Making Friends With Our Harshest Critics...Fellow Christians!

Sometimes our harshest critics are fellow Christians! We are not here to make friends, but to save lives! Our ministry is Christ centered and Grace Filled! Please be gracious to us! We do save lives and change minds...everyday! We are always effective...Each and every-time we step out in Faith! Yes, we have seen the "Mountains Move!"

Also, check out this post: Making Friends With Our Enemies!

Simply Being Present Is All It Takes To Save A Life...

Today (June 27th, 2012) I was able to talk to a woman who had pulled up in another car, but was sitting in a car that was parked at late-term abortion mill Southwestern Women's Options (SWO). She told me that her daughter was inside, but that she had changed her mind and was not going to have the abortion. I shared with her about the resources we provide at Project Defending Life (PDL) and encouraged them to go to PDL. She asked me to wait and share this information with her daughter and she went inside (SWO) to get her.

They both came out and the daughter was holding a clipboard and talking to a guy who was the driver of the car parked in the parking lot. The mother came over and whispered that the driver was her daughter's boyfriend and that he was upset that she had changed her mind and was trying to pressure her to go through with the abortion. I waved the young woman over and she immediately stated that she had come there for an abortion, but that we had changed her mind. She pointed at our signs and mentioned that they had penetrated her heart as she was going inside and once inside she felt conviction and a burden on her heart. She stated that she was Catholic and that once she felt this conviction she knew that she could not have the abortion! She thanked us for being there for her and told us that our presence there today had changed her mind. She told her mom that she could not go back inside so her mom went in and returned the clipboard. Her mom returned a few minutes later and told us that the staff at SWO were very upset that she had changed her mind about having the abortion...so much for a woman's right to choose and I guess they should change their name to Southwestern Women's Option (instead of Option's)!

I called PDL and asked a volunteer with the Gabriel Project to share with the young woman all the help PDL could offer her. While she was on the phone I spoke with her mother and she was very thankful for us being there for her daughter and she told me that she had gotten pregnant with her at 15 and considered abortion and was so glad that she didn't...now she was even more happy that her daughter did not go through with her abortion!

The boyfriend drove away and the young woman finished talking with the Gabriel Project volunteer and she reassured me that she would be in contact with PDL. Her mom was on her way to cancer treatments when her daughter had called her from inside SWO. They left together both very appreciative for us simply being there. Our presence alone, had made all the difference!

God can use us as we step out in faith and out of obedience to "Rescue those being led away to death." (Proverb 24:11) Simply being present for women in crisis can make the difference between life and death! Having the opportunity to share how much God loves them, and all the ways we can serve them is..."Icing on the cake"!

Baby Saved Twice In One Day At Two ABQ Abortion Mills!

Truth is stranger than fiction! Today at Southwestern Women's Option's (SWO) lateterm.com in Albuquerque, NM sidewalk counselor Bobby Coffman Jr. was able to speak with a young father whose girlfriend was already inside the abortion center. Bobby was able to share his own testimony of losing two children and was able to connect with this father in a personal way. Bobby asked me to share all the resources available at Project Defending Life (PDL) which I was able to do. This couple was from Ohio and had only been given information about the Late-Term abortion mill...thanks to Bobby and his wife Collette's faithfulness God was able to provide a way out! The young man was very appreciative and went inside to get his girlfriend and they both left headed up to PDL. God was able to transform a place of darkness and death into a beacon of light and hope because He was present through His people! (I guess we really are His Body!)

But wait thats not all...This couple headed to PDL which is located directly across from Planned Parenthood (literally 50 feet!) Instead of going into PDL they headed into Planned Parenthood! God was prepared and had already provided a divine appointment for this couple with Lorenzo! Lorenzo was not (so he thought) supposed to be at Planned Parenthood...he is usually at the UNM abortion mill UNMCRH on Tuesday's or with me out at SWO! But Lorenzo had a divine appointment with this couple scheduled today! As this couple was heading into Planned Parenthood, Lorenzo was there as a sidewalk counselor and spoke with them, he realized that they had been at SWO and were supposed to be going to PDL not Planned Parenthood and walked them across the street to the right place! Talk about life and death stuff!!! It literally is!!! Praise God and Praise God for His Body...We were called out of darkness into light for a reason...to Light Up the Darkness!

It is vitally important for us to be present at ALL of the abortion mills in our community! It is vitally important for us to step out in faith and allow ourselves to be used by God...when we do we can see the divine appointments that God has for us! Lives will be saved and the love of Christ will reach those who desperately need Him! A baby was saved twice in one day...that was the Mountain that I saw God move today!

Making Friends With Our Enemies!

By Bud Shaver (This article originally appeared on Standforlife.net)

Today (Friday, June 1, 2012) as I was reaching out to abortion-minded women at the late-term abortion mill, Southwestern Women’s Options (www.lateterm.com), I was confronted by a young man who was very angry! I was as close as you get to being violently assaulted. He cursed me and asked me what I had to say about it. I told him God Bless You and if you want to talk rationally about the situation we could. He left just as quickly as he came, cursing and flipping me off as he left!



This does not happen as often as one may think, but it does occasionally happen. The difference today was that this guy returned about an hour later…this time very apologetic! He was genuinely sorry for how he treated me. He shared with me his view on abortion. He shared with me that he was upset with my graphic signs and that he thought they did more harm than good. He also stated that he did not like the fact that we “harassed” women by speaking to them. He told me that he calls the cops several times every day and that he was just fed up with my “spectacle”.

I told him that I appreciated the fact that he was sincerely sorry for how he treated me and that he was not the only one who shared similar sentiments…I told him that I receive a lot of opposition and that most of the opposition I receive…ironically…is from the Pro-Life community! Everyone has their own personal opinion about what is effective, but no one ever stops to ask me: “Hey Bud why do you persist on using graphic images and reach out to abortion-minded women at abortion clinics? Is it effective? Why do you risk assault, illegal arrest, and deal with people defaming your reputation?”

This is what I told him…“I am not out here to make friends! I am not out here to get a notch in my Pro-life belt! I am not here to win a popularity contest! I am not out here to check off a box on my Pro-Life check list….I am out here for these women and babies whose lives are in imminent danger TODAY due to the violent act called Abortion! Every aspect of my presence here is proven to be effective in changing minds and saving lives! I am effective in saving lives and educating the community to the brutal violence and danger of abortion! My signs are constitutionally protected under the First Amendment to the Constitution and perfectly legal! I do not harass anyone! You can keep calling the police and as you clearly see by the fact that I am not arrested…I am not doing anything illegal! In fact if the police did arrest me based on your complaints or tried to force me off the sidewalk or try and prevent me from using my graphic signs revealing abortion violence…then they would be the ones breaking the law! There is a very good reason why I create such a “spectacle” each day…The Constitution does not just give me the right to present a message publically, the Constitution primarily guarantees that the public will be able to receive a (controversial) message that they would not be able to receive otherwise! I told him I am not the problem…Abortion is the problem!”

He did not fall on his knees and profess Christ as his Lord and he was still “Pro-Choice” when he left but he did shake my hand…What seemed impossible just one hour earlier with him being my enemy, was possible for the God that we serve…We ended our (rational) conversation as friends!

Today that was the mountain that I witnessed God move…and it all started with me taking a stand against the injustice of abortion in the public square and making myself available to abortion-minded women…and the public at large who support and will defend with force…A woman’s right to kill her own child!