CBS Visits VoteYesForLife.com today!

The VoteYesForLIfe.com Volunteers greeted the camera crew today! They came to film for “The Early Show”. Stay tuned for the time and date to follow. 

Volunteers in the picture (foreground) Julie Evans, Jessica DeJager, Nick DeJager, Nancy Neff, (background) Nicole Osmundson, Leah Anderson, and Mark Carlson.

Memorial Day

This coming Monday is Memorial Day.  A time to honor those who have died protecting the freedoms we all enjoy.  Any soldier who has been in battle remembers the sounds of war and the charge against the enemy.  They remember holding their wounded comrades as they bled and breathed their last breaths calling out for those they love.

 

I recently read the story of a Vietnam veteran who returned to a battle field with some members of his squad where they once fought.  While there, he came face to face with a commander from the other side.  The soldier wrote the following regarding this experience. “Instead of charging one another with bayonets, we mutually offered open arms.  I invited all to form a circle with arms extended around each other’s shoulders and bowed our heads.  With prayer and tears, we openly shared our painful memories.  Although we did not understand each other’s language, we quickly learned that the soul requires no interpreter. People and nations rise above their differences only through effort, through trust.  Without trust, unity is beyond reach and restoration.  With trust, unity is within reach and preservation.  We must reach out to others in order to preserve the freedom we hold dear.  We are each called to bear witness to the ideals of liberty.  When we treat others with the respect and friendship that true liberty engenders, they will be brought into that same liberty.  We owe our dead and their survivors no less.  We owe our children much more.  We owe our children’s children even more.”

 

On Monday, when you attend a Memorial program and rise to sing “God Bless America” remember it is those who fought the fight in the past and those who are fighting on the battle field today that have made it possible for the blessings we enjoy today.    

 

 

 

 

Everything is Ducky at VoteYesForLife.com!

Vote Yes on #11!      

 

All in a Days Work at

 VoteYesForLife.com

Last week, I looked out my window and saw a mother duck with her ducklings.  She looked like she was intending to cross the street and bring her family to the VoteYesForLife.com pond, conveniently located at the lowest point in our parking lot.  Vlad, a fearless employee, courageously darted between moving cars to cross the street and snapped a picture of our fair feathered friends. 

 An animal control employee stood by and monitored the mother duck and her ducklings to ensure they were not hit by a car.  Look at what people are willing to do to save the ducks.  According to the Game Fish and Parks Department, the duck breeding population in South Dakota increased 0.5 million between 2005 and 2006.  Yet, in 2006 about 750 unborn South Dakotans were aborted.  Assuming an average class size of 25 students, that is 30 kindergarten classes aborted each year in South Dakota alone! 

 Let’s exert the same effort and place more value on human life!  Stop by the VoteYesForLife.com office located at 3500 S Louise Ave in Sioux Falls to see what you can do to help save the unborn.  Protect babies and vote YES on #11!

American Abortion Holocaust

Food for thought–what will be written on your tombstone?  Will it say you did everything you could to save children during the American Abortion Holocaust?

The following link is to an article about a person who did all they could to save Jewish children during the Holocaust.  Will you do the same now for American children?

Holocaust Hero Who Saved Children Dies, Associated Press

Governor Rounds Sees Through Group

We thank Governor Rounds for his repsone to nine Pro Abort Organizations (and opponents to Initiative Measure 11) when they requested the Governor’s help in reducing unintended preganacies.  In the Governor’s letter, dated April 30, he suggested that criticism of the state’s effort on women’s helth are really an attempt to generate opposition to the abortion ban on the November ballot.  In an interview the Governor stated, “If they want to step in and help on the pregnancy issue, great. . . But if this is simply a spin on the campaign to eliminate abortion in the state, I don’t think their spin is going to work”.   Governor Rounds, thank you for seeing through this group’s ploy.

As a side note, why weren’t groups who support Abstinence and Abstinence Education not recognized as viable groups with a viable solution to unwanted pregnancies in the state?

Post Abortion Training held at Alpha Center

Post Abortion Training held at Alpha Center, Tuesday, May 20^th

 

Alpha Center’s post-abortion director, Nicole Osmundson, along with over 12 volunteers, gathered today at the Alpha Center to be educated and trained on how to counsel women who have had an abortion or who are contemplating an abortion.

 

As Alpha Center continues to see over 5000 clients a year, many of them come to Alpha Center for free pregnancy testing, limited ultrasounds, testing for sexually transmitted diseases, and post-abortion counseling.  Many of these women and men are either considering abortion as a form of birth control or have had one or more abortions in the past. 

 

Nicole encouraged the counselors as she gave testimony after testimony of the positive outcomes that she has personally seen in her five years of providing post abortion counseling at the Alpha Center. She also provided the counselors with valuable and necessary tools they need to help these women as they cope with the distress of their current situation or their past abortion. The many effects of abortion were discussed including the following few (of the many) symptoms that post abortive women experience:

Drug and alcohol addiction

Sexual addiction – Promiscuous relationships

Explosive emotions: depression, anxiety, etc.

And many more…

 

Alpha Center offers the “Forgiven and Set Free” post-abortion program that helps these women and men deal with the pain of an abortion and how to forgive themselves.  Counseling is provided in both group and one-on-one settings.

 

 Other issues that were discussed today include:

·        the SD Laws for abortion

·        Morning after Pill / RU486

·        The different methods of abortions during first trimester, second trimester, etc.

·        Planting the seed of love and hope with a client in crisis

 

In conclusion, all of the volunteers found this information very helpful and educational and expressed how grateful they were for the expertise that Alpha Center offers our community in this area!  Thank you to all who attended and to Nicole Osmundson for spearheading the training!

 

“Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak; and that it is doing God’s service when it is violating all His laws”.   John Adams — letter to Thomas Jefferson

Florida Encouragment

People from all across this nation are watching the SD abortion initiative #11. The following message was received from a man in Florida…

“I have sat in church or my home many times wanting to be able to do something about the many sad and corrupt parts of our society but I all too often felt helpless to do anything and didn’t know where to go. Well, I think the “abortion issue” is a big one in our country. We can’t allow murder to be a legal convenience for peole making poor choices. I am excited for what is going on in South Dakota and glad to be a part of it regardless of being 1800 miles away.

I wrote this, hoping that it might encourage others to contribute as they realize that no matter how difficult our financial lives may be these days, this is of greater importance and it is a great opportunity to make a difference.”

FELLOW SOUTH DAKOTANS, BE ENCOURAGED AND TAKE A STAND FOR THE UNBORN!

Fashion Police

Recently, a group of ten students at a high school in Ohio were threatened with harsh punishments for wearing pro-life t-shirts to class.  They wore the shirts on April 21 to remember the anniversary of Roe V. Wade.  Penalties for wearing the shirts included the following:

• unable to attend senior prom
• no senior skip days
• unable to attend senior picnic
• suspension
• unable to walk at graduation

Andrew Flusche, American Life League attorney, stated “We commend these courageous students for standing up to bullying by their school administrators for simply voicing their pro-life beliefs.  When students become excited about life, schools should support that.” 

VoteYesForLife.com agrees.  Instead of punishing students for having strong convictions, schools should be encouraging their students.

Read the full story at The Conservative Voice.

The Power of One, by Dr. Allen Unruh

“He who began a good work in you will finish it until the day of Jesus Christ.”  Phil 1:6

A headline in the Chicago Tribune years ago read:  “Ice Packing Plant Burns Down.”  Underneath the headline it read:  “This building had over 100 tons of ice inside of it.”  “It had all the materials inside of it capable of putting out the fire, but it was in unavailable form.”  It was FROZEN ASSETS.

In the battle to save the lives of the unborn, we have had all the ingredients for many years to win this war.  We have had the truth on our side.  But our assets have been frozen by ignorance, apathy, indifference, and by divisiveness and discord among the pro-life brethren.

There are those who say the time is not right, and that we need a big army to win this battle for the soul of America.  But I ask you, “How many did it take to help the victim who got mugged on the Jericho Road?  How many were chosen by God to confront Pharaoh and lead the Exodus?  How many prophets were called to stand before wicked King Ahab and predict a drought?  ONE!  NEVER UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF ONE.

In 1645, one vote gave Oliver Cromwell control of England.  In 1845, one vote brought the state of Texas into the union.  In 1868, one vote saved President Andrew Johnson from impeachment.  In 1875, one vote changed France from a monarchy to a republic.  In 1941, one vote saved the selective service system just twelve weeks before Pearl Harbor was attacked.  In 1923, one vote gave Adolph Hitler control of the Nazi Party.  Ah, the power of one.  Never underestimate it.  You alone can make a difference.

Each pro-life person in South Dakota has a duty to ask themselves that question, “If not me, who?  If not now, when?  Each one teach one, and each one teach ten.  We need to eat, drink, dream and sleep pro-life.  What have each of us done each and every day to further the cause to free the unborn?

Great character, like massive roots, grows deep when water is sparse and winds are strong.  Your greatest works will grow out of the incredibly painful periods in your life.  You are appointed and anointed by God to occupy a significant role of responsibility.  In each generation, God calls people to emerge to stand up for truth and justice. 

Winston Churchill referred to the “soft underbelly of the Axis” while half the world was intimidated by the powerful blitzkrieg style of Nazi warfare the perceptive prime minister focused on the other side, the hidden side, the insecurity, the lack of character, the insanity behind the public image of the German dictator.  

Mark Twain used a word picture to convey a similar though:  “Everyone is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody.”  “This dark side can exist for years behind carefully guarded masks.” 

Planned Parenthood and the abortuaries and abortionists have gotten by with the wanton destruction of the unborn for far too long.  They have denied their demonic destruction.  They have destroyed not only the lives of the unborn, but the women who are victimized by their deception.  There is no doctor/patient relationship.  There is no informed consent.  These are the facts.  The embryology of the unborn cannot be denied any longer.  The humanity of the unborn is documented and demonstrated throughout the literature, and through the technology of 4-D ultrasound.  Their lies cannot remain private forever, it’s only a matter of time and the world will know and long remember, like the holocaust.  The death and destruction must stop.  It must stop here.  Now is the time.

We must stand firm when the evil-doers seem to prosper.  Stand firm when the wicked appear to have more money.  Stand firm in times of crisis.  Stand firm when petty people demand authority they don’t deserve.  Stand firm…keep your head…stay true…endure.

No amount of resistance shall dim our determination.  We must endure.  Nothing they can do will make us retreat.  If we are misunderstood, maligned, murmured against and misrepresented, we shall never flinch.  We will remain resolute.

Dr. Luther said, “I never work better than when I am inspired of anger; when I am angry I can write, pray and preach well.”  Exaggeration and extravagance swarmed around his story.  But Martin Luther was not irrelevant.  He said, “If you preach the Gospel in all aspects with the exception of the issues which deal specifically with YOUR TIME – you’re not preaching the Gospel at all.”  In other words, “The Gospel isn’t to be changed.  But it is to cut into each generation like a flashing sword sharpened on the stone of Scripture, tempered in the furnace of reality, relevance and need.”  His enemies misunderstood him but they couldn’t ignore him.  They hated him, but were never bored around him.  Stay in the trenches.

ONE MAN ARMED WITH TRUTH CONSTITUTES AN ARMY.

ONE MAN WITH GOD IS A MAJORITY.