Pro-Life Volunteering
Posted by Arwen Mosher in Faith on Friday, August 22, 2008 11:21 PM
Yesterday afternoon Camilla and I went to a local crisis pregnancy center that is just starting up. They had advertised that they needed pregnant women, 7-20 weeks, to act as stand-in patients while they trained their staff on their new ultrasound machine. Since I’m 16 weeks pregnant this week, I volunteered.
The center is near the campus of the big university in the next town over, and I don’t really enjoy driving there. Parking is always a pain, and everything is crowded. But as soon as we stepped in the door of the pregnancy center, I remembered why it’s worth it to make little sacrifices like that.
The center is being headed by a woman with whom I struck up a friendship when I happened to work for her for a summer a few years ago. I hadn’t seen her in a while, but I’ve always known of her zeal for pro-life work, and it was inspiring to see her at the center she’s worked so hard to build.
It immediately reminded me how little I do to help the mothers and babies who are the potential victims of abortion. I pray, of course, but as for giving of my time and talents, mostly I just don’t manage to do it. I have a little excuse - full-time care of a toddler - but the truth is that I haven’t bothered to find a way to fit volunteering for the pro-life cause into my schedule.
When we were leaving the pregnancy center after the ultrasound, I told my friend to call me if there was anything I could do to help from home, since I don’t have any regular child care that would enable me to actually be at the center on a regular basis. She understood, and promised to call. I hope she does, and I hope she comes up with something, because so far I haven’t been creative enough to think of ways to donate my time and talents in spite of the constraints of my life.
Other moms out there, have you managed to make helping the pro-life cause on a regular basis a part of your life? I could use some tips here - please share if you’ve got them!
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