After completing the training, I embarked on my first experience as a Sidewalk advocate. It wasn’t difficult to talk to people, but resisting the urge to judge them and their families was even more challenging. I saw young women coming to the facility alone or with their boyfriends, husbands, or parents. It wasn’t easy to comprehend, and I struggled to process it all. I had so many questions for God: Why was this happening? Why are You allowing it? As I waited for the next client to arrive, I constantly prayed, asking God to allow me to save at least one child. It was a small prayer that gave me a great deal of meaning.

I walked over to Seneca’s property edge and called out to them to get their attention. I introduced myself and asked the mom if I could share who I was and what Seneca and the mobile clinic had to offer. I also asked if I could share the reality of what her daughter was about to experience, because as we all know, the abortion workers are not honest about this. She listened to what I had to say, all the while sobbing because she did not want her daughter to go through with this. 

I asked her how she was feeling and if she were still considering abortion.  She answered, "I think God is telling me to have this baby. With the things that happened to me, especially the lady that told me that I couldn't have the abortion, it was a sign that I shouldn't do this."  She then confirmed to me that she was going to continue with her pregnancy and raise this child by herself, just as she'd been doing with her other three children.  She asserted, "It is God's will. If he wants me to have this baby, I will have it.”

When I came to Seneca in December of last year, seeking to volunteer, I thought I’d be folding baby clothes and inventorying diapers.  As it happened, the front desk position - the Administrative Specialist job, was open and Amber and Karen encouraged me to apply for it. I had come to Seneca with friends the previous Spring to pray during 40 Days for Life.  That was really all the exposure I’d had to this pro-life organization.