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…

The other day I spent time with a friend who recently lost two loved ones who were very dear to her. Both losses affected her deeply… so much so that each one sent her into an extended, dark season of grief and depression. One day, someone who had also experienced a debilitating loss gave her this advice: “You can grieve.…