Thank you for this wonderful posting, Salvation. We are up and running here in Dayton, Ohio and had a good steady group of prayer warriors in front of the abortion facility today. May God hear every prayer that is lifted up during these 40 days and beyond, and may there be lives saved as well as lives changed. God bless!
Amen to your prayer.
After just the first day of this 40 Days for Life
campaign, many locations are reporting record turnouts
for their opening events ...
... and babies SAVED from abortion!
Here’s a story of a life spared from abortion at a
40 Days for Life kickoff ...
More than 500 people — including families with their
children — came to stand and pray outside Planned
Parenthood as part of the Orange County kickoff.
“As the prayer ended, we witnessed the first baby
saved of this 40 Days for Life 2013 campaign,” said
Alejandra in Orange County. “A woman came out of
Planned Parenthood and as we approached her, she
told us that she couldn’t abort her baby. She had
tears in her eyes. All glory to God!”
The prayer volunteers learned that the woman was in
her seventh week of pregnancy. She has four other
children and thought her family didn’t have sufficient
resources to care for the new baby.
“We reassured her that this life was precious and
wanted by God — and that we would be there for her
and help her,” Alejandra said. “With God, everything
is possible.”
To see some photos of the Orange County kickoff event,
please go to:
http://40daysforlife.com/blog/?p=3894
A record turnout of more than 170 at the 40 Days for
Life kickoff event showed the local pro-life effort
is going strong. As was the case in California,
there was a strong family presence.
“Collaboration is what we need to focus on,” said
Cecilia Tombelli, the local campaign director. “Alone,
we will not succeed. But with God — and by working
together — we will.”
A representative of Right to Life of Michigan shared
encouraging news. Five Michigan abortion centers
have closed in the past 15 months, including a
facility in Lansing — a closure that followed a
three-year prayer effort.
David Bereit, 40 Days for Life’s national director,
helped kick off the tenth campaign in Fairfax — a
community in Northern Virginia, not far from
Washington, DC.
At an event near the abortion center where the
peaceful vigil will be held, David encouraged the
volunteers to accept a challenge — 40 hours of
prayer at the vigil over the next 40 days.
“Many of us put in 40 hours a week — or more — at
work. Students put in around 40 hours a week on their
schooling,” he said, “and we do that every week! Why
can’t we make the sacrifice of coming out to pray
40 hours over these 40 days? It could be one hour
every day — or two hours every other day. We know
the need for prayer — here outside the abortion
facility — is great.”
Here’s the link to the list of cities. Click on the
one nearest you — and sign up for the vigil:
http://40daysforlife.com/location
To see a picture of the Fairfax rally, please go to:
http://40daysforlife.com/blog/?p=3894