The Veil Lifted

The Veil Lifted

When Hazel first came to see us, she had a 10-month-old baby and was pregnant again. We noticed she took a bunch of the free baby food we had in the lobby. She later shared that she was homeless—that she and her baby had been sleeping on a friend’s sofa. She’d been trying not to feed the baby too often because she…

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She Brought Her Dad

She Brought Her Dad

We love celebrating Father’s Day—not only to honor and encourage all the new young dads we get to serve, but also to applaud the noble fathers parenting daughters who are of child-bearing age. There’s one particular dad I have in mind today… the dad who came along with his daughter to her ultrasound appointment with…

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Weapons with Divine Power

Weapons with Divine Power

Aubrey was pregnant. Her boyfriend kept telling her, “You need to take care of this now before it gets any bigger.” She was also afraid of what her family would think. She came to us abortion-minded, needing someone to talk to. We listened, talked with her about each of her options, and told her about the services…

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Soaking Environment

Soaking Environment

Recently, one of our directors asked her client advocate volunteers to be prepared to lead a time of worship, scripture, and prayer at the beginning of their shifts. A few weeks later, one of the advocates shared a beautiful devotional on motherhood and it generated lots of good interaction. Feeling encouraged, that…

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I’m Coming Back

I’m Coming Back

“I’m so disappointed,” Emily said with tears in her eyes. “We’re moving out of the area, and it’ll be too expensive to drive here each week.” Emily had been taking our parenting classes for several months. When she first came to us, she was completely overwhelmed. But through our teaching, encouragement,…

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