Report from America - Day 34

"The Oklahoma City clinic has been closed five days
in a row now," Karen told me. "No word on why. Praise
God! It's not like him to close during the week."

That quick message says so much. The "why" really
isn't that important; what's important is that for
numerous days during this 40 Days for Life campaign,
the doors were locked -- and no babies were dying in
one Oklahoma City abortion facility.

In Ottawa, Ontario, the 40 Days for Life team spotted
a want ad for the Morgentaler Clinic, the center run
by Canada's most infamous abortionist.

The ad is for a counselor. The clinic is looking for
someone with a university degree to work 15 hours a
week. The job pays $24 an hour, and it's an immediate
opening.

Does that mean the previous counselor quit? There's
no way of telling at this point. But that could well
be the case.

It's noteworthy when clinics close or lose staff
members, but it's your presence outside the abortion
centers that is, has been, and will continue to be so
critical to changing individual hearts and minds.

And that's why we continue to rejoice in the many
reports we're hearing of saved lives.

The latest tally of confirmed lives saved as a result
of this fall's 40 Days for Life campaign is up to...

...384!!

Here are just a few of those stories:

"Another turnaround!" notes Major in Huntsville,
Alabama. "That makes six here since 40 Days for Life
started. This one was 18 to 20 weeks into her
pregnancy. Please pray for her!"

"A pregnant woman came to speak to me after having
left the abortion clinic," said Joanne at 40 Days for
Life in Providence, Rhode Island. "She changed her
mind because people were praying outside. She has
decided to have the baby."

A couple spoke to a 40 Days for Life volunteer
outside the abortion facility in Louisville,
Kentucky, then went in. A while later, they two came
back out and the man said, "You got to me. We
couldn't do it!" Jenny said there is so much to be
thankful for. "Isn't it so humbling that God has
called us to be a part of this?"

Luke in South Bend, Indiana tells of praying at the
40 Days for Life vigil on a day he was tired, hungry
and really looking forward to taking a break. About
that time, a woman drove up and asked if he worked at
the abortion center. "No, I'm working for the Lord,"
he said, "and praying."

The woman told Luke she was under extreme pressure to
have an abortion, and then asked him, "Can I have
your advice? What do you think I should do?"

Luke prayed for the Holy Spirit to give him the right
words. He then asked the woman, "Who gave you this
child?" Those were indeed the right words; she
responded, "God did."

He asked her how she could reject such a gift. She
thought about that for a moment and said, "You're
right. I could never have an abortion." Luke told her
she could find help at the nearby pregnancy resource
center, and then she drove away.

"I broke down and cried for joy," he said. "Blessed
be God forever!"