I failed again, no pictures.
The Lord blessed us with a sunny and warm morning! There was a catholic womens conference going on this weekend, so we were spread a bit thin with SWC. We had 1.5 turn aways! I have the ".5" because Mark took the couple down to Kinder and by the time he was coming back, they were trailing behind him. This was only their consultation.
An account from a SWC regarding the turn away:
The young lady and her mother where on the side of the building. A first, I thought they were workers but shortly after that she came out with her Mother. The young lady was crying and talking with someone on the phone.. she told them she couldn't do this.. Abortion!!. They approached me and said now what... what are our options. We spoke for a little while and I sent them down to WCC. Praise God for the move of the Holy Spirit!
Praise the Lord!!
My husband and another SWC had a lengthy conversation with a man who was a support person for his friend who was scheduled for an abortion. The topic first started off addressing the immediate issue of his friend having an abortion. Then it moved on to various world view topics. My husband was trying to gage whether the man was just arguing for the heck of it, but it seemed he really wanted his questions answered. Jonathan shared the Gospel with him and said toward the end of their conversation the man really seemed to ponder what it was Jonathan was sharing with him. Unfortunately, as far as we know, his friend did not have mercy on her child. We do pray that Jonathan was able to plant seeds on fertile ground. I really appreciate my husband out there on the sidewalk. He is so knowledgeable in God's Word and has a solid biblical worldview; he is fantastic with squashing people's worldly arguments (even if they don't know it) and does so while treating the other person with respect.
You just never know the outcome or impact you have out on the sidewalk. You just have to stay faithful to the calling and trust God with the rest.
I shared this with my husband on our way to the mill that morning:
While we were engaged, I think we only made it out to the mill twice. I got out of the routine because wedding planning kept me so busy. When we started getting back in the routine of going after we got married, I realized my fire went out. I didn't really want to go, I didn't want to talk to people going in to have abortions. The reality of the depth of sorrow that was going on inside that building didn't sink in, the desperation to try and rescue these babies and their mamas just wasn't there.
I didn't tell anybody about what I was feeling (well, lack thereof). I asked God what was wrong with me and to change my heart. My husband quotes from C.S. Lewis in Mere Christianity ( I think this is the right one)Faith, in the sense in which I am here using the word, is the art of holding on to things your reason has once accepted, in spite of your changing moods.
He paraphrases it by saying to act in faith and the emotions or drive will eventually come. God is faithful. I can say the passion and desperation is returning.
For those of you who sidewalk counsel, stay faithful and ask the Lord to give you the compassion and urgency that is necessary for out on the sidewalk.
For those of you who "just don't feel it"- Go out to your local abortion mill anyway. Practice "True Religion" ( James 1:27). The Lord will equip you. Babies are being murdered in your town, will you not speak up for these precious, defenseless babies?? These babies have been abandoned by their mothers and fathers and they NEED YOU to plead for their lives. Will you not go?
If you are interested in Sidewalk Counseling, feel free to leave me a comment and I'd be glad to help you out.
Onward Christian Soldiers!!
Monday, February 24, 2014
Tuesday, February 4, 2014
It's been a while...
Well hello everyone!! Since my last blog post, some exciting things have happened in my life...
I got married!!!
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| Mr. and Mrs.! |
Jonathan and I entered into holy matrimony on September 14, 2013!
My life moved into hyper drive upon meeting Jonathan. Now it's 4 months later and I still can't believe I have a husband. A godly one at that!! :)
Because of wedding planning, I didn't make it out on the sidewalk much during our 3 month engagement. About 3 weeks after being married, Jonathan joined my side on the sidewalk and we have been going to the Aborion Mill almost every Saturday since then.
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| For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them Matthew 18:20 |
Still the same group of faithful sidewalk soldiers, plus some more new faces. There has been a new church group coming out a couple Saturdays a month. Hope City House of Prayer. Those people are filled with the Joy of the Lord! The first week they come out, they use that time to stand around the building and quietly pray. Their second time out they usually bring some instruments to play and sing songs. They are a blessing!!
BIG NEWS: Harvey Blank, the main abortionist at Founders (He's been killing babies for over 40 years now) had a mal practice lawsuit filed against him. You can read the reports here and here.( the second one is more specifically Dpt. of Health violations)
The 40 Days for Life campaign was held at Founders this past Fall. How wonderful to think that for almost 40 days straight, there were people out on the sidewalk praying for aborion to end in that building! The next 40 D4L will be back at Complete Healthcare for Women on Cleveland Ave. It will be March 5- April 13 from 7am-7pm. You can click here for more info on how to get involved.
Another great documentary is out on the subject of The Church and Abortion!!! It has some of my favorite Pro Life warriors: RC Sproul, Jr., Patte Smith and John Barros.
It's an hour long. I think they could have done more with it, but it's still fantastic. It's basically encouraging The Church at large to get involved with the greatest evil of our day, right on the Front Lines. Please watch and share. :)
In other related news: Foundation Church had another "abortion mill outreach day" this past Saturday!
Due to weather, sickness and people being out of town, we didn't have quite the turn out as last time. But it was still glorious. We had kids out there singing and holding signs!
You never know what is going to happen while out on the sidewalk. Most of the morning was fairly "normal"- not a lot of response out of people, getting ignored. There was an outburst from a mother trying to get her 14 year old daughter to come in to murder her grandchild. The daughter refused to go in, Praise the Lord! The mother was LIVID. She screamed at Pastor Mark to shut the F*** up, and threw that four letter word around quite a few more times. Some children were troubled by her outburst, others giggled to themselves saying what a nasty woman. I talked to some of the children and asked if they knew why that woman was so angry. They shook their heads in affirmation as I said she knows what she is trying to do is wrong, we're calling her out on it and she doesn't like it.
Please be in prayer for this young mama, that she can withstand the opposition she faces at home. Pray that the 14 year old's mother will have joy in her heart for a grandbaby.
A beautiful latino woman walked up with another woman. She has an interpretting business and was there to be an interpreter. She didn't know her client was going to get an abortion. She was so upset over it. My heart broke for her. She talked to us and went in several times to try and get her client out of there.
Before we wrapped up, Pastor Mark wanted to leave with a militant song. So we sang A Mighty Fortress is our God. Once we finished with that we sang a few more. Those kids just love to SING!
My church is hosting our denomination's annual Presbytery and Family Camp. Jonathan and I will be putting together a table/booth presenting our church's involvment in the anti-abortion movement and what we do while out on the sidewalk. We also hope to organize a group to go out to one of the surrounding abortion mills that Saturday. Please be a prayer about that.
Well, I think that's all I got for now, it's good to be back! I hope to keep this up on a regular basis. Being a Keeper of the Home, things like this can be difficult to make time for. :)
Fighting for LIFE,
Mrs. Narwold (aka- Ashley)
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| If my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land. 2 Chronicles 7:14 |
BIG NEWS: Harvey Blank, the main abortionist at Founders (He's been killing babies for over 40 years now) had a mal practice lawsuit filed against him. You can read the reports here and here.( the second one is more specifically Dpt. of Health violations)
The 40 Days for Life campaign was held at Founders this past Fall. How wonderful to think that for almost 40 days straight, there were people out on the sidewalk praying for aborion to end in that building! The next 40 D4L will be back at Complete Healthcare for Women on Cleveland Ave. It will be March 5- April 13 from 7am-7pm. You can click here for more info on how to get involved.
Another great documentary is out on the subject of The Church and Abortion!!! It has some of my favorite Pro Life warriors: RC Sproul, Jr., Patte Smith and John Barros.
It's an hour long. I think they could have done more with it, but it's still fantastic. It's basically encouraging The Church at large to get involved with the greatest evil of our day, right on the Front Lines. Please watch and share. :)
In other related news: Foundation Church had another "abortion mill outreach day" this past Saturday!
Due to weather, sickness and people being out of town, we didn't have quite the turn out as last time. But it was still glorious. We had kids out there singing and holding signs!
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| The chldren enjoyed holding signs and waving to cars. |
You never know what is going to happen while out on the sidewalk. Most of the morning was fairly "normal"- not a lot of response out of people, getting ignored. There was an outburst from a mother trying to get her 14 year old daughter to come in to murder her grandchild. The daughter refused to go in, Praise the Lord! The mother was LIVID. She screamed at Pastor Mark to shut the F*** up, and threw that four letter word around quite a few more times. Some children were troubled by her outburst, others giggled to themselves saying what a nasty woman. I talked to some of the children and asked if they knew why that woman was so angry. They shook their heads in affirmation as I said she knows what she is trying to do is wrong, we're calling her out on it and she doesn't like it.
Please be in prayer for this young mama, that she can withstand the opposition she faces at home. Pray that the 14 year old's mother will have joy in her heart for a grandbaby.
A beautiful latino woman walked up with another woman. She has an interpretting business and was there to be an interpreter. She didn't know her client was going to get an abortion. She was so upset over it. My heart broke for her. She talked to us and went in several times to try and get her client out of there.
Before we wrapped up, Pastor Mark wanted to leave with a militant song. So we sang A Mighty Fortress is our God. Once we finished with that we sang a few more. Those kids just love to SING!
My church is hosting our denomination's annual Presbytery and Family Camp. Jonathan and I will be putting together a table/booth presenting our church's involvment in the anti-abortion movement and what we do while out on the sidewalk. We also hope to organize a group to go out to one of the surrounding abortion mills that Saturday. Please be a prayer about that.
Well, I think that's all I got for now, it's good to be back! I hope to keep this up on a regular basis. Being a Keeper of the Home, things like this can be difficult to make time for. :)
Fighting for LIFE,
Mrs. Narwold (aka- Ashley)
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