Street Report  February 21 - 26 2005

>   1235 babies saved since January 2000 !  

Young black man who listened to lifesavers & after watching another baby saved, they decided to accept
the Bible and resource information
and saved their baby

Death Toll February 21-26, 2005

From the Killing Fields of Granite City

Hope Clinic stays open by permission of the local 73 churches ~F. Schaeffer

Monday- Bag n’ Tag  244 from past week’s carnage

Tuesday- 28           IN, MO, IL              1 save         “Babies killing Babies Day,” as young teens burrowed into this extermination camp to kill their children. Kim, a friend who brought a mother who was at least 21 weeks pregnant stopped and told lifesavers she felt bad for bringing her, but this mother was a cocaine-addict and abused alcohol and wouldn’t consider putting her baby up for adoption, but would rather live with killing it. Abortionist Shah arrived and was greeted with a pro-lifer’s sign which read, “Jesus died for U.” One young couple changed their mind and thanked lifesavers for being there.

Wednesday- 39           IN³, MO, IL           Freezing temperatures as it was another black-genocide day with three lifesavers standing in the gap crying out for these babies and their mothers.

Thursday-34         midnight abortions          IN, AK, MO, IL          2 saves           As the ultrasound van rolled up to the crime scene, lifesavers were crying out, “We may of saved one.”  We unloaded the signs and set the ultrasound machine up. Proclaimers spoke with a black American couple from Indiana , they gave the man a Bible and a Small Victories brochure and encouraged him to bring her out. He went inside and a few minutes later while proclaimers were praying, all three walked back out. Angela called over to the woman named Kia, “Do you need some help? Did you save your baby?” “Yes!” Cyril, the young man, asked, “Can we still help them?” “Absolutely,” we said.  We saw the ultrasound of a ten-week-old baby and they promised to come to the Highland office for follow-up. PTL!

Meanwhile cars began piling into this death mill. We noticed a young black American couple with a little girl in the back seat, “Hi honey.” She smiled.  I asked, “Can I give her a teddy bear?” The mother shook her head, “No.” The man got out and we began talking with him. He really didn’t want to kill the baby, but felt no other recourse as they were struggling financially with three babies already. We listened to him and then he sat back in the car. Both of them began arguing, then they drove off only to return a few minutes later. Then, they just sat there refusing to talk with proclaimers. So we just prayed and held the graphic and pretty baby signs.

Another car with two black women and two young children in the back seat pulled up in death alley. Angela gestured for them to roll the window down, they did, “Hi honey, are you here for the clinic?” “Yes,” she shook her head up and down.  “Can I give you a teddy bear?” She smiled, and accepted it. I explained all the things we could help them with. She parked and slowly went in with the children in tow. About 30 minutes later they came back out, “Can you still help us?” Ashley explained they paid $95.00 for an ultrasound and they wouldn’t let her see it. “Would you like to see your baby?” We did the ultrasound and Ashley was able to see her little 26-week-old girl auditioning for her life. I explained at this point the type of late-term abortion procedure Hope Clinic would do on this little girl. Tears welled up in her eyes, “My aunt didn’t want me to do it, that’s why she rolled the window down to hear you.” PTL! We reassured them with help and resources and gave them diapers for the little ones in the car.

Meanwhile this other couple watched this save taking place and after a few minutes they accepted the Bible and resource numbers and finally drove away! Becky came by and picked up supplies for her 1 month old, and Glen, a listener, stopped by with encouragement and a twenty dollar donation.    

Friday- 40       TN, TX, MO, IL          2 saves-  Kim / Chad 23 weeks, ultrasound      Kaecia to Dr. Mark.

Sidewalk counselor Debbie was able to talk to Kim and Chad who weren’t sure how far along into the pregnancy they were. They were there to terminate. Angela was helping a mother from the other day who was feeling ill and well into her fifth month.

After evaluating Kaecia, Angela walked over to Dr. Mark’s office to recommend she be seen today, if at all possible due to her preexisting condition and symptoms. Kaecia began filing out paper work at Angela’s direction, when Debbie brought Kim and Chad to the ultrasound van. They were scared, and they agreed to talk inside the van and confirm the pregnancy. Angela worked the scanner wand over Kim’s protruding belly where she was able to see her 23-week-old baby girl. We counted all the fingers and toes; they both listened to her heartbeats and tears were welling in their eyes. At this point very gently, I explained the late-term abortion procedure to Kim and Chad since they asked. Kim exclaimed, “There’s no way I could do that to our baby,” she said. “I’m Catholic, I know it’s wrong. I watched a video in school about abortion.” After going over the resources with them and letting them know there was help available we gave them the baby’s first toy, a teddy bear. They hugged and thanked us and shared the good news with the other lifesavers.

Saturday- 47           TN, IN, MS, MO, IL           Proclaimers gathered in prayer and unified their numbers as they  glorified God and let praise and worship music fill the tainted stench of death in this Valley of Slaughter. It was obvious the death merchants instructed clients not to talk to or take the pro-life information the sidewalk counselors offered them, as the deathscorts from Wash. U and St. Louis U. surrounded their cars and swarmed them as they walked these babies to their deaths. Bro. John preached the Word as the rosary group prayed their rosaries.

A film crew was taping a segment on the Small Victories ministry outside these gates of hell and a Focus on Missions reporter intervened by helping a Hispanic couple who spoke little English with an interpreter via his cell phone all the way from Texas. PTL! Another family member rushed this young woman inside while the reporter interpreted information to this man. We told him we could help them free of charge. They were there for a pregnancy test. He listened and we prayed for this situation. He then went inside to bring her back out. After some time they came back out and told lifesavers she wasn’t pregnant but thanked us “gracias” for our help. We gave them a Spanish Bible.   

187 babies were killed.  5 babies saved. 1235 saves since January 2000 and 19 babies have been adopted!

        Colossians 1:9-11 “For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of His will through all spiritual wisdom and understanding. And we pray this in order that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and may please Him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God, being strengthened with all power according to His glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience,”.

              The task before you is greater than our human ability to respond and the same was true for 1^st Century Christians. If you move forward on your own strength, you will fail. The Jews of the Exodus grumbled wanting to go back to Egypt , to SLAVERY, rather than face their promised future. They did NOT receive the future promised to them because they told God it wouldn’t suit them. You’d think we would have trouble understanding ANYone telling God His gifts aren’t good enough, but you know, we are human, and very often we gotta work really hard at getting over ourselves to get the gift.

God is GLORIFIED in our weaknesses. God uses you in your weak moments, release control to Him. Where God guides, He provides.  “Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.” Galatians 6:9

            God calls ORDINARY people to serve Him. Not kings, not PhDs or just those who have MDiv.s, not those who write books and have radio shows, and NOT just people who have lived good, clean lives. We are to be clay in God’s hands, letting Him mold and shape us into the vessel of His will that He wants us to be. Sometimes we act more like marble and we force God to chisel us into what He wants.

            Remain in the Potter’s Hand. “I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me YOU CAN DO NOTHING.” –Jesus, John 15:5 As clay about to be turned into a vessel for God’s will, be HARDENED by the fire. Clay hardens, and bonds together, into porcelain in the kiln. God uses trials and tough times, and hard work as our kiln. We are to stop whining when we get hot and bond to Jesus in our fires. We are to be people of FAITH, “And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.” Hebrews 11:6  

            “Unless the divine power has raised you up… I see not how you can go through your glorious enterprise in opposing that (abominable practice of slavery), which is the scandal of religion, of England , and of human nature. Unless God has raised you up for this very thing, you will be worn out by the opposition of men and devils. But if God be for you, who can be against you? Are all of them together stronger than God? Oh, be not weary of well-doing. Go on in the name of God, and in the power of His might.” ~John Wesley

Be encouraged~ Angela

 
Tune in to today’s Small Victories radio program, AM 630 KJSL, at 1:00 P.M.  Today's guests are  Yvonne Florzak-Seeman with CWA-Illinois, and Kendra Wilcox, author of 'Abortion Rites'.   Replays Friday at 8:00 P.M. Sunday at 1:00 & 10:00 P.M. and Wednesday & Monday at 12:00 A.M.