November Newsletter: The Calvary Has Arrived!

The Calvary Has Arrived!

This month, the 40 Days For Life campaign was out in full force! We are so pleased that during this campaign Calvary of Albuquerque stepped up in a big way. On October 31st, one of Calvary’s designated days to pray at Planned Parenthood about 30 people
came to stand for life. Calvary of ABQ also has their own Christian radio station 107.1 KNKT, and Peter Benson who hosts ABQ Connect aired his show on location at Planned Parenthood on October 31st and interviewed Bud along with some other local pro-life organizations including: Care Net, Birthright, New Mexico Right to Life, and Aspen Project-an adoption agency.

(Peter Benson interviewing Pastor Eric Lamb)

Also, this month the first of a series of videos was finished titled: “The Calvary Has Arrived” you can watch this encouraging 11 min. promo video here at our blog. Calvary of Albuquerque is the largest Christian Church by attendance in the entire state of New Mexico! It is encouraging to see them step up in a big way! A vital part of our ministry consists of helping to educate and activate the Christian community to stand for life. This month we are seeing the fruit of this effort. God is moving the biggest hearts, Churches, and mountains in New Mexico!

The Survivors Campus Life Tour was in town this month. We love having them join us at the clinics and doing outreach at the local colleges and high schools. Education is key in abortion prevention.

(Picture by Survivors CLT)

“The Campus Life Team is COMMITTED. After stopping in an Albuquerque shopping center to order pizza for dinner, the team noticed a Planned Parenthood a few doors down. They placed their order, grabbed some sidewalk chalk, and spent all the time it took to make the pizza writing pro-life messages across the walk in front of PP's door. Unwavering abolitionists! “


Sidewalk Testimonies

This month out at late-term abortion mill SWO as I approached a woman in her car who was leaving the parking lot I noticed tears in her eyes but she was smiling, and said "Thank you, I didn't do it! I just could not do it!" I gave her local resources just in case she needed anything. Praise God! Another sidewalk counselor was able to pray and minister to a woman who had come to schedule an abortion. We are confident and prayerful that she will not have the abortion! We also spoke with a young father for quite a while who was open and honest. He brought his girlfriend for an abortion and she did go through with it. However, after our conversation he stated that our talk had changed his perspective and changed him. He openly stated that he was ashamed of himself. He was sorry that we met at an abortion clinic. He wanted us to know that he would never do this again, he was going to try to marry his girlfriend and he wished he would see us again "Not like this...Maybe at the mall."

This month a young man walked through the parking lot headed toward late-term abortion mill SWO. He was offered a gift packet that has been put together to hand out. He remarked "I can't say no to a gift." When asked why he was headed into SWO, he replied that his mother worked there and he was getting a ride home. He remarked when prodded that he did not like that his mom worked at an abortion clinic. He was encouraged to talk to his mom about his concerns...because according to one sidewalk counselor, "A mom always listens to her children." Pray that this is the seed that is planted that brings his mother out of the abortion industry!

This month after urgently ministering to a couple from California we realized they had come for a late-term abortion and that it was too late for the child, when we are at a loss for words and struggling to understand how best to serve the couples who refuse our resources...Prayer remains our most precious resource. Our God is bigger than the greatest mountains we face!

Wow, what a great witness to the community....this month, instead of meeting in their home or a coffee shop two women’s groups had their ladies weekly/monthly meeting on the sidewalks in front of abortion clinics SWO and UNMCRH. They are sharing fellowship here, praying here, worshiping here, lighting up the darkness, and sharing the love of Christ!

INSIDE THE HEART OF A PRO-LIFE ACTIVIST

This originally appeared on Tyler Ellis' blog btylerellis.com

"Tyler Ellis is a College Minister at the University of Delaware and author of Question Everything. His blog is dedicated to exploring the challenge of knowing God and helping others do the same."

Bud and I have been roommates, groomsmen, and friends for more than a decade now. We went to Bible College together years ago and later got to do ministry together in Arizona. It was in Arizona that Bud and his wife first got their feet wet volunteering in a pro-life ministry. Since then, they have become full-time missionaries. They currently live in Albuquerque, NM and work alongside Project Defending Life www.lateterm.com. Their mission is to end abortion in New Mexico and to minister to women and families in crisis.

TYLER: What is it that you do?

BUD:
Click here to read the full interview with Bud.

This also appeared on www.lifenews.com Interview: Inside the Heart of a Pro-Life Activist

With the end of the year approaching, now is a great time to make a year end tax-deductible donation so we can continue our life saving ministry in New Mexico!

You can donate securely here: (Click link) Prayer and a Pro-Life Witness (Cornerstone is a pro-life alternative to paypal)

Or, your donation can be mailed to:

Bud and Tara Shaver
P.O. Box 50351
Albuquerque, NM 87181

All donations made out to Project Defending Life, earmarked for "Bud or Tara Shaver" are tax deductible.

Please Pray:

~For an end to abortion in New Mexico.
~For the conversion of every abortion doctor and clinic worker.
~For softened hearts of the women we speak to each day at abortion clinics.
~For the moms who have already chosen life and for the means to continue to serve them.
~For a continued grace filled and Christ centered ministry focus.
~For more opportunities to share the truth about abortion and it’s effects with the Christian community.
~For the Christian community to rise up out of apathy and a spiritual awakening.
~For more workers for this ripe harvest.
~For our safety in this spiritual battle.

ABQ Connect Live (1 Hour) Broadcast For 40 Days For Life

(Peter Benson interviewing Pastor Eric Lamb)

On October 31st, one of Calvary’s designated days to pray at Planned Parenthood about 30 people came to stand for life. Calvary of ABQ also has their own Christian radio station 107.1 KNKT, and Peter Benson who hosts ABQ Connect aired his show on location at Planned Parenthood on October 31st and interviewed Bud along with some other local pro-life organizations including: Care Net, Birthright, New Mexico Right to Life, and Aspen Project-an adoption agency.

Listen to the entire (1 hour) show here:
http://www.knkt.com/abqconnect_player.asp?id=1383 (Click on 10/31/2012 ABQ Connect)

The Calvary Has Arrived!

Calvary Chapel ABQ in New Mexico is stepping up in a big way. Pastor Eric Lamb shares his vision and motivation behind the Pro-Life Movement "9 Months." This movement is bigger than Calvary Chapel ABQ and must be achieved by the Christian community standing together and utilizing our collective resources to oppose the injustice of abortion and minister to the women and couples in need.

INSIDE THE HEART OF A PRO-LIFE ACTIVIST

(Image by: ~hellosunshine19)

This originally appeared on Tyler Ellis' blog btylerellis.com

"Tyler Ellis is a College Minister at the University of Delaware and author of Question Everything. His blog is dedicated to exploring the challenge of knowing God and helping others do the same."

Bud and I have been roommates, groomsmen, and friends for more than a decade now. We went to Bible College together years ago and later got to do ministry together in Arizona. It was in Arizona that Bud and his wife first got their feet wet volunteering in a pro-life ministry. Since then, they have become full-time missionaries. They currently live in Albuquerque, NM and work alongside Project Defending Life www.lateterm.com. Their mission is to end abortion in New Mexico and to minister to women and families in crisis.

TYLER: What is it that you do?

BUD:
Click here to read the full interview with Bud.

This also appeared on www.lifenews.com Interview: Inside the Heart of a Pro-Life Activist

God Empowers And Uses The Broken

(Picture provided by Orae Dominguez)

As we step out in faith onto a sidewalk outside an abortion clinic I am continually amazed and inspired. I am learning more about God’s ability to move through his body and his power that is exercised through prayer. This week on Wednesday, the first day of 40 Days For Life, there was a larger than usual presence of people united with a common love and urgency to minister to the women, babies, and families going into the late-term abortion clinic Southwestern Women’s Options (SWO). My friend and faithful pro-life advocate Lorenzo reminds me every day that each day is new and that each person we encounter at the abortion clinic has their own unique set of trials.

A vehicle pulled up and an entire family of several people got out and walked into SWO. As they walked in a few people were able to offer kind words of hope and help, words of compassion, and words of urgency about the dangers posed at this specific clinic, how it is currently under investigation by the New Mexico Medical Board. The family had their heads down, and they did not stop to speak to anyone. A young man escorted a young woman dressed in sweats, he had head phones on and he obviously did not want to talk to anyone. After several minutes, he came back outside and he seemed visually upset. He suddenly ran across the street weeping and he fell prostrate on the ground in front of a house that has a painting of Our Lady of Guadalupe on it. He stayed there for several minutes weeping and praying.

As we reach out each day, people respond in various ways to conviction. Some respond in anger, some with excuses. We desire them all to respond with brokenness. This young man responded in the appropriate way, he was truly broken. He spoke broken English, but he told us that it was his girlfriend there for an abortion, his child. He went back inside and neither he nor the family came back outside before we all left for the day.

There was one sidewalk counselor who was speaking to him in Spanish and very fervently praying for him, she mentioned how emotionally drained she was and she cried with another sidewalk counselor for several minutes before we all left.

I will always have the image of this young man in my mind when I think about what it means to be truly broken. However, this is not the end of this story! The next day, Thursday, instead of reaching out at late-term SWO, a group of us reach out at another local abortion clinic, UNMCRH. When I went back out to SWO on Friday, I was told that the young man came back out to SWO on Thursday to personally thank all of us and to share his joy that he was able to talk his girlfriend, and the entire family out of the abortion! He shared that he was a very proud papa!

He mentioned that he was Catholic but that he had not been taking his faith very seriously for quite a while. He was just going along with his girlfriend and family and did not really care that his girlfriend was going to have the abortion…That was until he encountered all of us and he was convicted and empowered to do all he could to save the life of his child.

When we step out in faith at the local abortion clinics in our community God uses even our mustard seed sized faith to move mountains! We even witness miracles! We are able to see that it is the Holy Spirit that convicts hearts as we make ourselves available to the lost and truly desperate! As the Holy Spirit convicts peoples hearts, they are not simply left in their brokenness. God is able to empower each one of us for the burden of responsibility that he awakens our hearts to. This young man stood up from his knees and then stepped out and God was able to use him to save a life…the life of his child!

This is how God can and wants to use each one of us!

Welcome to, Eden

Tara, Tirzah, and I welcomed Eden Shaver into our family Friday, September 7, 2012 at 1:23am. He was 7lbs exactly and 20 5/8 inches long. He was born at home (our plan). Mom and baby are healthy and strong and doing well. We had wonderful help from a midwife and another doula/midwife in training. Thank you for your prayers, they were powerful and effective!

We have truly been blessed by this precious gift, sent from above! Our hope is that Eden will live his life to be a blessing in this world by advancing God's kingdom and serving others. That is what Eden's name represents. Eden was where God created humanity to dwell with Him in perfect relationship. This marred and broken world is not what God intends for humanity. Eden represents our prayer for this world, and our hope that our new son (and daughter) will one day experience that perfect reality. Until that day, our prayer is that he will be used by God as a mighty light for Him to push back and overcome the darkness. Join us as we say: "Welcome, to Eden."

Another aspect of Eden's birth to share is that our doula was able to have a glimpse of Eden two years ago thanks to the ministry of Project Defending Life (PDL) www.defendinglife.org. During a time in her life when she needed help, she was served by the Mom's Ministry at PDL. God placed PDL in her life and when we stepped into ministry at PDL (two years ago), God placed her into our life. She was able to return the blessing of service God had provided her by being a blessing to our family. God used her to serve our family and share our joy of welcoming Eden into the world. God is already answering our prayer...Welcome to, Eden!


We were created for Eden...

"We were never meant for this, somewhere it all went wrong...
We are not the cause of this, these things were broke before."-- Ever Stays Red (lyrics from their song Run) Click here to listen to it.


Welcome to, Eden:


Tirzah Meet's Eden for the First Time!

Welcome to, Eden...

Sept. Newsletter: Ignorant & Idiotic...Modern Day Fools For Christ

This month we learned that as we step out in faith, God can use us to Light Up the Darkness and deal with people's brokenness, those who are carrying heavy burdens. We can represent Jesus to them as he says "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest." (Matthew 11:28) As we lead them to Jesus...He will do the rest!

Thanks for your continued prayers and support! Prayers can move mountains, so please continue to keep us in your prayers...and let us know how we can pray for you!

The Calvary has arrived...Literally Calvary Chapel, ABQ!

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

This month the largest Christian Church in New Mexico, Calvary ABQ offered a second round of Pro-Life apologetics training “A Case For Life: Stand To Answer.” This has produced much fruit already as we have had many new people join us as we stand for life out at local abortion clinics in Albuquerque! Praise God for answered prayers!

Also, because Calvary ABQ is becoming active and equipping the body of Christ for works of service, Tara led a training course for those interested in volunteering at Project Defending Life. The training consisted of pregnancy testing, ultrasounds, and sidewalk counseling. Around twenty women went through the training! Project Defending Life has two locations in Albuquerque, New Mexico one located 20 feet from Planned Parenthood and the other located across the street from the UNM abortion mill UNMCRH!

Please visit: www.lateterm.com and share this information with others!

This month while out at Late-Term mill SWO sidewalk counselor Bobby, was able to talk to a young girl (still in high school) after she went in and came back out. He asked her if she was there for an abortion and she said "Yes" and burst into tears. We were able to share with her all the help PDL offers. Bobby shared with her mom about his church and a new food ministry they have just started, she left with a flier about the ministry. The young girl left with her baby! This is how Christ's love is lived out! This was the third late-term Tuesday in a row with a confirmed baby saved. Bobby and I joked that the new people coming out (thanks to the Calvary ABQ class "Stand To Answer") would think all these babies being saved was normal...Welcome to the new normal!

Our God is Mighty to Save...as we step out in faith to be used by Him! We are ending abortion one woman, one child, one day at a time...and to God be the Glory!

God is obviously blessing the faithfulness of his Body as they step out in faith...some for the first time: There were 10 turnarounds/babies saved this month...that we know about! To God Be The Glory!

“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.” (Matthew 11:28)

Ignorant & Idiotic...Modern Day Fools For Christ (Click title to read the entire article)

When we step out in faith and publicly Stand For Life, the world may deem us foolish, but we are making a difference..."Making Friends With Our Enemies"...and ending abortion one woman, one child, one day at a time!

Showing Christ’s Love Saves The Unborn And Comforts Those In Need

By Monte Harms of Stand For Life– Read the rest of this article and others at www.standforlife.net

Having Christ's love flow through those on the sidewalk have saved lives and comforted those after they had their abortions. Bud Shaver shares recent encounters from the sidewalk of Southwestern Women's Options in Albuquerque, NM:

Everyone has a picture, concept...stereotype of what a public presence at a abortion clinic is. Let me share with you what I witnessed and experienced today out at late-term mill SWO. A woman came out of the abortion clinic after she had her abortion. Also, a college student from UNM was waiting while his girlfriend was inside having an abortion (his child). Jennifer and others were able to wave them over to talk with them...they didn't just talk to these people, they were able to hug, weep, minister to, pray and love them! This is more than a snap-shot of pro-life ministry...This is what grace, mercy, love...Christ looks like. We have an opportunity to live out Christ's love and share Him with those who desperately need to find Him! We love because He first loved us...We have been lost and broken until we found the healer! I witnessed what Christianity is...I witnessed Christ being lifted up and drawing the lost to Him! I was also able to talk to the abortion clinic manager. Orae gave her our latest handout (from HLA) so she would know what help and information the women received from us. (A UPS driver told us that they have a sign posted inside the clinic stating "Pray to end sidewalk harassment!") I was able to tell her we cared and were praying for her too. She told us they were "Having a hard time keeping up”...with us! We have had several turnarounds and saves this month...that we know about! We have the opportunity to be His hands, feet, body...and heart to these men and women!

Many who go in to have an abortion know what they are destroying, but they often feel that abortion is the only alternative for them. Unfortunately, the outside pressure from others to abort is tremendous. But when an alternative is displayed that shows Christ's love for them and help for their situation, their eyes are sometimes opened. Project Defending Life (PDL) in Albuquerque, NM and other organizations throughout the country give sidewalk counselors the necessary tools to assist the needy. PDL offers all types of assistance to those that feel backed into a corner with no way out. Often when the woman and man involved sees an ultrasound of their baby at PDL or another pregnancy center, they feel there isn't any reason for them to destroy that life. Also, if they know there is someone there to assist them financially and with moral or spiritual support, they can see the light at the end of a very dark tunnel. Thousands of sidewalk counselors and pregnancy centers across America are that beacon of light for the unborn and those who want to abort.

Please Pray :
~For an end to abortion in New Mexico.
~For the conversion of every abortion doctor and clinic worker.
~For softened hearts of the women we speak to each day at abortion clinics.
~For the moms who have already chosen life and for the means to continue to serve them.
~For a continued grace filled and Christ centered ministry focus.
~For more opportunities to share the truth about abortion and it’s effects with the Christian community.
~For the Christian community to rise up out of apathy and a spiritual awakening.
~For more workers for this ripe harvest.
~For our safety in this spiritual battle.

We are full-time Pro-Life Missionaries and raise our own support from individuals who have a heart for our life saving work!

All donations made out to Project Defending Life, earmarked for “Bud or Tara Shaver” are tax deductible and can be mailed to:

Bud and Tara Shaver
P.O. Box 50351
Albuquerque, NM 87181

You can also make a tax deductible donation on-line by Clicking Here: Prayer and a Pro-Life Witness

(Cornerstone is a Pro-Life alternative to PayPal)

Your generous support makes our work possible!

Please visit our blog: prayerandaprolifewitness.blogspot.com for news interviews, news articles, and for our latest updates throughout the month.

Here are some of the highlights of our ministry from this past month...(Click on the highlighted links to read the articles)

Pro-Life Missionaries are Pushing Back the Abortion Cartel in New Mexico (Operation Rescue sent this out to help us continue our life saving work in NM!)

MAKING FRIENDS WITH OUR ENEMIES!


In Light of the Empty Sidewalks, History Will be the Final Arbiter!(This is an article that Bud wrote for Stand For Life)