A couple of weeks ago a woman stopped in the drive to Planned Parenthood to receive information. She shared her difficult situation but seemed receptive to our pleas. When Terri asked her if her mother was supportive she said, yes my mother will support me in whatever decision I make. But then the mother points into the parking lot and says "vamanos". The gramma was intent on having her grandbaby killed. I am sure that if the Gramma would have spoke up for her Grandbaby that the child would be alive today. 
  It is disheartening to see so many Gramma's encouraging their daughters to kill their Grandbabies. 
  Proverbs 17:6   Grandchildren are the crown of the old,
And the glory of sons is their fathers.
 But God can intervene in spite of heartless grandparents.  
 Bill Merritt shared how, last week another Gramma had wanted to have her grandbaby killed but God had other plans. 
 From Bill - "Thursday a couple stopped outside Planned Parenthood and asked if it was okay to park in the Planned Parenthood parking lot. Told him that it was and asked if they were there for an abortion and he said they were. He wasn't sure if they should get an abortion but apparently her mother was pressuring her . I talked to them a bit and gave them the materials that I have and they went in. They weren't in Planned Parenthood very long and when they came out he told me that they had changed their mind and decided to keep the baby. Both the guard and the escort were standing a few feet behind the car but neither of them came up to try to get us to leave. I assured the couple I would be praying for them."
  

From Sue Sutherland 

​As we wrapped up our street ministry and were heading over to the group to close in prayer, Roberto and I were waiting to cross at the busy intersection directly in front of a gas station where a young family was pumping gas. A woman rolled down her window and called to us with much enthusiasm. She thanked us for being out on the streets with our signs and our message, saying that she knows hardly anyone will stop to thank us. We were very grateful for her kindness.


She then got out of her car and came to us, pointing back to the passenger window saying, "Do you see that little girl,  do you see her? I was faced with this decision and went to Planned Parenthood for abortion but I saw people like you there and I heard them and I changed my mind." We were momentarily speechless! We then rejoiced with Victoria and thanked her for talking with us. The little girl, maybe three years old, jumped from the car and ran to us as well. We all hugged and praised God! The dad was in the driver seat and he was smiling and waving and honking his horn, yelling to us, thank you, thank you, thank you! 


What a glorious ending to our mission that day. Thousands see our signs which help them to identify with the humanity of the pre-born and many receive the literature, pointing them to Christ through the Gospel. This is baseline Christianity; this is loving God and our neighbor. Come join us in the fellowship of the saints on the third Saturday of the month. 

 On Thursday April 10th we went to Denver South HS to hand our literature about abortion; abstinence; pornography and the gospel. It was the most hostile environment that I have been in for decades. The students, with the participation of some of the school staff, called us names; threatened us; stole our literature and one of our signs worse. These students & staff reminded me of Romans 1:18-32 18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of people who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, 19 because that which is known about God is evident within them; for God made it evident to them. 20 For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, that is, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, being understood by what has been made, so that they are without excuse. 21 For even though they knew God, they did not honor Him as God or give thanks, but they became futile in their reasonings, and their senseless hearts were darkened. 22 Claiming to be wise, they became fools, 23 and they exchanged the glory of the incorruptible God for an image in the form of corruptible mankind, of birds, four-footed animals, and crawling creatures.
24 Therefore God gave them up to vile impurity in the lusts of their hearts, so that their bodies would be dishonored among them. 25 For they exchanged the truth of God for falsehood, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.
26 For this reason God gave them over to degrading passions; for their women exchanged natural relations for that which is contrary to nature, 27 and likewise the men, too, abandoned natural relations with women and burned in their desire toward one another, males with males committing shameful acts and receiving in their own persons the due penalty of their error.
28 And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a depraved mind, to do those things that are not proper, 29 people having been filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, and evil; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and malice; they are gossips, 30 slanderers, haters of God, insolent, arrogant, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents, 31 without understanding, untrustworthy, unfeeling, and unmerciful; 32 and although they know the ordinance of God, that those who practice such things are worthy of death, they not only do the same, but also approve of those who practice them.
 
1 Peter 4:12 14 If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory, and of God, rests upon you. 
 It was a difficult thing to experience. To be somewhere where people are calling your wife a bitch and blaspheming God is trying and affects one’s emotional state for some days to follow.
 When I shared this experience with my oldest son and how these experiences actually bolster my faith because the hostility toward us is so extreme that it seems evidence for a spiritual dynamic, he concurred. Well, that’s at least one more good thing that came out of this, I mean that maybe God will use this to draw my son to himself.
  These experiences seem to be consistent with what I one should expect our Christian experience to include. John 15:18-25
18 “If the world hates you, you know that it has hated Me before it hated you. 19 If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, because of this the world hates you. 20 Remember the word that I said to you, ‘A slave is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will persecute you as well; if they followed My word, they will follow yours also. 21 But all these things they will do to you on account of My name, because they do not know the One who sent Me. 22 If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin. 23 The one who hates Me hates My Father also. 24 If I had not done among them the works which no one else did, they would not have sin; but now they have both seen and hated Me and My Father as well. 25 But this has happened so that the word that is written in their Law will be fulfilled: ‘They hated Me for no reason.’
 We need to repent of this Americanized Christianity that has been diminished down to “Study the Bible & have fun” and where people think that picking up their cross has to do with a piece of jewelry that they hang around their necks.
  The miniscule suffering we endured cannot be compared to what happened to my friend Nicholas Heald (knocked out & had his head stomped into the street) or Jim Poullion (shot to death while holding a sign) or that of the early disciples or martyrs let alone Jesus Himself but maybe it will help prepare us for what may be coming. May we be found faithful.
 
 3 of us met with the principal today.
The principal, Rachel Goss, was polite and even apologetic about the way we were treated, but I concur with Jono's assessment that she was just being diplomatic. We think that she politely tolerated us until the meeting was over. I did leave her a flash drive with the video from my GoPro as well as a copy of the 2 magazines that we had handed out and the "What you are worth" gospel tract. As we left, I did ask her to please at least read the "What you are Worth" tract and consider the Gospel. 
 She was not on the campus last Thursday. She asked me to describe the male staff member who harassed us and when I did, she said that she didn't think that she had anyone there that met that description. I told her that the security guard (Robert) would definitely be able to identify the staff member. 
  We stated our 2 core beliefs; every human being is of great worth because they are made in the image of God and that it is never right to take the life of an innocent human being. 
 Then we made the point that regardless of the message that the school should be nurturing an environment where people can offer information and ideas that may be controversial without being verbally attacked, having their material and property stolen from them; being physically assaulted and threatened. 
 She had short purple hair and a lot of rainbow stickers on her laptop etc. We are praying that God will grant her repentance & draw her to Himself. I suspect that the security guard (Roberto) is a Christian. I hope to be able to talk to him in the future. 

   A few days later I read in the Voice of the Martyrs magazine "We cannot serve God well if we imagine that the fallen world will value us as his followers, celebrate us or cheer us on. Too many Christians genuinely think, "If we show forth the love of Christ, we will be winsome and they will want what we have." As Christ's witnesses - collectively "the light of the world" - we must understand that the radiance of His glory shining through us will be opposed and rejected. But we can praise God because He uses such opposition and our resultant suffering to accomplish His purposes. Christ suffered to show us His love, and we are called Christlike to take up our crosses to show His love to others. As we do so in faith, we can, like Chaminda (Pg 5) identify the violent opposition as a great opportunity."