Albuquerque, New Mexico- Our new mission field

I am constantly amazed at God’s provision and plan for our lives. He is always faithful. During my time studying missions at a Bible college in Texas, God put on my heart the American mission field. At that time I wasn’t really sure what that looked like, but I did know that God would provide His vision for my ministry.

After I graduated in 2003, I was hired by a congregation in Southern Arizona as their full-time Evangelist. After I fulfilled my year commitment, my wife Tara and I moved to Flagstaff, Arizona to begin an apartment ministry. During our time in Flagstaff, God opened our eyes to the reality of one of the greatest injustices in American history…abortion.  Abortion affects all ethnic groups, hurts both men and women, and it has killed 1/3 of our generation (50 million since 1973). Over 3,000 lives will be lost today in America due to abortion. When we came to this realization we prayerfully made a commitment to God to faithfully do whatever we could to end this injustice through prayerful and peaceful means.

Since we prayed that prayer, we have moved from Flagstaff, AZ (after starting a pro-life outreach at the local Planned Parenthood) to Riverside, CA. I was the Assistant Director of the Campus Life Tour for the organization, Survivors of the Abortion Holocaust. We traveled around the country visiting a high school and a college everyday educating our peers about the reality of abortion and all the ways that is has destroyed our culture and devastated so many lives. From August 2008- May 2009, we went to over 180 schools.
For the past year, we have been interns for Operation Rescue. Operation Rescue is one of the leading pro-life Christian activist organizations in the nation. Operation Rescue recently made headlines when it bought and closed an abortion clinic in Wichita, Kansas and has become perhaps the most visible voice of the pro-life activist movement in America. Its activities are on the cutting edge of the abortion issue, taking direct action to restore legal personhood to the pre-born and stop abortion in obedience to biblical mandates.

We have made Albuquerque, New Mexico our new home as of July 1, 2010. Our move to Albuquerque has been an answer to prayer, we have seen God lead us every step of the way. Our reason for choosing Albuquerque is that it has become the late-term abortion capital of America and there is a great need here. There are at least four abortion clinics in this city including a late-term clinic that draws women from all over the country.

Tara and I are Protestant Christians serving with the Catholic ministry, Project Defending Life in their life-saving efforts. We are working with Project Defending Life to help mobilize the Christian community here in Albuquerque into peaceful and prayerful action. We will be reaching out to the Protestant community to activate and educate them about the horror of abortion. With a united Christian front, we are confident that God will bless our call to make Albuquerque abortion free. We pray that God will bless our service and faithfulness as we seek first His kingdom and His righteousness here in Albuquerque. Our prayer is that God will bless our effort to end abortion in our community as we find common ground together. We realize the devastation that abortion leaves behind. Abortion pushes women and couples further from, not closer to God.

Written by Bud for: STAND FOR LIFE