Finishing Strong!

It's happening! Construction started this week  on our new location. What a mess! Dan Myler, General Contractor (pictured above) reminded me that to bake a cake, you must first break the eggs! Today, FMG Concrete Cutting broke the cement  to move the underground plumbing, while other labors worked on "demolition" - taking down old drywall and removing non-load bearing walls.

What's happening today is a BEGINNING.  How we "finish" is up to our supporters - large and small.

We could open with the basics - as the contract is currently written - to reflect the financial resources we presently have.  No break room plumbing, cabinets, countertop, refrigerator.  No sink in the "future ultrasound room", no cabinets in the bathrooms, vinyl base trim, etc. and we finish as we're able.

We could open without a sign announcing our location to the community (relying on word-of-mouth to help those in crisi find us), or open with a sign pointing to ANOTHER WAY!

Or we could finish strong - ready to compete with our well equipped, well funded counterparts who offer "finishes" (granite, chrome, ceramic) that reflect the wealth of the abortion industry, while void of a child's future rich in LIFE, HOPE and LOVE.

I understand that some of us are making sacrifices to make ends meet in today's tough economy. Know that you can join us with your prayers for protection, provision, and God's wisdom!  Pray for our clients, current and future, that they would give themselves a chance to follow God's plan and purpose, and to know His blessings!

I am grateful to many of you who have gotten us this far - nearly $25,000 raised so far! We would not have started without you!  

There's a finish line ahead, and we've got a distance to go... a project and goal that was thwarted with delays and obstructions (like shoulder surgery and physical therapy) that greatly slowed the fund raising efforts in November and earlier this month. Would the Lord allow His plans to fail because of my physical delays? No way! 

I also see the shopping carts at Costco filled with non-essentials, and lines at the malls (still) and soldout Ford Field...  I know that many more of us do have resources to invest - and I believe that MANY are prolife and just need to be given the opportunity to win hearts and save lives by investing in the future of this ministry.

To you we extend an opportunity to JOIN US - to help us FINISH STRONG in this relocation project*.  This move will bring the option of LIFE to more men and women who have conceived new life - without plans or resources to parent. It will bring greater opportunity for women in crisis to learn of their options beyond abortion - when life is already complicated by lack of resources or broken hearts and dreams. She needs to know that there is HELP and support, and a pro-life Christian community that cares and will help provide direction, support, and material goods throughout her pregnancy and the first year of her child's life.

It's not too late to help us finish strong! Please give generously today.  Your generosity will promote LIFE for many years to come.

For the Next Generation,

Karen Jewell, Director
Another Way Pregnancy Center