Looking at the pictures of these babies and how the lives of families have changed because of them, amazes me at God's grace for letting us serve in this ministry. We don't understand why, but He did and we are grateful.
We started the year with sweet visits from these little ones, some of them we had not seen since they were in their mother's belly!
I must say that for all the sweet moments we have, we also have some sad moments. One of the sad moments was with a 19 years old girl who already has a 2 years old baby. We met Carla when we were starting the ministry almost three years ago. In that opportunity, she was pregnant and decided to continue with her pregnancy.
As a street vendor who only makes $2,50 a day and does not have family, it has been hard for her, but we have see her growing in the faith as God provides for everything. We were even able to connect her with a Christian family to provide her with a home and love. Unfortunately, a few months ago, we lost contact with her. Finally she showed up at the Center. When she stops in, she cheerfully uses the excuse that her baby misses us, but this time there was something different. After a while she finally said, "there is something I am not sure if I should say", my response was "How far along are you?"... "four months"... it was the beginning of a deeper conversation.
Tania shared that she actually had an appointment for an abortion, but before going to have it, she started reading her Bible and everything that was shared at the center with her about sanctity of human life came back to her mind. After that, she made her decision not to go through with the abortion.
There were different emotions going through my mind. I was sad because of the way she was deceived again, I wished I could have been there for her when she was dealing with her crisis and at the same time I was happy and proud of her decision.
Tania has come to the right path... Who has not fallen out of step once in their life? She is repentance and is trusting her future in God's hands. She decided to place her baby up for adoption... would you pray with me for Tania's spiritual journey form now on and for committed christian parents for her baby?
Update January, 2008: When the baby was born Tania decided to keep her baby. He is a healthy boy. She keeps coming to Centro de Vida often.
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