Personally Speaking
Thinking back, I can still remember how my heart sank the moment I first heard the words, "you're pregnant" fall from the doctor's lips. I sat in his office in utter disbelief, wondering what I would do next. I was 22 years old and financially, emotionally and mentally broken; right in the midst of a nasty divorce from an abusive husband. Alone, the mother of three little kids and now about four months pregnant with my fourth child. All I wanted to do was make the whole experience disappear. I didn’t have the financial means to support another child on my own, I had no means of transportation and was isolated from most of my family and friends.
So, what did I do?
During those next few weeks after I learned I was pregnant, I sobbed as I paced the floor, praying and asking God what I should do. I couldn’t even picture myself with another child let alone think about having one…but I did. God let me know, through the tears that He was faithful and that He would take care of me. That it would all be okay. And it was…
Believe me when I say I’ve experienced to the fullest the profound pain and confusion each young woman feels when faced with an unplanned pregnancy. It’s not easy to think about what you’re facing when you’re going through it but God is faithful and He will make a way for what He has ordained. Even though this pregnancy might’ve came from your free will, God always has a way to make it work for your life.
In order to save the lives of these precious unborn babies, you have to first minister to the needs of the young women walking into your center. That‘s why I created The Christmas Wish to help you show each young woman that there are other, more positive endings that can come from their unplanned pregnancy.
God placed it on my heart many years ago to begin the process of opening up a ministry that deals with women in crisis. My heart goes out to each and every woman that suffers and through New Life Visions I on being an integral part of their healing.
