Day 36: Wrapping Things Up

Tomorrow is our requested RSVP deadline for the Victory Dinner Celebration, to be held this Sunday at 1:30 pm at St. Lawrence Church (see Events below for more details). Please help spread the word by inviting all your family and friends who have participated in the campaign, and send your RSVP so we know you are coming! Dick Retta will share stories of babies saved from the DC campaign, and Rebecca Lewis will talk about outreach to the African-American community. Bob and the other musicians will be practicing their guitar, violin, flute, and possibly even harp tonight, so you definitely will want to be there to hear them!

Also, Mary Ellen will be heading up continuing vigil on abortion days on Duke Street: Fridays, Wednesday afternoons, and perhaps Tuesdays and Thursdays. The previous posting on this topic, including the latest abortion schedule, is available here; you can sign up for the vigil at the dinner on Sunday or by emailing Mary Ellen (maryellen.40days@verizon.net).

All signs are due back in the bag or to the team leaders on Sunday unless you plan to use them for continued vigiling or use in the upcoming fall campaign.

For final reports and national updates on the campaign, see the national 40 Days for Life website at www.40daysforlife.com/blog.

A quick note about tomorrow: the US Senate will be voting on whether or not to continue subsidizing Planned Parenthood. Please pray and contact your representatives as able.

Alexandria campaign results this spring are mainly the sort you learn about in heaven, I suppose. We had a few positive stories and good experiences (look for these in tomorrow's report), and particularly this past week several negative and angry ones (see report on those this Friday!). However, for the large numbers of hours covered by our plucky vigil stars and the thousands of flyers distributed all over the city (come to Dinner on Sunday for final statistics!), we will never learn the destination of all those papers and prayers. One thing is for sure: our prayers and good efforts are never wasted, and in His good time, God will yield the benefit. It is all for His glory anyway, and for the good of His children!