Many years ago, I believed the Lord wanted to involve my life in a greater capacity in prolife ministry. As a busy Pastor's wife and home schooling mother of four children, I had to wait for the right timing. In the summer of 2008, the doors opened for me to get involved with a local pregnancy resource center after receiving six weeks of training. The center offers free pregancy testing, ultrasounds, counseling and various resource classes to women experiencing an unplanned pregnancy. My volunteer position as a client advocate allows me many opportnities to serve women of all walks of life and faith. Probably the greatest blessing and surprise to me is how much love the Lord has given me for these women. I have been overwhelmed by His love for them and His desire for them to make right choices.
In April of 2009, thanks to the support of many friends and family I was able to attend a week long training in limited ultrasound obstetrics put on by Alliance for Life in Springfield, Missouri. There I received both classroom and clinical time and by the end of the week had performed 25 ultrasounds on pregnant women. It was one amazing week!
Currently, I am performing ultrasounds at a local Pregnancy Resource Center in Missouri on Tuesday afternoons. I need to do 50 supervised ultrasounds which are then signed off by the center's Medical Director before I can do them on my own. I am so happy to say that I am well on my way and soon this will be a reality because of the many who partnered with me in this cause for life. I could not believe how much support came in! I am very grateful. I had more than enough to complete the ultrasound training so the rest of the donations went to another prolife ministry called Ultrasounds For Life. The Director recently emailed and said, “I will be participating in a pro-life conference in Durban, South Africa where we are donating two ultrasound machines. The funds from your church and some others, will make it possible for all this to happen. Your assisting Ultrasounds For Life with this international effort is greatly appreciated.” Wow! God is going to use ultrasound machines all over the globe to save the lives of the unborn!
A couple of weeks ago at the center, a woman came in who had had several previous abortions. She said she never wanted to have children. She also said she had never been affected either emotionally or physically from her previous abortions. She had never had an ultrasound so another volunteer and I asked her if she would like to have one done. She was willing and was able to see her 12 week old baby moving about, auditioning for his very life. I cannot describe to you the look on her face. Clearly her countenance revealed much joy, yet underneath there appeared to be a look of shock and alarm. Would this woman now begin to face the reality of her previous choices? I was able to share with her that the same God who creates life, is the same God that offers forgiveness through His Son, Jesus Christ. There in that little ultrasound room, the love of God poured through my heart to this woman who was truly in crisis and confusion. God’s love is unconditional. Because God so loved the world He gave His only Son and while we were yet sinners, His Son, Jesus Christ died for us. Amazing grace! Amazing love! It is truly hard to comprehend! This woman decided she was going to keep this baby! God was at work!
My hope in maintaining this Audition for Life blog site is to write about prolife issues and how God is using medical technology such as the ultrasound machine to help women choose life for their unborn children. May God use this blog for His glory!
