Sometimes volunteers step up in unexpected ways. The sidewalk counselor was tied up with
someone else when a young African woman, toting a beautiful baby in a handheld
carrier, walked out from the abortion facility parking lot.
A Knight of Columbus, untrained in the ways
of sidewalk counseling but realizing something needed to be done, stepped up to
her and asked if she had come from the Planned Parenthood. “Yes,” she replied
quietly. “Were you there for your first
appointment for an abortion?” “Yes.”
Trying to recall what he’d heard sidewalk counselors say before, he told
her that everyone outside was praying for her and for her babies, born and
unborn. “We have resources and people to
help,” he said, and quickly dashed to the “You Have a Choice” brochures on the
sidewalk. Pressing one into her hand, he
told her, “Call these people. They will
help you with your pregnancy.”
Smiling,
the woman took the brochure, looked at it, and then stuck it into her purse. “Thank
you,” she said, and went to wait for her ride.
When the Spirit calls, you listen!
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