Day Three and Four: Long-Term Fun!

Day Three dawned bright and clear. Marie our prayer coordinator and Mary Beth prayed with me as the sun rose into the sky. Here they are welcoming everyone to our vigil:

We were blessed by the presence of those from St. Raymond Church on Friday and Saturday, thanks to the help of coordinator Liz. Below you can catch a glimpse of Bob getting Friday off to a good start!

All your prayers and sacrifices are really having a good effect. The national tally of babies saved has reached 23! Yesterday an Alexandria prayer volunteer talked about faith with Kendall, who said he was pro-choice, but then changed his position to pro-life after the discussion. Also at our vigil a woman parked her car and approached a prayer volunteer, asking how we could say that abortion hurts women when she had an abortion and didn't hurt at all. The prayer volunteer spoke with this lady for 40 minutes, and gave her information about Project Rachel. Thanks to those who keep track of God's blessings by sending stories for our encouragement! We are all on this 40-day journey together in faith, hope, and love.

We are also blessed to have many churches and ecclesial communities coming together to pray for life through our Alexandria 40 Days for Life campaign. Supportive churches so far include St. Mary, St. Louis, St. Lawrence, St. Rita, Queen of Apostles, Good Shepherd, Our Lady of Lourdes, St. Joseph, St. Raymond, Franconia Baptist, St. John Lutheran, Sunset Hills Baptist, Faith Evangelical Presbyterian, Franconia Alliance Church, Immanuel Lutheran, Christ the King Anglican, Good News Baptist, Lighthouse Baptist, Alexandria Presbyterian, and Church of St. Margaret and St. Andrew of Scotland Anglican. If I have forgotten to mention any church please let me know and I can add it to the list. We're hoping to see everyone at our victory celebration dinner on Sunday, November 6, at Queen of Apostles church -- mark your calendars now!

Vigil time is a great opportunity to meet new friends, and also to do something wonderful with old friends. If you have some free time Sunday please take a look at the vigil calendar, and help to cover any red or yellow hours (as those are the times we need more people!). While our first few days have been exciting, let's remember that this is a 40 Day campaign, and we need peaceful, prayerful presence all the way through November 6. Let's stick together for life!