This advent season, I’ve been drawn to scripture to read again about the birth of Jesus.  It never fails to amaze me that no matter how many times I read those verses, the Lord helps me see something new. This time, two short words really caught my attention - in Matthew 1:8: “Now the birth of Jesus Christ…

Several months back, we were able to serve a pregnant client who was struggling with her boyfriend, the father of her baby. Their relationship had deteriorated to the point where he decided not to accompany her to the hospital for the birth. Shortly after their baby was born, she stopped connecting with us. We continued…

Our client Elaine had an abortion a long time ago, and struggled for decades with guilt and sadness about it. Our Post-Abortion Services Director Vickie helped Elaine go through the Bible study “Surrendering the Secret”. Elaine’s relationship with Jesus really blossomed as she began to understand the enormity of what…

One of my colleagues recently walked into church on a Sunday morning and the first person she saw was Haley, one of our former clients. Haley was there with her husband, her baby, and her 6 year old son.  She was pregnant with that 6 year old son when she was a teenager in high school – and it was during that time that…

Hi friends! I’m going to tell you today’s story in two parts. Here’s part one: About a year ago, a young woman stopped by our center because she thought she might be pregnant. We offered her a pregnancy test, and it was negative. We listened and talked with her awhile, and then she left. We thought our interaction…

Hi friends! Before I tell you today’s story, let’s quickly review how we structure our parenting education program for clients. The program is called “Earn While You Learn”. As clients learn valuable parenting skills through our classes, they also earn material rewards we call CARE cash. Both the mom AND the father…