Saturday, May 28, 2016

DOUBLE BLESSING




It is always exciting when we have a client expecting twins, but this past week God gave a special gift regarding a dear mother and her preborn twins.  She called early in the morning inquiring about an ultrasound, because she had been to an abortion clinic where they had given her the abortion pill.  After taking the initial dose of the pill she changed her mind and did not want an abortion.  She called her doctor and was advised to seek an ultrasound to see if the baby was still viable.

The client came for an ultrasound and it revealed two tiny heartbeats.  The client proceeded to take the anti-abortion hormone prescribed by her doctor.  In the counseling session this mother signed up for our EWYL classes and although it is about an hour’s drive, stated she would be returning for classes.

We have known for some time about the abortion reversal process, but this is the first time we have witnessed it and then to learn she was having twins was an added blessing.  Many smiling faces and whispers of “Thank you God” were heard around here yesterday.

Monday was our first meeting at the new satellite center.  The actual address of the satellite center is 10620 Hutchison Blvd, Panama City Beach.  We will have signs out around the property pointing to the little building next door to Gulf Beach Baptist Church.  These signs will say “FREE pregnancy testing.”  Yes we plan to do pregnancy testing on Wednesdays.  A nurse has graciously volunteered to do the testing and although space is very limited, we have a plan that will make it work.  If you are interested, please contact the office.  Our next meeting will be Monday evening at 5:30 at the facility.  We will be working on the store, going over needed forms and supplies etc.

Needs:
A new switching box. Looks like our internet switching box is about to bite the dust.  Our internet connection 
keeps coming and going.
For sale -  several  old computers.  They have been wiped clean and have no PRC information or operating system.  Anyone interested in them can contact the office.
Carpet cleaning – our front waiting room doubles and even quadruples for services and the carpets get soiled very quickly. 
Donations to help purchase Bible Studies for our clients. We would like each client to have their own workbook of Bible studies that we order on a frequent basis.  The cost of these work books were not included in our regular budget.  Help with them would be greatly appreciated.

Needs for Beach PRC:
Clothes racks - Book cases - Filing cabinet
Wednesday volunteer receptionist or counselor
Beach Baby Boutique worker for Monday evening or Wednesday

Thought for today:  It is the Holy Spirit of God who lives in us that compels us to fight for life.

“And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is LIFE because of righteousness.”





Monday, May 23, 2016

GREAT NEWS!

Hello everyone,

Great news!  We have been given the go ahead to begin our satellite center on the beach.  We will be called PRC At The Beach and will begin classes in approximately two to three weeks.  This coming Monday evening the volunteers who will be helping at the beach location are asked to meet at the new location for a time of store stocking, organizing and planning.  If interested in working at the beach location, and if you have not already let us know, please call the office for time and place

It was a good day at the Community Services Bazaar on Friday of last week where many other service organizations were on display.  We swapped information and many expressed interest in referring clients our way or volunteering.  Looking forward to hearing back from them.



Don't forget about the CA training scheduled for June 18.  This will be for Client Assistants (counselors).  If you are a CA, or if you have ever considered being a counselor to the young women and girls who come to the Center, please do not miss this training.  On the job training is wonderful, but nothing replaces the concentrated training received in these sessions. This is also an opportunity to ask questions and get ideas from our more experienced CAs (counselors).  Sign-up sheet will be on the counter between kitchen and dining area.

Spring/Summer newsletter should be in homes by now.  Please let us know if you do not get one so we can make sure you are on the mailing list.

Many of our volunteers are currently under attack from the evil one.  They are experiencing grave family circumstances that are designed to discourage or dissuade them from serving God in this ministry.   I believe we are on the verge of great things here at PRC and our enemy is working overtime to prevent life from being affirmed.   Please pray with me that Satan will not win and that God will take these circumstances and work them out for the good of the dear volunteers who want to serve Him.  Also, pray for their perseverance and that Jesus Christ will be glorified through every volunteer and staff member of this ministry.

We currently have 206 people on our email list.  This is too many for most email clients to handle, so we have switched over to using Mail Chimp.  I am still in the learning process of this new way of sending emails, so please bear with me when you see typos and words that just don't seem to make sense. Seems like out of nowhere the sentences jump from one paragraph to another.   

By the way, I would like to take this opportunity to say thank you to all those who voice regularly, that they enjoy receiving these weekly updates and actually look forward to them.  

God bless you every one, it is a joy and a privilege to be a part of this ministry.

"You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world".  1 John 4:4

Tuesday, May 10, 2016

CALM AFTER THE STORM

Hello everyone,

Life at PRC has been a little calmer after the storm of preparing for the banquet for so many months.  However, our appointment book is still nearly full and we are seeing new women each day that we do intake, and we are seeing lives changed through our Earn While You Learn and Bible Studies.

Praise God for a client who prayed to receive Christ on Thursday of this week.  What a joy it is to see the smiling faces of the women and girls as they share their decision to trust Jesus as their savior and to make plans to follow Him.  These women and girls are not abandoned after their decision.  They are given the opportunity to have a church visit them.  They are asked to attend our Bible Studies and Earn While You Learn Classes, where love and encouragement abound from the facilitators and the other members of the class.

Two weeks ago we had an abortion minded client.  She saw abortion to be her only option.  After coming to
us and speaking with a counselor and coming back last week for an ultrasound, she stated after leaving the ultrasound that she has definitely decided to not have an abortion.  She was worried about how her family would react, but because of the baby she saw moving around in the ultrasound she would consider placing her baby for adoption.  We are praising God for this dear mother and will continue to pray for her to make good decisions.  She signed up for the EWYL classes.

Attention all volunteers
Volunteer appreciation is set for May 21.  It will be a fun bar-b-que at the home of Sonja Seidler in Breakfast Point.  Come ready to play some games and get to know the other volunteers and staff at PRC.
The Spring Social Services Bazaar put on by the Big Bend is May 13 from 10-2.  The PRC will have a table set up there and will need help manning it.  These are great opportunities to get the word out to the community about what we do here at PRC.  Please help if you can.  If you cannot help, please remember to pray.

PRC Needs
We have several new wonderful volunteers at PRC.  However some are still training, some are still finding their place and dates that work best for them.  We are so thankful for all their help.  We do still need help on Tuesdays.  We need a receptionist and a Client Assistant.  Please pray and ask God if this ministry is where you should commit to Him some time, energy and abilities.  This is a ministry and although we call them volunteers, those who come to this place are ministers of God. 

We are always trying to find new and better ways to serve our Savior here at PRC.  We are changing a couple of directions here at PRC.  One is the way we work to reach the youth.  We want our youth groups to know about us and to come along side of us to help.  Instead of education on abstinence only, we will be requesting their help to reach their peers about abstinence, STDs, and teen pregnancy. 

Another new direction is the way we speak with the abortion minded client.  We want the scared mother to see that God loves her very much.  We have in the past tried to focus  on her and her needs, but we must try harder and one of the ways is to share the well-known pro-life verses from Psalm 139 which not only shows this mother how much God cares for her unborn, but that He cares for her and has chosen her to bring life into the world.

I challenge everyone to read Psalm 139 with the mother in mind.  I believe like the scared mother to be, we will all see things a little differently when we get a glimpse of just how much God loves each of us.
God is sooo gooood all the time!!!

“I am so glad that our Father in heaven tells of His love in the Book He has given, wonderful things in the Bible I see – this is the dearest that Jesus loves me.

O if there’s only one song I can sing when in His beauty I see the great King, this shall my song in eternity be: O what a wonder that Jesus loves me!”

I am so glad that Jesus loves me, Jesus loves me, Jesus loves me; I am so glad that Jesus loves me, Jesus loves even me.”

Phillip P. Bliss, 1838-1876