Finally when she saw the baby on the sonogram she decided to
have her baby, so she left the abortion clinic.
Over twenty years after this event, this woman has a great job and a great daughter
who is studying in a good college; also she is right now in front of some abortion mills fighting against these crimes. In conclusion she has a good live and
she is a happy person too.
As far as I've observed, especially from this woman, I don’t believe that having a child in a hard environment ruins a life. We are there because it happens.
You are my one and only.
You're just a Small Bump unborn, Four months you're brought to life,
You might be left with my hair, but you'll have your Mother's eyes,
I'll hold your body in my hands be as gentle as I can, and now your scan on
My unmade plans,
Small bump four months then brought to life
I'll whisper quietly, I'll give you nothing but truth,
If your not inside me, I'll put my future in you
Cause you are my one, and only.
And You can wrap your fingers round my thumb and hold me tight.
Oh you are my one, and only.
You can wrap your fingers round my thumb and hold me tight.
And you'll be alright.
Your just a small bump unknown and you'll grow into your skin.
With a smile like hers and a dimple beneath your chin.
Finger nails the size of a half grain of rice.
And eyelids closed to be soon opened wide a small bump, in Four months
You'll open your eyes.
And I'll hold you tightly, And tell you nothing but truth,
If your not inside me, I'll put my future in you
You are my one, and only.
You can wrap your fingers round my thumb and hold me tight.
Oh you are my one, and only.
You can wrap your fingers round my thumb and hold me tight.
And you'll be alright.
And You can lie with me, with your tiny feet when your half asleep, I'll leave You be.
Right in front of me for a couple weeks.
So I can keep you safe.
Cause you are my one, and only.
You can wrap your fingers round my thumb and hold me tight.
Oh you are my one, and only.
You can wrap your fingers round my thumb and hold me tight.
And you'll be alright.
Your just a small bump unborn just four months then torn from life.
Maybe you were needed up there but we're still un-aware as why
Ed Sheeran
You might be left with my hair, but you'll have your Mother's eyes,
I'll hold your body in my hands be as gentle as I can, and now your scan on
My unmade plans,
Small bump four months then brought to life
I'll whisper quietly, I'll give you nothing but truth,
If your not inside me, I'll put my future in you
Cause you are my one, and only.
And You can wrap your fingers round my thumb and hold me tight.
Oh you are my one, and only.
You can wrap your fingers round my thumb and hold me tight.
And you'll be alright.
Your just a small bump unknown and you'll grow into your skin.
With a smile like hers and a dimple beneath your chin.
Finger nails the size of a half grain of rice.
And eyelids closed to be soon opened wide a small bump, in Four months
You'll open your eyes.
And I'll hold you tightly, And tell you nothing but truth,
If your not inside me, I'll put my future in you
You are my one, and only.
You can wrap your fingers round my thumb and hold me tight.
Oh you are my one, and only.
You can wrap your fingers round my thumb and hold me tight.
And you'll be alright.
And You can lie with me, with your tiny feet when your half asleep, I'll leave You be.
Right in front of me for a couple weeks.
So I can keep you safe.
Cause you are my one, and only.
You can wrap your fingers round my thumb and hold me tight.
Oh you are my one, and only.
You can wrap your fingers round my thumb and hold me tight.
And you'll be alright.
Your just a small bump unborn just four months then torn from life.
Maybe you were needed up there but we're still un-aware as why
Ed Sheeran
The other side
Last Saturday, we spent the morning in front of Preterm, the most important abortion mill in the state of Ohio. With us there were some pro-life people who spend every Saturday morning, they explained us how to work there on those days; the presence of the pro-choice make the work harder for us.
What most impressed me was that these guys were supposed to give the women different options, if not, they wouldn´t be called pro-choice. They tried to intimidate us taking pictures and being mean. When a woman went into the abortion clinic, they act like security guards, when someone talks with us, these guys ignore them. It seems that we are making our best so they cannot fight against the women´s rights.
Here I show you a picture of them, preparing a strategy to stop us:
What most impressed me was that these guys were supposed to give the women different options, if not, they wouldn´t be called pro-choice. They tried to intimidate us taking pictures and being mean. When a woman went into the abortion clinic, they act like security guards, when someone talks with us, these guys ignore them. It seems that we are making our best so they cannot fight against the women´s rights.
Here I show you a picture of them, preparing a strategy to stop us:
Cleveland i am gonna miss you
This week will be my last week in Cleveland. I would like to talk with you about the my experience in the Preterm clinic. We have been focusing our efforts in this mill because it is the biggest and most important killing center. Last Tuesday I had to say goodbye to some people who have been helping us in our working place. I would like to mention a specific group, 40 days for life. One of its main members, John Noall has been helping us a lot. He gave us some money, fresh fruit and some meals at Mc donalds. I am afraid I will not be able to see him anymore because next friday he will not be at Preterm to help us against abortionists. He told us that he was having some problems with his stomach so everybody pray for his recover, everything will be all right John, that is for sure! And as expected I will say that this is not a goodbye, it is a see you soon John and enjoy your sports car too.
National Sidewalk Counseling Symposium in Minneapolis.
Last weekend,
some of us had the chance to go to the NSCSconferences
in Minneapolis. We were very lucky to be there. We had the opportunity to get
some training on sidewalk counseling. Despite I think the best way to learn is
by experience, listening to those presenters in their lectures was good for us.
Interns and whoever does sidewalk counseling, we do not have to be shy or
scared. We need to have strength and trust in ourselves. Sometimes we may think
that we won’t have the best or the correct words for all these women. However,
God is with us in all those moments. HE
will give us the best speech or the best words to tell them. It seems that this
advice sounds very typical, but it’s totally true. After more than two weeks,
I’ve seen that I’m not alone in this. I can always count on HIM.
There was this
pastor called Walter Hoye. He told us
about Stephanie Spidell and her
daughter Khya. Here there is a short
biography of Stephanie:
I'm a single mother of six children,
including a special needs daughter named Khya, who was given an
"incompatible with life" diagnosis of Alobar Holoprosencephaly, which
means Khya's brain did not develop normally early in my pregnancy. She was not
expected to survive the pregnancy. If she did survive the delivery, doctors
predicted she may only live a few minutes or hours, six months at most. Khya is
now almost two years old. The medical community heavily pressured me to have a
late-term abortion, to end my child's life to "put her out of her
misery". They said I would be traumatized if I saw her, but we loved Khya
unconditionally and would cherish anytime we had with her. I'm very blessed and
honored to be Khya's Mom. Along with my other five children, we are Khya's
full-time caregivers and we want to share her story so that people will
understand that all life is precious! What the world sees as
"imperfect" or a "mistake", we see as our much loved little
sister and daughter. Khya has taught us so much about faith, hope, and love. I
thank God for picking me to be her mom.
You can watch
the video by going to this link. It's beautiful.
with us. I used to live with them two years ago. When I told them that I’d be in town for three days, they
offered their house for the ten of us. Isn’t that nice? They also prepared an American breakfast on Saturday
morning which was delicious! We all want to say THANK YOU again for your kindness, and… see you soon!
You can see the ten of us enjoying our breakfast.
Minnesota y como volvernos profesionales
Hoy escribo en español por falta de lucidez. El fin de semana pasado fuimos juntos los grupos de Cleveland y Detroit a una conferencia de Sidewalk Counseling en Minneapolis. Allí encontramos todo tipo de gente brillante con las que interactuamos y en algunos casos formamos amistades. Nuevas técnicas, nuevo aprendizaje y buenos maestros en nuestro camino a la meta, salvar cuantas vidas sean posibles. Estuvimos hospedados en una gran familia que nos acogió con muchísimo cariño, así como los ponentes de las conferencias. Además, pudimos mejorar nuestro espíritu de equipo viendo como juntos dos grupos de dos ciudades diferentes podíamos ser más útiles allí. La pega, el grupo de Cleveland nos perdimos el viaje a Chicago el día siguiente, pero a cambio conseguimos un viaje a las Cataratas del Niagara de parte de una de las familias que nos han acogido aquí. Es increíble encontrar gente que apoya tu trabajo de esta manera y que además se preocupa por mantenerte entretenido. Mucho peace.
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