Blessed are they who have kept the word with a generous heart and yield a harvest through perseverance.
(paraphrasing Luke 8:15)
“Generous hearts” doesn’t even begin to describe 40 Days for Life Pittsburgh volunteers…taking time out of busy work and family schedules, fighting traffic to get in and out of the city, finding and paying for parking, braving the wild weather extremes, enduring ugly behavior from those who disagree, fighting discouragement when woman after woman enters PP…all of these things require tremendous generosity and strong faith! We are so grateful to everyone who prayed with us, including all those who joined their prayers to ours from a distance because they were physically unable to get to the vigil.
Some days, we saw evidence of the harvest. There were nine very encouraging interactions with moms over the course of this campaign! But even when results were hidden from us, we know that many seeds were planted that may bear great fruit in the future. “Perseverance” is the word of the day for Day 40!
40 DAYS FOR LIFE 365 VOLUNTEERS AND SIDEWALK ADVOCATES WILL CONTINUE TO PRAY AND SERVE UNTIL ABORTION ENDS! Please come back to help!
-Jen
SIDEWALK REPORTS
7:30-9 AM +++ Jen and Vince
JEN: What a blessing to have Vince, Dave, Rich, and George to pray with on this sunny Sunday morning! And happy birthday to George!
9-11 AM +++ Ken and Pat
KEN: We had a beautiful sunny Palm Sunday for our last shift of this campaign. There were a few positive comments and a warm conversation with a young man searching for the love and redemption of a merciful God. Saying goodbye to all the faithful on the shifts that go before and after us is always a little sad. My faithful friend and prayer partner Pat will be missed until the next campaign. I don’t think there can be better true friendships than fellow pro lifers. We share conversations, feelings, hopes and desires for peace, mercy and love for the moms and babies, our families, our church, and our nation that don’t often happen even in our own families. It is truly a joy to meet and pray on the sidewalk with so many awesome faithful members of Pittsburgh 40 days for life.
11 AM-1 PM +++ Roseann and Rich
ROSEANN: We had a good group today of faith filled warriors. As you can tell by the photo, we also had a splash of sunshine which I believe is the first time in this particular shift since Lent began. It was a welcomed gift. We prayed and hopefully opened some hearts and minds to the message of life.
1-3 PM +++ Andrew, Ann, and Sue
Coming soon!
CLOSING EVENT AT 4 PM!
Thank You so much for all of the team members & all of the volunteers that all pitched in to help make this a successful 40 day !!
Thank You, john fletcher
Thank you all for your untiring presence at PP these 40 days.
God reward you for caring for his little ones and mothers. Let’s hope your presence made a world of difference to all who saw you in front of PP,
Sr. Jolenta
And Srs. of the Holy Spirit