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Tim and Terri Palmquist prepare to set sail for Mexico on the Sapphire Princess cruise ship.

Thanks to the generous love gift presented to us at the 40 Days for Life Closing Celebration, we enjoyed a beautiful cruise to Mexico for our 25th anniversary!

We spent most of our time on board the Sapphire Princess cruise ship, but our brief visits to Puerto Vallarta, Mazatlan, and Cabo San Lucas provided some extra spice to our celebration (with a few bumps in the road… literally)!

View photos from our cruise and find out more about what happened to us during this exciting week!

The mother of this newborn baby who was saved from the abortion pill understands that God is the one who truly saved her baby, not us.

The best perk about our line of work by far, in my opinion, is getting to hear the testimonies of women whose babies God saved from abortion. I also love getting to see and hold the babies who have been saved, of course, but to me there is something special about hearing a woman herself tell you why she, as a woman who once intended to “choose” abortion, appreciates your efforts. Hear a few of those testimonies and you will understand why the “pro-woman” position is truly “anti-abortion.”

We have had many opportunities to hear such wonderful testimonies over the years, of course, but I think my current favorite is one we received just yesterday, because this testimony shows that this woman not only grasps the value of her baby, but she grasps the essence of what it means to “glorify Jesus.”
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If you are looking for a way to support our family’s ministry activities, Glorify Jesus Ministries can help! The directors of Christians United, Inc. (who are themselves longtime pro-life leaders) established Glorify Jesus Ministries to help us focus more effectively on our various ministry tasks.

Donations to Glorify Jesus Ministries are tax deductible (through Christians United, Inc.). We do not serve on the board of Christians United, Inc., but are accountable to the board.

Make your donations payable to Glorify Jesus Ministries and mail them to:
Tim and Terri Palmquist, PMB 1911-166, Tehachapi CA 93581
For more information call (661) 323-BABY

Life Chain founder-director Royce Dunn has provided us with this comment to help us raise more support:
“Why has the ministry of Tim and Terri Palmquist produced such abundant fruit for over two decades? Click to read more …

Pastor Fred Fies calls Tim and Terri Palmquist to the stage for a presentation

On the final day of the recent 40 Days for Life campaign, hundreds of people attended the huge Closing Celebration which was scheduled to end with a candlelight vigil. Pastor Fred Fies of McKee Road Baptist Church was scheduled to speak before the candlelight vigil, but he surprised Tim and Terri Palmquist by first calling them to the stage for a presentation. “It has been my privilege to witness their courage and dedication and we thought it appropriate tonight to thank them for their dedication to this cause,” Pastor Fies told the crowd.

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At the beginning of the fall 2008 40 Days for Life prayer vigil, I took what seemed at the time to be a crazy leap of faith.  Now, a year later, that faith has borne fruit.  Literally.

Olive Tree at FPA

On a Monday night last fall, we joined together with Fred and Sue Rowe and other members of the Kern Region Prayer Watch in a time of intercession and prophetic declaration outside Bakersfield’s FPA abortion center.  Our prayers and prophecies began to be focused upon Israel, as someone observed that the architecture of the FPA building looked like it belonged in Israel.

Then we noticed the olive tree.

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Last year, a woman from Texas called us for help.  After taking the RU486 abortion pill, she visited one of our websites and decided she wanted to save her baby’s life.  Today we will have the privilege of meeting the precious little girl whose life God saved that day!

Our little Texan God saved from the abortion pill!

When the FDA opened the floodgates to the abortion pill a few years ago, we began receiving these “abortion pill calls” from time to time.  The doctors we initially consulted about trying to save these babies expressed doubt that it was even possible, and concern that the mother’s life could be endangered by trying to save the baby.

But eventually God led us to a doctor who provided information about how a baby might be saved from the effects of the abortion pill if the mother went through a series of shots.

When the baby’s mother called from Texas last year, we connected her with a doctor in her area, who administered the shots.  About six months ago, her baby was born, perfectly healthy!

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Last summer as Terri taught during Vacation Bible School, she had the opportunity to pray with a little boy to place his trust in Christ as His Savior and Lord. I remember Terri’s excitement when she told me about the experience, but I think my response at the time was somewhat less than enthusiastic. The angels in heaven may have been rejoicing, but to me he was just another little boy.

A few days ago, we learned that there is much more to this little boy’s life story. His father told a friend how he had planned to abort his son. Click to read more …

In 1991, 2001, and various other times over the past two decades, our family traveled to Wichita to pray for an end to the heinous atrocities committed by late-term abortionist George Tiller.

In January 2007, as pictured at left, I led a prayer for justice in the Tiller case outside the Sedgwick County Courthouse in Wichita after traveling through a blizzard with Lamar Hagan and our son Jacob.  We didn’t make long trips like this in hopes that Tiller’s killings would end through a lone gunman, but our hope was that his killings would end through prayer, peaceful direct action, and the proper functioning of our justice system.

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I wish we had time over the past few days to get involved in the controversy over pro-abortion President Obama receiving an honorary degree from “Catholic” Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana. As Jill Stanek has pointed out, this situation points to a much bigger problem in the Catholic Church.

The mention of South Bend actually brought some sweet thoughts to my mind, though. Click to read more …

I wrote the following note on Facebook responding to Bryan Kemper’s comments on President Obama’s speech at Notre Dame which suggested that abortion opponents and abortion supporters should seek “common ground”:

There are occasionally opportunities for real “common ground,” such as years ago when we were helping Chinese refugees who were fleeing China’s forced abortion policy and we cooperated with Amnesty International and a “pro-choice” women’s organization and some “pro-choice” celebrities. The refugees were finally freed and it is likely that the “pro-choice” support helped.

However, usually when “common ground” is mentioned, what it really means is that pro-lifers should stop talking about the babies and focus on handing out birth control and supporting immoral sex education.

So to me “common ground” is ok if it is for the right purpose. But Obama’s type of common ground just puts us on the devil’s side.