I have to tell you about this week! First of all, praise the Lord that Sarah has been given a positive report that her lymph nodes are cancer free!! Please read the post below, "Praying For Sarah" for full details on God's amazing goodness.
Here’s more of how God’s working:
We have been walking alongside of a community woman who is the victim of rape. She became pregnant as a result of this attack and is having to deal with both the rape and now the additional heartache of a child conceived by a violent offender.
She was brought to us stating she would consider nothing but abortion. Then God showed up. She decided to place the child for adoption. We’ve been blessed to help, hug and accompany her through this rough journey. This week she was finally able to see a doctor for her pregnancy.
The doctor immediately sent her to the hospital where Ive been sitting with her for the last two days. Today she received the news that she would be here at least another week in their efforts to control her toxemia, high blood pressure and to try and prevent this tiny little one from coming too early.
I’m telling you because she desperately needs your prayers. And of course she gave me permission to ask for them. Being available to stay with her (as she has no parents) requires me, the ministry’s main administrator, to be out of the office. We simply don’t have the funds yet to have the two hats on two different people. And obviously, my heart, which always falls in love with these amazing women’s hearts, chooses to be by her side while she struggles through this difficult period in her life. It's what we do.
Yet, even within the middle of my time with her, another call came in from another birthmother in the community wanting someone to help her through her adoption with counseling. And we had to postpone counseling for a 3rd birthmother in order to be at the hospital. You can see there is a tremendous need and amount of growth in this area of our ministry.
As the ministry grows, the needs grow. We need $10k monthly to run smoothly. We’ve been functioning on $5k. And yet God continually sends these powerful appointments that demand constant prayer and time as we walk through them.
The BOL staff is boldly praying AND BELIEVING GOD FOR $10k in the next two weeks so that we can concentrate on the important God moments, rather than whether we have the office rent or not. It’s exciting to hear God’s reassurance that He’s the One steering the boat and that His provision is more amazing than we can ever imagine.
So I bring it to you, our faithful donors. Maybe you’re one of the ones who can provide a part of the means by which we can focus on the heart of these precious, incredibly courageous mothers so that their little ones can be born healthy and ready for the plan God has for their lives.
Please consider a monthly donation of any amount. Every gift matters. Or give a significant gift that can allow us to continue holding the hands and hearts of women who God has specifically sent our direction to allow us to put faith to our beliefs and walk them out in real time.
Watch our website for continued updates on prayer needs for this woman and others who bravely walk through unplanned pregnancies and choose life for their tiny ones. We’re the ones to whom He’s given resources to partner with them as the body of Christ to support them and show them that God’s people believe that life is indeed precious.
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