My dearest friends, happy Wednesday!
So I've been really tired today
Today is Tuesday for me
So if I don't record now, I don't know when
I'll get a chance
So that means that I guess I'll just dive
in, right?
But since I'm really tired let's talk about
something I can get really excited about
Why am I pro-life?
There are a lot of different ways I can answer
this
I'm going to talk especially about my personal
motivation for being pro-actively pro-life
If you clicked on this video because you were
looking for an intellectual argument on why
I'm pro-life
I apologize, I just don't think I can do that
topic justice in a five minute vlog video
But I can definitely give the elevator speech
version
I believe the pre-born are living because
they're growing
I believe the pre-born are human because they
have human parents
And since I believe that human beings like
you and I have a right to life, the pre-born
have a right to life too
There you have it, the pro-life position in
three lines
If you're looking for more than that, feel
free to reach out to me as always
Also I recommend some wonderful speakers that
you can find on YouTube
Stephanie Gray is very very good
So is Scott Klusendorf
Then my personal favorite is Josh Brahm
I have talks from all three of them mixed
in with the music on my MP3 player
#activistlife
Alright let's dive a little bit deeper into
my motivations
That sounds like a scary idea
I'll understand if you want to click away
now
Abortion is a big issue
Did you know that there are 3,300 abortions
every day in America?
2,996 people died at 9/11
And that was a very sad day
2,500 people died at Pearl Harbor
And that was a very sad day too
Whatever time it is now, by this time tomorrow
3,300 people will be aborted
And that's just another day
And another day comes after that
And another day
And another day
After Pearl Harbor and 9/11 America said,
"We need to do something"
After just the last 24 hours, I say let's
do something
We're the pro-life generation
But I'm not very good at being motivated by
sad things
So let's be positive
One more quick sad thought
If there are 3,300 abortions that happen every
day
Then there are 3,300 women every day who thought
that that was they're best option
Or perhaps their only option
Is that ok?
I personally am not ok with that
If a woman wants to keep her baby but feels
like she can't because she doesn't have the
money
Can't we fix that?
Or if she wants to keep the baby and feels
like she can't because she's in college and
doesn't have the time
Can't we fix that too?
Or if she want to keep the baby but feels
like her family or friends or community at
large will judge her
Or disrespect her
Or cut her out
We need to fix that
And the beautiful thing is we are fixing that
Spread the word: there's an infrastructure
of resources that's growing every day
Finances, housing, baby supplies...
There are even laws that protect pregnant
women and young mothers who want to stay in
school
There's more and more counselling
For both post-abortive and pregnant women
There's a growing network of adoption resources
And there's a growing network of friends
Yes abortion is very sad
But look at the beautiful thing that's coming
out of it
There are so many resources that weren't there
before
And they're so awesome
So if you know anybody who's looking for support
Here's a website that can help her find resources
Here's Beth's e-mail
She runs that website and is one of the nicest
people that I know
And also you can always reach out to me
This is turning into a much longer video than
I had anticipated
It's starting to get late
But this is going to be the best part
But I need to sleep so I'm going to finish
recording this in the morning
For you this just means that there will be
sunshine instead of a reflection of a ceiling
fan
And I'll be wearing a different shirt
Alright I'm back
Good morning everybody
This is Wednesday and I'm supposed to publish
this video today
So once upon a time I wasn't very active in
the pro-life movement
And what's more, I was uncomfortable when
life issues came up in public
I didn't want people to know I was pro-life
I was afraid my views wouldn't be tolerated
I didn't want to be judged or labeled as insensitive
or ridiculed
And especially I didn't want to be talked
into a corner
But eventually I got involved in a pro-life
club
And there are two women that changed my life
forever
Rebekah and Lisa
Rebekah was the regional coordinator of the
Northwest when I joined the club
And she opened my eyes to what a pro-life
club can do
When I joined the club I was one of three
members
It felt like our club was very small and powerless
But Rebekah taught me that you can do a lot
with a very small team
Starting with three people and only a few
months left in the school year
We organized a diaper drive
We prayed outside an abortion facility
And we attended a pro-life leadership summit
in Seattle
And as we started doing things, our club of
three people quickly grew into a dozen active
members
By the next semester we were twenty active
members
And that group back home is still fired up
and still doing things
Moscow I'm always proud of you
Then there was Lisa
Lisa is Rebekah's successor in the Northwest
as regional coordinator
But by the time she started I already knew
everything
No, that's not true at all
The more involved I was in the club the more
questions I had
And so I leaned on Lisa a lot
And she was so fantastically helpful in so
many ways
There were even a couple times when I called
her just cuz I was stressed with life in general
And for all the many questions that she answered
for me, that's what I remember the most
These two women inspired me
I said, "When I grow up, I wanna be just like
them"
Except Lisa's younger than I am
When she grows up, I wanna be just like her
No, that doesn't really work, does it
I give up but
Now I'm so happy because I get to be a regional
coordinator just like Rebekah and Lisa
And every time I see someone come out of the
woodwork that's always been pro-life but has
felt alone
Every time I see a pro-life group that's feeling
timid or lost or feels like they're dying
My heart goes out to them
More than anything else, I love building up
pro-lifers
Let me teach you apologetics
Let me help you plan your year
Let me show you what cool things we can do
Yes, we can be pro-life!
Yes, we can be proud to be pro-life!
Whoa, that was an abrupt scene change
It started getting really noisy in the office
and so I had to come outside
It's a little chilly, I hope I don't shiver
too much
Alright I talked a lot longer than I wanted
to but I feel like I said a lot less than
I meant to
But that's ok, that just means I'll be able
to make more videos
I'm very excited to grow this channel
If you'd like to help me please leave a like
and subscribe
I also have some exciting projects that are
coming up that I'm excited to announce as
soon as I can
For example I'll be in a video on another
channel coming up soon and I'll be sure to
let you know about that
Alright I'm going to sign off before this
gets too long and before I get too cold
Oh wait, it's April Fool's
I should do something related to that
Did you know I'm moving to Florida???
April Fools!
There I fit into culture now; I'm so proud
of myself
Take care, dearest friends!
I'll see you in a week and I'll be able to
wish you a Happy Easter!
Until then, God bless and ciao!
