Glorious Week

Hello everyone,

Just a few words today about this glorious past week.  God is always showing up here at PRC.  I wish each of our volunteers and each of you who read this could be here to see the great things God does through this ministry. 

Last Sunday our pastor spoke of how God speaks us.  It is in a still small voice, and we are sometimes so busy or distracted by the world that we miss His voice.  This is sort of what happens here at the Center.  Sometimes we get very busy and miss the blessing that another is receiving.  Or sometimes we get slow and begin looking for something to busy our hands, and miss the blessing God is wanting to bestow on us by simply reading and studying His word and all the many resources available to us. 

I said this to emphasis that there are always blessings and the workings of God here at PRC.  Some of us may not see them because we are simply not here or busy at the time.  Some of us may get discouraged because we come to work only to find no clients for us to help that day.  Some of us may be looking in the earthquakes, or fires for a word from God.

Two weeks ago I told you of a student of our classes who prayed to receive Christ.  When she wrote her name on our Wall of Life, another client voiced that she wanted to write her name on the wall.  So we made a point this past week to speak with her about her salvation.  Upon questioning her she voiced assurance that she had accepted Jesus into her heart some years ago.  However, she was still under the impression that this was not enough to get her into heaven.  She was under the belief that although she had trusted Christ and prayed for forgiveness, that she must now work very hard to do the right things or she would not be accepted into heaven. 

It was explained to her that doing right was very important to please God and to have a good life on earth, but ultimately salvation or eternal life is a free gift, we are only required to accept the gift.  Upon receiving the gift we grow to love the giver so much that we will want to do the right things to please Him.  I think this client left the counseling session with a burden lifted when she learned that it is by faith not faith plus works that saves us.  So she did not get to sign the Wall of Life, however, she was reminded that her name was already written in a much more important place – the Lamb’s Book of Life.

Just yesterday (Thursday) as she was signing out for the day, I asked Connie about her client she had seen earlier.  She said it was very good, and the client prayed to receive Christ.  Praise God.  Like I said sometimes we don’t see His hand unless we look or listen very intently. 

This was a short week, with only two days to take appointments, however almost every appointment was filled with 12 appointments on our books with seven of them showing.  Out of the seven there were two ultrasounds performed, three pregnancy tests, and four who signed up for EWYL classes.  Twelve clients came for our classes on Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning.  One new father came to class on Tuesday evening. 

Next Saturday will be our monthly Saturday training.  If you want to attend, please know you will learn about the Center and what happens here.  Three are signed up so far, so we have plenty of room.  Please call if you want to attend.

Baby Bottle Boomerang - We just received 200 more bottles today.  We will be working on getting these ready for distribution this coming week.  We will need to get 100 of them ready by Tuesday.  The printed newsletter will also be here this coming week and we need many hands stuffing and taping them for mailing.  These are two projects you can help with if you do not volunteer on a regular basis.  Come help out, have some laughs, share a burden, make a friend.

Ultrasound Fund -   The Go Fund Me account is still up and we have had some donations there.  However, we have received $1100 outside the Go Fund Me just this past week.  Please be praying about this need to be met very soon.

Run Baby Run is set for October 24 at Sharron Sheffield Park.  This run is sponsored by Word of Life Fellowship church.  The proceeds will come to the Center.  If you want to sign up you can go to our facebook page and download the form, or call Jason White at 850-819-9225.  Looking forward to a good run.

Today I want to tell you about three special ladies.  I like to call them Organization Queens.  

The items donated to the Center come in all sorts of shapes, forms, and sizes.  In the past boxes upon boxes have been left in our work room un-opened and un-sorted.  But over the past several months, I can say it has really been a blessing to see the work room clean and organized on a regular basis.  And it’s not just the work roo

m.  Have you seen our Baby Boutique lately?  The new paint, curtains, and wall hangings have made it a boutique which could be compared with any in the area. 

Before

Rachel is our Baby Boutique coordinator and working with her are Pat and Sherry.  Rachel’s eye for detail and clean lines, and Sherry's and Pat's hard work at organization and display, has made our boutique an inviting, upscale place to come and shop for baby items.  These dear ladies give their time and energies to organize and stock the work room and Baby Boutique.  It is not always an easy job either, because prices are often determined at their discretion by the condition of the item.  Sometimes their items are moved around and the price tags lost or changed. 

After

This summer we have had some very hot days.  Although two of our work rooms have window ac units, going from work room, to storage room, then to the Baby Boutique on these hot days has left these dear ladies exhausted and drained.  But the smiles on their faces, every time I go out to check on them, tells me that they are enjoying their job and folding and arranging baby items are sometimes rewards in themselves.  Many times they are present when the students come to shop, and this is when they can really see the fruits of their labors. 

What an honor and privilege it has been to see the changes in our work room and Baby Boutique since these three dear ladies have taken charge of this part of our ministry. 

Sometimes I call our Baby Boutique the icing on our cake around here.  Well if this is true, then the icing is produced by the best cake decorators in the world. A great big thank you goes to them and to God for bringing them our way.

Looks like my few words turned into to many.  But no matter, none of my words can top the following:

God is so good