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.
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.
Our dear friend Zhou is about to become a citizen of the United States of America! Zhou was one of the Chinese refugees who fled China’s forced abortions in the early 1990s. She was just a pregnant teenager when she escaped from China. Now she is a mother of three precious children!