Why Mid Cities Pregnancy Center?

I want my life to count, to be purposeful but most of all I want to give back to God in some capacity for what He has done for me in my lifetime. He has given me Eternal life because I turned over my life to him in September of 1997 I'm secure in that decision and ready for eternity I'm not afraid of dying and ready if he should call me home. It has been a great journey and I can't wait for what we are going to do in the next year and beyond. I've had to revisit my past, the hurts, heartache, poor choices, guilt, shame and all that stuff that comes with sin and living a self centered life, it is a heavy burden to carry, thankfully I don't have to carry it. He also took all that from me, when I finally agreed to give it to Him, I now walk a little lighter (only in the burden department, my weight is still another issue!) and proud to be a Christ follower. I want everyone to experience the Grace, Mercy and Love that only Jesus can give us. I hope through my sharing if anyone else is struggling with these same issues they can see and receive the same as I have. For we are a new creation in Christ, the old is gone, Thank you Jesus for that!

So, what does a Pregnancy center have to do with all that? When I was 18 I headed to Dallas, Texas from small town Amarillo where I grew up hoping to find love, happiness etc...but I only found myself faced with a decision to make only one month into junior college...I was pregnant and in my mind there was only one choice...abortion. So, that one choice started my downward spiral of poor choices and bad decisions. I continued to do it "my way" which was obviously the wrong way for the next 9 years. That is a little of my history, I won't bore you with all the details right now anyway.

In September of 1997, when my husband, Doug, and I started attending Fellowship of the Parks and I gave my life to God, I struggled in my walk because of the choices and felt like there was no way God would ever forgive my for my horrible sins, we tend to lump our sins into categories but fortunately for us God sees all sin the same. I finally came to understand Jesus' love and forgiveness through years of Bible studies and digging up all the ugly stuff, through all that God brought "beauty from ashes" (Isaiah 61:3) out of my life.

Here I am at a point in my life where I want to reach into the lives of other young girls that have found themselves with a decision to make, my prayer is that God will use my life story to encourage them to make the right choice and choose life. I don't want anyone to have to live with the emotional, and spiritual turmoil that the choice of abortion does to a women, they don't tell you that at Planned Parenthood. Through my studying so far in the training manual I see so clearly where God's hand was on me and protecting me all those years from diseases, infertility and I shutter to think what else could have happened to me. Jeremiah 29:11 states "I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you a hope and a future." That promise is for everyone!

The hardest thing so far has been the videos I've had to watch which are very detailed in all the abortion techiques. I was so ignorant and uneducated when I made my decision. Whoever said "ignorance is bliss" is stupid, but I need to know and be educated so no one walks away saying they didn't know how it was performed and how horrific it is on the baby. But here is my comfort from my reading today:

1 John 1:9 says, "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness." What a great reminder for me today to not let Satan try to sidetrack me in my attempt to do the right thing, because watching those videos I had a moment of doubt but had to remind myself that I am not the person I use to be.
Thank you Jesus for your love and the ultimate sacrifice of giving your life for me so that I may live.
You are my HERO and SAVIOR!