Today Jennifer, Carol and I went to the Unite for Life event in Houston. It was a beautiful gathering of thousands of pro-lifers, and I was SO glad to be a part of it! There were probably 20 or so pro-life organizations represented with each one offering information about their specific ministry. I spent the day with my Health Care Professionals for Life group, and we signed up 23 new members :)
The guest speaker of the event was actor Eduardo Verastegui. His story was quite remarkable and if you haven't seen his movie "Bella", then you absolutely need to rent it/buy it.
The event ended with a peaceful, prayerful march from the Catholic Charismatic Center to Planned Parenthood. We were met at the gate by about 5 or 6 angry, bitter pro-abortion protesters yelling out their juvenile chants. I found it funny that their Facebook invite showed about 37 people RSVP'd to come to their protest, yet less than 10 actually showed up.
The march was beautiful - a great witness to all the traffic going by. Eduardo even participated :)
Here are a few photos from the day. I hope this will be an annual event, and that more people will participate next year!!
The Planned Parenthood "escort" in the yellow vest was holding a Bible. What in the world? These people need our prayer - they are SO lost.
Our march to Planned Parenthood
Eduardo giving his testimony.
Look at this beautiful woman sharing her story with everyone. She is the answer to the common argument, "well, what about if a woman gets pregnant because she was raped??" Is this woman's life any less valuable because of the manner in which she was conceived? NO.
Our booth :) The bottles of water were acting as paperweights because it was soooooo windy and all our brochures were trying to blow away!
The pathetic showing of "protest" from a handful of angry, bitter pro-abortion activists.
We outnumbered them by about 500 to 1, I believe :)
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