Street Report May 29-June 3, 2006

>   1809 Babies saved since January 2000 !  

Death Toll May 29-June 3, 2006

Reporting from the “Baby-dumping capital of the Midwest” Granite City , IL .

  Once known for their towering steel mills, now known for the baby-dumping mill.

Hope Clinic- American Family Extermination Camp “destroying families one child at a time”

Severing over 366,000 mother –child relationships in their 32 year reign of terror

Sunday- Tamika a Small Victories save from December delivered 6lb. 12 oz. baby boy Sunday at 1:03 a.m.!!

Monday- Memorial Day  closed

Tuesday- Bag n’ Tag 142 for medical research, pharmaceutical and cosmetic firms from past week’s carnage.   28 killed      NC, MO, IL      1 save,  4 pro-lifers  A young girl from North Carolina came back out after thirty minutes and told lifesavers she was keeping her baby.

Wednesday- 32 killed     MO, IL      6 saves     3 pro-lifers stood in the high humidity and temperatures in the 90’s. It was a workout on the sidewalk this day. Rachel came back out and told lifesavers she already had a one-year old and didn’t know how she was going to take care of another one. They wouldn’t let her see the ultrasound. We scheduled an ultrasound for later in the week and shared real hope through Jesus Christ along with resource information. She stayed the execution of her innocent baby for now.

It was a showdown in Madison County at the Edwardsville courthouse for the Michael family which has been a litigation target for Hope abortion Clinic the past five years. Read: Victory in the Streets of Granite City .

Thursday- midnight abortions- 43 killed      KY, MO, IL      1 save      5 pro-lifers as we entered this city of slaughter’s gates, we literally needed a pontoon boat to get through the canals of sewage and water from recent rains and thunderstorms. Streets of this deplorable town are like washboards and sink holes that can swallow entire cars. We rolled onto the crime scene and stood in the downpour pleading mercy for these babies. One mother came out and said she had saved her baby and took our information and left.

Friday- 41 killed     TN, IN, KY, NC, MO, IL      4 saves,   3 turn-aways      25 pro-lifers    It was a beautiful day for praising the Lord and saving lives. Latter Rain Ministries from Litchfield , Illinois was standing in the gap and pouring their hearts out to the mothers and fathers standing in line to kill their babies. God bless them!

A small remnant held the standard and gave pro-abortion Gov. Rod Blagojevich a firm rebuke in front of the University of Southern Illinois at Edwardsville , Illinois . Reporters and media were swarming to know why we were there. Read article: God goes back to college.

Back at Hope(less) babies were being spared. We gathered for prayer when a fire engine pulled into the alley and blocked off any traffic. We snapped a picture a few minutes later. Three firemen told Angela she couldn’t take their picture. She walked over to them and told them they are fair game in public, and she then began rebuking them. “You are more concerned of your picture being taken, when lil boys and girls are being ripped apart inside this house of death. Woe to you!” She then remembered the lead fireman from the Santa parade, he was foul-mouthed and boasting at the parade that he eats fish every Friday. Angela told him, “Fish sandwiches will not get you into heaven.” She rebuked him again. They walked to their fire truck with their tails between their legs and left. We continued to pray and give God the glory and thanked him for the babies saved and the saints that heeded the call “Go yea!”

We returned to Highland and did an ultrasound on Andrea who was able to visualize her 15 week old baby boy sucking his thumb and auditioning for his life. 

Saturday- 54 killed      TN, IN, KY, NC, MO, IL      7 saves, 2 pastors   20-25 pro-lifers answered the call “Go yea”! Mothers and fathers poured into this death house to sacrifice their children to the god of convenience. Pastor Ted preached the Word of God while sidewalk counselors got a good workout on the sidewalks and alley.

A Hispanic family wearing expensive name-brand clothing pulled behind the mill. Angela and Micle ran to the back. Micle interpreted Spanish, but they were mocking and we could tell they knew English. They brought two babies with them. We spoke as they walked in, “You came to America for a better life and now you come to this slaughter house to kill your child? Woe to you. You know this is wrong.” Micle continued to read the Word to them as they stood in line. The younger couple then walked back to their car and said they were leaving, Praise God! They took our brochure. A few minutes later the other couple came back out with all three babies PTL!

An angry belligerent male driver laughed at us as we pleaded mercy. We noticed the “American Terrorist” sticker on his truck. “How true,” we thought. Terrorists in the womb.

Godly men answered the call this day; they rebuked the professing deathcamp’s guards, one a Pentecostal “Bob”, and Assemblies of God “Mike Held”. Just then Angela noticed Mike Held’s pastor Aaron Cope from Truth Temple in Granite City , leaving the hospital with his bride by his side. We beckoned him to, “Come help us pray for the babies Pastor Cope.” He stared. His wife hit his arm and he began driving away. Mike, the deathcamp guard, began laughing.   

198 babies killed. 19 babies saved. 1809 saves since January 2000 and 22 babies have been adopted through Small Victories!

D-Day- 62 years ago today

“Jesus commanded us to be compassionate and to take sacrificial action for the weak and needy. If we fail to do this--and if we fail by our words and example to teach others to do this--then we fail to fulfill the Great Commission. We show the world and the church that our words about the gospel are only that--words."--Randy Alcorn, Pro-Life Answers to Pro-Choice Arguments.

            Our Declaration of Independence states that the right to life is "endowed by our Creator." No other right, real or imagined, can supersede it. We act irresponsibly, if we fail to defend the right to life. Abortion is indeed a gospel issue. However, many Christians feel intimidated into silence. They frequently hear that any pro-life effort constitutes political involvement.

            The majority of Americans claim that they are personally against abortion. How can we, as Americans, stand silently by? How can we allow the slaughter to continue, which we know is a great evil? If we had lived in Nazi Germany during the Holocaust, and we knew where the death camps were, what would we do?
           Walk the Talk: Direct Action Versus Procrastination.     In Granite City , IL there is one abortion clinic. Yet there are 62 churches. In St. Louis , MO there are two abortion facilities and there are over 2400 churches. Why, are abortions still so common? Surely, there is something wrong with this picture.
        It is the responsibility of the church, not the pro-life organizations, to speak up for truth and justice. However, when people are dying, we must do more than just talk. If the church would come out of the closet, the abortion clinics would go out of business.
       Perhaps your church is pro-life. Your pastor may even speak out against abortion from the pulpit. Unfortunately, the world goes on, "business as usual" while Christians continue their busy work with men's groups, Bible studies, pot lucks. Sure, these things can be productive. Still, babies continue to die, and mothers and families continue to suffer abuse at the hands of abortionists.
When the church does the job of taking the gospel to the streets, instead of expecting the lost to come to the church, hearts change. There should be no need of para-church organizations and pro-life groups. Church members should not have to seek ministries outside the church, in order to fulfill their call from Christ to: "Open your mouth for the speechless, in the cause of all who are appointed to die."--Proverbs 31:8
       "Deliver those who are drawn toward death, and hold back those stumbling to the slaughter. If you say, "Surely we did not know this," does not He who weighs the hearts consider it? He who keeps your soul, does He not know it? And will He not render to each man according to His deeds.'--Proverbs 24:11,12

            We are talking about actually letting your voice be heard, outside the walls of the church. Write a letter to the editor of a newspaper or magazine. Stand on a sidewalk in front of a clinic and hold a sign.

            "And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, "All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." Amen.--Matthew 28:18-20
          "All that I have commanded you" is the Bible, from Genesis to Revelation.
            The woman at the well did not have to go to Jesus--Jesus went to her. The adulteress, who was being stoned, did not have to run to the synagogue for help--Jesus went to her, to save her. The man who was robbed did not have to crawl to church--the Good Samaritan found him and rescued him.

            "Where you are at today is because of the choices you made yesterday… Where you are at tomorrow, will be because of the choices you make today…"     Deut. 30:19-20   We must make the right choices… We have to come to the end of ourselves. We must obey His commands Deut.30:8-10   We must die to ourselves daily. The Lord has set us free from sin and death…"paid in full". God wants us 24x7. There is power in the tongue…We have to persevere, and to endure.

            Paul wrote in 2 Timothy 2:3, "You therefore must endure hardship as a good soldier of Jesus Christ." The church is not teaching people to endure hardships. Our society in general avoids them. We want convenience- a life that is nice, neat, tidy, and sweet. If too much is asked of us, we fold our arms together and quit. 

            But if the church is going to reverse the devil’s decision, we’re going to have to endure hardship as soldiers. There are going to be times when our lives won’t make sense, when the details aren’t "nice, neat, tidy, and sweet." We will have times when we don’t feel like going any further. But we still need to press on. 

            Let me remind you that we are in a fight! Many men and women in the church don’t want to get in the battle; they just want to march in the military parade. And to be honest, I’d rather march in the parade, too. The parade is safe, and it requires little effort. But you don’t win the war by marching in parades.

            There comes a time when we have to take off our coat, hang up our dress clothes, and put on the whole armor of God so we can get down and dirty when we need to get down and dirty. The military uniform looks nice, but it’s not the dress blues that makes us soldiers for God. It’s our willingness to put on and use our spiritual armor: girding ourselves with the belt of truth, putting on the breastplate of righteousness, shodding our feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace, taking the shield of faith, the helmet of salvation and sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God.

            When a young man or woman joins the military, his or her drill instructors do not begin by saying, "Good to see you! God bless you for being here! How are you? Just sit down if you’re tired. I’m tired too, so I think I’ll sit down. What? Oh, we’re going to eat in just a minute. No, we won’t be doing anything after that because that food’s got to settle in your stomach, and we wouldn’t want you to get indigestion. We’re just going to rest for a few days before we begin to go into discussions about military tactics. Would you excuse me for a minute while I help that person get off the bus?’ 

            When you join a real army, the moment you step off that bus, the drill instructor starts screaming at you. If you mention your momma or taking a break they’ll knock you upside your head. "Momma? What do you mean? I’m your momma from now on!" You want a break? I’ll give you a break. You just start running and when I tell you to stop, then you can take a break."

            Do you know why the drill instructor is so harsh? Because he knows that if he’s nice and sweet he’ll do nothing to prepare you for a real war. It works the same way in God’s army. God knows that when you get out and the battle gets heated and you want to give up and somebody in the youth group is depending on you, that you’re training will give you the ability to hang in there. He wants to toughen you up so you endure until the cancer is gone, until the arthritis goes out of your body or until your kids come home.

            Hebrews 12:7 says, "Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his father?"  

            Be encouraged~ Angela