T. came into the Center one day to pick up diapers for her baby. She was so bubbly and excited about her life…. "What have you been doing lately that you look so happy?" Then she began sharing about the latest events in her life.
She was taking classes. At first, I automatically thought she was taking classes that would help her to get a job. I was wrong. Isn't it funny how we get so conditioned that when girls have a family, that they should be striving to educate themselves so that they can go to work?
T. first came to us as a young teenager for a pregnancy test. She is married with her fourth baby now. She has gone through our program for each of the babies. We've watched her mature and grow up. A lot of times, she wasn't able to attend classes, so she would read some scripture and write a report on what it meant to her. This is the way that she could earn her "mommy money" to buy diapers and wipes for her babies.
So what was this class that she was so excited about? T. explained, "They teach you how to tell Bible Stories to children. Not just to tell the stories, but to tell them with the idea of helping the children to grow spiritually and to teach salvation. Did you know that children can accept the Lord at such a really young age???"
Hmmm, this sounded very familiar to me. I had gone through the Child Evangelism Fellowship School myself many years ago, so asked her what the name of the classes were. She told me the name in Spanish because the classes were all in Spanish..
She continued, "And they have neighborhood clubs where they teach the Bible Stories to the neighborhood kids." Now I knew for sure, it was the Good News Clubs that she was talking about… a very favorite ministry of mine.
Then she told how she talked with her oldest daughter (now 6 years old and in school) about this ministry and how that she was so willing to move in with her other little sisters to give up her room for the club!! T. was so excited that her children were so receptive to this new ministry that she was going to do.
Then even more…. She said her husband was going to church with them. He's been telling his friends about Christ and about how he wasn't sneaking off to drink anymore. She was just so happy how God was using her little family.
What is SUCCESS??
A girl walks into our Center instead of walking into an abortion Center.
—SUCCESS
A girl opens up and talks about her life when she doesn't trust anyone else
—SUCCESS
A girl chooses life for her baby rather than abortion.
—SUCCESS
A girl receives Christ as her Savior or rededicates her life to the Lord.
—SUCCESS
A girl gets married rather than just "living together"
—SUCCESS
A girl turns her life around and begins attend church
—SUCCESS
A girl begins witnessing to others about the miracles in her life
—-SUCCESS
A girl comes back later to volunteer, to "give back"
—SUCCESS
A girl leads others to the Lord
—SUCCESS
A girl comes in and we never see her again, but we faithfully pray for her
—SUCCESS
A volunteer shows up by faith each week no matter what the outcome of that appointment.
—SUCCESS
At the Center, we see many different stages of a girl's life. Sometimes we only see them one time and we never see them again, never knowing what the real outcome of that appointment was. Sometimes, we see them continually for several years. Nevertheless, our volunteers come in faithfully every week determined that it will have an effect on that girl's life.
Did you know that it takes an average of hearing the Gospel seven times before a person finally makes that decision to follow Christ? You could be the 1st, the 3rd or the 7th. But being there is all that the Lord has required of us. In the end, it's not really all the little successes that we may or may not see, but the faithfulness .
"Well done, thou faithful servant. Enter into the Joy of the Lord."
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