It’s amazing how God can lay something so strongly on your heart, but it isn’t fulfilled until several years later. We had this calling on our hearts to be parents, even in the midst of infertility. I knew God created me to be a mom one day. I prayed that Read more…
I know first hand how important the work of agencies like Life Choices is when you face an unplanned pregnancy. I was pregnant with my daughter at 19 years of age, a college sophomore at Stephens College for Women in Columbia, MO. The first choice that was presented to me was by Read more…
Brian and I are high school sweethearts who have been married for 9 years. We were both very blessed to have grown up in Christian homes, where we were shown and taught about God’s love from a very early age. After our first daughter was born, God started speaking to Read more…
Life Choices has been an important part of my life since I can remember. My parents involvement with this ministry has allowed me to see the reverence they have for the sanctity of life. When my husband and I decided to grow our family through adoption, we knew we wanted Life Choices Read more…
I am blessed to have two beautiful reasons to celebrate in May—Birth-Mothers’ Day and Mothers’ Day. On Birth-Mother’s Day (the Saturday before Mother’s Day), I unashamedly rejoice in the birth of my first daughter. Her birth forever transformed my life as I chose to bless another family with a child. Read more…
This year’s banquet surpassed our expectations in so many ways! The Lord faithfully answered our prayer of Ephesians 3:20 – that He would “do more than we could ask, think, or imagine!” Some quick stats on the night: 60 churches represented Nearly 800 attendees Over 80% of our goal for Read more…
My life was headed in a downward spiral, characterized by events that would have cost me everything I ever hoped for. I wasn’t living in my full potential or higher calling. I felt complacent and completely masked my frustrations behind alternatives that brought me shallow fullness. Nothing lasted. Nothing seemed Read more…
March is Trisomy awareness month. Trisomy is a term I was completely unfamiliar with until last June when we found out at 10 weeks pregnant our baby was a boy and that he was diagnosed Trisomy 18. We were told to consider termination because our baby was “incompatible with life” Read more…
In 2006 I was living in Chicago and began to feel a desire to volunteer for a women’s ministry. I had no idea what this would look like or where to start so I did a simple search online. I was lead to a pregnancy help center there in Chicago, Read more…