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  🙌🙌🙌🙌Do Not Give Up  🙌🙌🙌


In life it is so wonderful to be able to see things come full circle. We have had a chance to witness this in the name of life. 

We had a mom who reluctantly chose life at the start. Time passed and she started to get excited about the birth of her son. She even attended other moms` showers. She was happy and chatted with everyone. 

Finally it was time for her shower and she brought her whole family. She was showered with gifts and love and well wishes. A week later she had her baby. We reached out and it was good…for a week. Then we noticed a change. Her text communication was different. She started asking for food and money.  Then she told us she was living at a friend`s house and the baby was removed from her care. Her other children were removed from her care. She admitted she had a drug addiction. It was bad. She was floundering. We stepped back because we dont have the tools to manage drug addiction. We are an organization that provides help for pregnant moms in crisis. We provide support and guidance related to the pregnancy and after if needed. 

About three months later she contacted us to tell us that she`d started a strict rehab program. A couple more months later she said she was getting short opportunities to visit with her kids. She was looking for a job and also selling her paintings on the street to make ends meet and to give herself an opportunity to express herself. 

We knew she`d really turned the corner when she started asking to come out to volunteer on the sidewalk. She came out by herself and one time even brought a friend. She has kept in contact to let us know how she is progressing. At one point she`d gotten a job but it didn't work out. That didn't detour her at all. She said she`d just have to find another one. Meanwhile she kept working on other parts of her life including housing and continuing improving  her health. 

This week Rachel contacted us to let us know that she now has permanent housing for her and all of her children. She's been granted custody of all of her children.

 Let us not become weary in doing good for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up- Romans 15:13

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