This is not the End

Today is the last day of the Fall 2010 40 Days for Life campaign.  Thank you for your prayers and your prayerful witness at Womancare of Southfield these past 40 days (and earlier).   The end of these campaigns is always a sad time for me. On one hand, these campaigns are exhausting with the time and emotional investment.  On the other hand, I always feel like I am abandoning the babies being taken in for slaughter.  For me (and for others), we must remember that this is God's battle and we are His foot soldiers.  It is His wisdom that dictated that these campaigns last 40 days.  Just as He instructed the Hebrews to allow their fields to lie fallow every seven years, so He tells us to take a break in the battle for life.

Not that we are walking away from the unborn.  The organizers of the Southfield 40 Days for Life maintain an on-going prayerful presence at Womancare along with people who have been praying there for over 25 years on Saturdays mornings, and to a lesser extent, during the rest of the week.
There will be an online calendar at www.vigilcalendar.com/southfield.  It will be a sixty hour calendar (7 a.m. to 5 p.m, Monday - Saturday) instead of the 168 hour calendar that we use during the 40 Days for Life.  It should be up and running on Monday, so please check it out sometime tomorrow.

In the final days of the "Spring" campaign, we were asked to pray for Chris and Michelle's unborn baby, who was expected to have special needs.  We often don't hear any more about how our prayer intentions turn out and - I'll be honest - after awhile, these tend to fall off the list.  I have good news - I learned that Chris and Michelle's baby, Zoe, is doing fine.  Thanks be to God.

During our Fall campaign, 5 mothers chose life for their babies.  Sadly, one of the mothers changed her mind and went through with the abortion.  It was a sad reminder to us that the issues being faced by young mothers contemplating abortion still remain after we talk and pray for them.  And we are immersed in a culture that often offers death as the first solution to problems.  The people at the pregnancy resource centers willingly "walk" with the mothers for the entire pregnancy and beyond, but sometimes the mothers walk away in spite of our efforts.  So as we mourn the loss of this little one and for his mother, let us also pray for the sidewalk counselors and volunteers at the pregnancy center.  When a mother changes her mind a second time and follows through with an abortion decision, it can be very devastating for the others who tried so hard to be there for her and her baby.



Coming Events:
Oct 31, 2010
11:00 PM - 11:59 PM
Closing Hour Service
The Southfield 40 Days for Life team will have a memorial service during the last hour of the Fall 2010 Campaign. Please join us.

Nov 2, 20107 AM - 8 PM
Election Day
Please vote Pro-Life.  (https://secure.rtl.org/apps/voters/ballot  - to generate a personalized pro-life ballot
                              or - if that doesn't work - check out the latest issue of Lifespan's Newsletter -
                                  http://www.rtl-lifespan.org/files/Active%20Fliers/SeptOctNEWS2010.pdf
Nov 3, 2010
6:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Fall 2010 40 Days for Life Closing Rally & Potluck
Please join us as we commemorate the Fall 2010 40 Days for Life campaign in Southfield, share your stories of your experiences in front of Womancare and enjoy great food, especially the delightful desserts that someone always brings.
Mother of God (Chaldean) Catholic Church at 25585 Berg Rd in Southfield, Mi. 
Call Ban Gorges for more information 248-361-0269