Last week was an extremely slow week for the pro-life "pregnancy evangelism" ministry outside the Family Planning Associates abortion mill in Bakersfield and at the LifeHouse pregnancy help center across the street. Abortions were committed on Monday (Feb. 12) and Tuesday (Feb. 13) at FPA by Kenneth Wright, but Wright left very early both days. At least one baby was saved from abortion. Here are a few selected reports from last week's ministry activities:

"Judith," 15, stopped by the LifeHouse on Monday to show off her newborn baby boy, "Jared." Judith had scheduled to abort Jared at FPA on September 18, but changed her mind after talking to Terri* on the sidewalk and at the LifeHouse (see Weekly Ministry Focus Vol. 1 No. 38). Terri had also helped Judith find a doctor, and accompanied her to her first prenatal appointment. Judith had shared her testimony at LifeSavers' Mexican Dinner in December.

Jared was born three weeks early, on February 6. He weighed 5 pounds 6 ounces and was 19 1/4" long. "He's very cute," Terri said. Judith said she needed a diaper bag, so Terri gave her one that had been donated to the LifeHouse.

Judith continues to live with her pro-abortion mother, but her mother is now overjoyed with her new grandson. A baby shower for Jared will be held soon. If you would like to attend the shower, or to send a gift, please contact Terri.

Social worker Elizabeth Mojica, who works at Mary's Shelter in Santa Ana, California, sent the following note to LifeSavers after reading a recent report in the Los Angeles Mission newspaper:

To those of you who dedicate your time, love, and energy to help those in need, thank you for all that you do! I read your article in the L.A. Mission about the woman who first sought to have an abortion when she learned that the baby might be born with Down Syndrome. This is just one example of how your ministry has SAVED lives. I work at Mary's Shelter in Santa Ana, Ca., (a shelter for pregnant minors) and I have a client who is from your area. She shared with me how she too wanted to have an abortion; however your ministry educated her about the truths of what an abortion truly is. This minor is doing very well and she plans to place her baby for adoption. May God continue to bless all of you!

Note: For more information on Mary's Shelter, visit their website at http://www.Teenshelter.org.

A volunteer from another pregnancy center sent a note to LifeSavers this week about another baby saved from abortion. The couple had decided to abort so that nobody would know about the pregnancy. They spoke to a man outside the FPA abortion chamber who was "very helpful." "The boyfriend said he would like to thank the man, but didn't know who he was," the volunteer wrote.

"See, he is puffed up;
   his desires are not upright--
  but the righteous will live by his faith --

indeed, wine betrays him;
   he is arrogant and never at rest.

Because he is as greedy as the grave
   and like death is never satisfied,

he gathers to himself all the nations
   and takes captive all the peoples.

"Will not all of them taunt him with ridicule and scorn, saying,

"`Woe to him who piles up stolen goods
   and makes himself wealthy by extortion!
   How long must this go on?'

Will not your debtors suddenly arise?
  Will they not wake up and make you tremble?
  Then you will become their victim.

Because you have plundered many nations,
  the peoples who are left will plunder you.

For you have shed man's blood;
  you have destroyed lands and cities and everyone in them.

"Woe to him who builds his realm by unjust gain
  to set his nest on high,   to escape the clutches of ruin!

You have plotted the ruin of many peoples,
  shaming your own house and forfeiting your life.

The stones of the wall will cry out,
  and the beams of the woodwork will echo it.

"Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed
   and establishes a town by crime!

Has not the LORD Almighty determined
  that the people's labor is only fuel for the fire,
  that the nations exhaust themselves for nothing?

For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD,
   as the waters cover the sea.