I gotta admit.....

Isaiah 41:10 "Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness."

 

I am a bit exhausted this Friday afternoon. Things are going well, and when things go well you easily let your guard down. And it is right at that time that Satan SWOOPS down and BAMs you down.

See we are working on somethings for the daycare as well as an upcoming event. This event is a first event for us and another Christian association. This event, Walk for Life, honestly has never happened in our part of Taiwan. OF COURSE Satan wants to keep us preoccupied with disgruntled people and with things that aren't really of importance. This ministry is a big spiritual battle ground. Battling for lives, not just the lives of future children, but lives for mommas and dads whose life could be drastically changed for the worse due an abortion.



Let's face it folks, Satan just doesn't want that to happen. This afternoon I received a phone call from a former momma whose children are in the adoption process. Due to some circumstances, she was able to see them and the adoptive family of her older child. Yes, three children, all being adopted and by the same family. The mom called me saying thru tears she was thinking of her baby boy and wanting him back. This mom has been traveling alot to get to meet family and kids that she has never ever taken care of, she is exhausted, she is tired of her life and the way it is going. But she is a mom who saw her son for the first time in 8 months. She saw how cute he is, how easy going he is, his smiles and babbling, smelled his baby smell. Now she wants him back. She saw him in the arms of a momma who has loved him from far away. Birth mom wants him back.

 



Do I have time to deal with this knowing it is part of the grieving process? No, but I will make time cause that is the ministry here. There is no putting in the schedule "counseling for crisis", that doesn't even make sense. Crisis happens anytime and anywhere, so counseling needs to be right there. What do I say? My heart says alot of things I cannot mention here, but I also ask her "you work late night shifts in a pub. Who will watch your baby? You barely make enough to eat and live on, baby's needs?" This is not pushing her to NOT want her baby back, but at times reminding them of reality and why they made the decision in the first place. If a mom has changed dramatically and stable, you know what? I would ask the same questions and see her response.



I don't know why I am writing all this. Today, this week has just been exhausting. I might do alot, but I am human too, just like the rest of you.Today, I am tired. I admit it. I am not defeated. Nope.



Joshua 1:9 "Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest."

Day 12: 9/12/2012

Today is Day 12 of Pray for Taiwan Abortion Month.

This is serious folks. Taiwan doesn't have the counselor sidewalks, the protests, the issues. So often crisis pregnancy centers often get weird looks, criticized and told we go overboard. It is nothing for government social workers to say "if the mom is poor or single and pregnant, I will help her set up an abortion, we don't need any more problems." Yeah....well, you can imagine how that set with me!!

 

Today, pray for the few crisis pregnancy centers in Taiwan. There are, including us, 5 that we are sure of. That is for a population of 23 million +. That is 5 crisis pregnancy centers for the 300,000-500,000 abortions a year in Taiwan. Wow! That gives me heart palpitations!!!



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Lord, today we especially pray for the 5 CPCs in Taiwan. The abortion numbers are heartbreaking, and the workers work so hard.
Lord, we pray that each center will not be discouraged as they face opposition from client's families, opposition from clinics and social workers. Lord, give each CPC the strength and endurance to keep fighting the good fight.
Lord, as the CPC workers minister to each momma that calls or comes thru their doors, give the workers wisdom, boldness and clarity of thought. Give them words to say and let them allow YOU to speak thru them.
Lord, we know YOU make no mistakes, we know YOU have put everyone on this path for YOUR purpose.
Lord, thank you for the CPCs in Taiwan that they have stepped out and respected life and are working to teach others and help others. Thank you they have obeyed the call to this mission field.

In the Precious Name of our Savior Jesus Christ,
AMEN!

This is from Monday:

Today is 9/10/2012
Day 10 for Prayers for Abortion Month in Taiwan
Pray for hospital and clinic workers.

Lord, we take this time to pray for hospital workers and clinic workers around the island of Taiwan.
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These workers are the first ones to hear of the situations momma's are in and are often the ones who can share resources.
Lord, we pray that these workers will be bold and brave and encourage momma's to not abort. We pray that they will show resources available to mommas and talk and comfort them.
Lord, give the workers wisdom as they deal with scared mommas. Lord we know you hear our prayers.
AMEN!

 

 

Abortion Month Prayers

This month I decided to something different, hence all the Facebook posts you will see. Since September is known as Abortion Month, I have been burdened to ask others to pray with us this month for abortions. Prayers will be for students, parents, mommas, dads, doctors, teachers, centers, post abortion syndrome and all.

 

 

When I did my thesis on the beginnings of Morning Light Home, I had come across this:
"A study using questionnaires through personal interviews was conducted on more than seventeen thousand women who at tended a family planning service in Taipei metropolitan areas between 1991 and 1992. The reproductive history and sexual behaviour of the subjects were especially focused on during the interviews. Preliminary findings showed that 46% of the women had a his tory of having had an induced abortion. Among them, 54.8% had had one abortion, 29.7% had had two, and 15.5% had had three or more. The abortion ratio was 379 induced abortions per 1,000 live births and 255 per 1,000 pregnancies. The abortion ratio was highest for women younger than 20 years of age, for aboriginal women and for nulliparous women."

And this:"Sex-selective abortions in Taiwan create a serious gender imbalance, which is second only to that of China. Between 2004 and 2010, the Taiwanese gender ratio at birth was between 108 and 112 boys for every 100 girls, compared to the worldwide average ratio of around 106 males to 100 females. The government estimated that there were around 3,000 ‘missing’ female babies each year.
 
It is estimated that there are more than 300,000 abortions annually in Taiwan, a country whose population is only 23 million. Like in China, India and Pakistan, sex-selective abortions are common because male children are traditionally valued more highly than females. The Taiwanese government now wants to make the practice impossible by preventing doctors from gender screening of foetuses."

Sad, so sad. This was said about Taiwan and post abortion issues: " In Taiwan, aborted children are considered “spirit babies” who will return to haunt their parents, disturbing their sleep with special cries, ruining business deals, souring love affairs, and prompting suicides unless prayers are offered for them in the temples." (The Standard. “The Spirit Babies: Fighting Ghosts of Aborted Infants,” July 6, 1990, p 18.)

As I write this, I think of a client we had. She didn't want to abort. Alexia spent lots of time on the phone, texting, talking and praying with her. This momma was 28years old, so not like a teenager in school (not that that is a reason to abort). Her family came down from the north to find her and take her to get an abortion. We counseled, tell the dr you do not want an abortion, no one can force you. She did, and she called us and they helped her escape out the side door to Alexia and Wuli who were waiting with a car. As they drove her around talking to this angry and scared young woman, MLH staff received a phone call. The gov't social worker called and said MLH had to give the woman up to another organization. Her family it turns out called someone they knew in the gov't and made up something against us. We could only do what we were told, and the momma agreed to as she didn't want to cause problems for us she said. Later, Alexia recieved an instant message from the momma saying she had the abortion, regrets it so much, but she had no choice.

NO CHOICE! that is why we are here people..............the DO HAVE A CHOICE!!! goodness, she is 28 years old, SHE HAS A CHOICE!! Her family made her have an abortion, but what is she doing now? can she sleep? can she eat? is she suicidal? depressed? introvert? lonely? what is she going thru?

PRAY! Pray with us that we can reach more like this. We are looking to do a billboard, but we have to see what is in our budget and if we can. Please pray we can!!

Pray for abortion month in Taiwan