Life Before Birth

I love babies. If you know me, you already know that.

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I hate abortion. If you know me well, you know that too. As I have lived and worked in Asia for many years, I have come to realize that many people choose abortion simply because they do not understand that abortion means they are killing their own child. I have had a few chances to talk to parents before they carried out a planned abortion -- and I could counsel them not to do it. There have also been some cases where I found out too late. Those stories still haunt me.

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I have begun to realize that I need to be pro-active. I can't take the chance anymore of waiting until it's too late. Lives are at stake. So I have asked the PIM Leadership Team for permission to create a seminar for all of our IGSL ladies. I want our women to be well-educated on this topic -- to understand exactly what happens when an abortion takes place. I want them to be able to educate others in their churches and communities -- ahead of time, so that pregnant women will understand that the life growing inside them is a person, right from the start.

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With the help of Dra. Mayette Sapaula, our dear friend and obstetrician, next Saturday we will conduct a seminar for all IGSL ladies called "Life Before Birth". My objective is that any lady who graduates from IGSL will have a clear understanding of how a life grows, inside the womb, from the day of conception until the day of birth, and that she will be equipped to educate others. My dream is that many tiny lives will be saved as a result.

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Please pray with me about the seminar on Saturday, January 19. Thanks!

Gift #206

I am still working on my "One Thousand Gifts" list. The most recent (and very precious) gift was Matthew's visit. He came a few days before Christmas and just headed back to Canada today. This was his first visit to the Philippines since he left for university two and a half years ago. The holiday season went so fast! But it was good. God has been faithful.

Happy Thanksgiving!

We celebrated American Thanksgiving on Saturday with a group of about 20 co-workers. I was so encouraged by our time together!

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Thanksgiving is a family holiday, right? And these people have been our family. We have been celebrating our holidays. . . and all our days . . . with these same people for ten years, twenty years, almost thirty years now. We have watched their children grow up and leave the nest, and they have watched ours do the same. Some of the younger kids are still with our group, and as I listened to them, I kept thinking, "How can you be so mature? I remember when you were still in diapers!" Don't worry, I didn't say it out loud.

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