A letter to the President (elect)

Here is the letter I wrote to Donald Trump, President-elect of the United States of America. If you agree with what I have said, maybe it would be good for you to write to him as well.

Dear President Elect Trump.

My name is Virginia Cowperthwaite,and I am 13 years old and I live in Thomaston, Maine. I am writing on behalf of some of my friends and family who are concerned about certain issues in our country. These men and women are Christians living in this country who realize that if we want America to be great again we must return to God our Creator and Lord. 

Please realize that we are writing to you in love and respect. While we may not agree with you on everything, we as Christians are called to obey the governing authorities inasmuch as they do not tell us to disobey God. Since you are President Elect, we seek to give you the respect that is due to a man, such as yourself, that is in authority over us. We pray for you often and will continue to pray for wisdom, humility, and that you will seek the glory of God above all else. 

We, as citizens of the United States of America are concerned about many concerns in our country today. Among these issues is one very important issue, the issue of abortion. Over the last few decades our country has taken the lives of (murdered) over 63 million innocent babies while they are in the womb of their mothers. We know that you consider yourself pro-life and that Mr. Pence is also pro-life. I would urge you to consider another position, that of abolition of abortion.

We who are writing to you are not just pro-life, we are abolitionists! Abortion is premeditated murder for hire and it is not enough to just limit the number of abortions that are performed. We must seek to abolish this sinful practice of murdering babies! We urge you to consider your views on abortion and see that abortion is still murder even in the case of life of the mother, incest, and rape.

The Bible says that children should not be punished for the sins of the father. Even if babies are conceived out of incest or rape the baby is still a gift from God and should not be killed for the sins of their fathers and mothers, but protected as citizens of the United States of America who have by virtue of their humanity certain inalienable rights, the most basic of which is the right to life. We believe that the penalty for abortion should be the same as the penalty for 1st degree murder for the abortionist and the mother who pays someone to end the life of their unborn child. I pray that you would seriously consider this issue and judge righteously. 

Another issue that we would like to address is misogyny. All human beings are created in the image of God and women should be treated with the same respect and dignity as men. We do not agree with feminism nor egalitarianism, which states that there is no difference between men and women. God created men and women to fulfill different roles, but neither one should be treated as inferior. It has been reported that in times past you said very demeaning things to women and that you said things that reveal sexual objectification of women. I pray this is no longer the way you think of women. 

As President Elect you have been given a very high position in the American government. We urge you to realize that this position is a gift from God and you have the obligation to glorify Him in all that you do. On judgement day you will be asked to give an account of your life to the God who made you. We do not want you to stand before God on that day with the sin of not glorifying Him with the position which He gave to you. We the men and women of this world willfully disobeyed God's laws and justice demands punishment from God. 

The Bible says that "all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God." We urge you to repent, turn from your sin, and place your faith in Jesus Christ the only begotten son of the Father. Jesus Christ came to the earth, was born of a virgin and lived a perfect life. He was then crucified on a Roman cross, though He was without sin, to pay the penalty for our sins. On the third day Jesus was raised again to the glory of God the Father and He now sits at the right hand of the Father who is blessed forever, Amen! He is the only one worthy of our worship and we owe all that we have to Him.I pray that you trust completely in Jesus Christ for salvation and walk in the light of His Word, the Bible. 

We pray that God would give you wisdom to lead this country in a way that is glorifying to Him. May God show you and Mr. Pence how you are to serve Him with this position. Please give thought to the issues that are above mentioned.

With love in the Lord, 

-- 

Virginia Cowperthwaite

cowperthwaitefamily@gmail.com

Soli Deo Gloria

A longer than usual day at the abortion mill.

Hi everyone.
Today we had the opportunity to go back down to the abortion mill to preach the Gospel, which I was really excited about! We had a great time with many other faithful brothers and sisters in Christ. Usually everyone leaves the abortion mill before noon, which means that the police officer and "deathscorts" usually get to leave around noon. Well, today we were able to stay later so we did. When we stay past noon people start to get irritated with us. Anyway I think the officer was probably supposed to get his break at 12;00, but we stayed at the abortion mill so the officer stayed at the abortion mill as well. Now if you want to irritate an officer, stay past his lunch break. Remember we did not say he had to stand there, as far as we were concerned he could have left whenever he wanted to. But he stayed for awhile anyway. The "deathscorts" all left around 1230 and the officer finally left around 1245. We left around 1:10 after we made everyone a little nervous by singing Christmas hymns and reading God's Word aloud, because if you have not figured it out yet, We are really scary people! At least that is what some people think. Here is a update on what happened this week:

This week we had 3 preachers, Daddy, Matt, and Brian. Other people were handing out tracts, holding signs, and praying. Today we did not have Officer Keller, we had Officer Savage. I wanted officer Keller but I can not always get who I want.

 This week was the first time I have had someone take a tract from me and then throw it at me. Thankfully it was just a tract and not a rock like some other people have been threatened with. Last week Angela down in New York had a man pick a rock and say "I'm gonna get her". Praise God for keeping his servants safe!

Today was also the first time we have had money thrown at us, literally! A man was going into the abortion mill with a girl and said "Do you believe in the Easter bunny too?". Later he walked past and Brian started talking to him about the resurrection. The man then asked us if we were out there because we needed money because we did not have jobs.( I was not part of the conversation as I was off to the side praying with Chloe). He then started taking money out and started handing it to Brian. He then went over to Stephanie who had her arms crossed because she did not want the money and the man then put it under her arm. He then started throwing money at Mommy! Mommy thanked the man for helping us proclaim the gospel and told him we would use the money to get gospel tracts. Brian decided he is now a paid protester!

Today the "deathscorts" were blocking the sidewalk, (which we get in trouble for doing). When we went down to the crosswalk, where they were standing, Mommy had to ask them to move so that we could actually cross the street using the crosswalk. Where they were standing we could not stand in the correct place to cross the street.When Daddy saw the "deathscorts" blocking the walkway he went up to them and stood in the same place they had been standing. He then stood there for a while holding his sign. Now that we have video of them blocking the walkway maybe they will not tell us not to block the sidewalk as much. Okay that probably will not work, but maybe we can show the cops when the "deathscorts" try to get us in trouble for doing the same thing they were doing just a couple weeks earlier.

One time today I tried to give a tract to one of the women going in to the abortion mill. She was being escorted to the door by the "deathscorts". When I held it out to give it to her the "deathscort" stuck out her elbow. If she had hit me I may have gone and told the police, but since she did not actually touch me I left it alone, not that the police would have done anything about it. Sadly the police in Portland, Maine take the side of the murderers and punish the righteous. Pray that the Police will see the error of their ways and will serve out justice. Pray that they will faithfully execute the position which God has given them and that they will use it to glorify him instead of using it to reward those who spit in the face of their Creator and King.

Prayer
Pray for our brothers and sisters around the world who are being persecuted for their faith in Christ. In many different countries around the world there are many people who are imprisoned and tortured for just speaking about Christ in public. Pray that God would comfort them in their present trials. Pray for the Salvation of the "deathscorts" and for Officer Keller and all the other officers. Pray that God would grant them repentance of their sin and faith in Jesus Christ our Lord, the only one worthy of our worship and praise.

Praise
A couple weeks ago I asked for prayers for the Trewhalla family who minister outside the abortion mill in Milwaukee. Their son was accosted by a man and when they called the police the officer said that they were the aggressors! Their son was taken to court where his attorney said that he would probably lose the case. After the Judge listened to the other cases of the day she came down ill and they had to call in another judge to listen to their son's case. The police officer who was supposed to testify also did not show up and the video that the abortion clinic said they had which supposedly would have showed who was in the wrong, was not turned in.The new judge then ruled in favor of Matt's son! Praise God that this young man was not falsely convicted! Pray that justice will continue to be executed in our nation and around the world!

With love in the Lord,
Virginia.

Election, a weekend guest, youth gathering, and Cell53!

Hi everyone.
Now that Mr. Trump is President-elect of the United States of America. I hope that Mr. Trump will uphold the constitution and protect the rights of the Christians in this country. While many of us do not agree with many of Mr.Trump's views on abortion and his disrespect of women, he is still the President Elect and once he is President we must obey him since he is a governing authority. It says in Romans 13:1 "Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority expect from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God." May God give Mr. Trump the wisdom to lead this country, And pray that God will grant him repentance and faith in Jesus Christ.

Off the topic of the election, this Friday we were not able to go out to Planned Parenthood for the entire time but we were able to go at the end of the day and pick up my friend Chloe from Cell53 and bring her to our home for the weekend. We had a great time and were able to spend some time reading the Bible and just spending time together.

On Saturday night we all went to a youth gathering that was held at a local church. I was given a couple of minutes to share my testimony (video below) and then the drama club from Word of Life Bible Institute acted out a couple of skits. We had a great time and afterwards we got to talk to a couple of the students from Word of Life. I also found out that one of the students knows my friend from Cambodia who went to Word of Life last year. Anyway we had a great time.

Yesterday we went to Cell53 for church and had an awesome time worshiping with the brethren there. I will say that Cell53 has a different way of doing their church services than many other churches. I love it and greatly enjoy every chance I get to minister with them at the abortion mill and I am greatly blessed when we have the opportunity to worship with them on Sundays. This video shows a little bit of the energy seen when Cell 53 sings in worship. We should all be joyful when we are praising God. He has done so much for us and the least we can do is be excited when we talk about who He is and what He has done! I am looking forward to the next time I get to go down to Lewiston again to worship with my brothers and sisters there at Cell53.

Prayer
Please continue to pray for Officer Keller, I have not been able to see him recently. The last week we were down at the abortion mill we had a different police officer. I am hoping to see him this week when we go down. I continue to pray for his salvation and I would appreciate it if you join me in praying that God would grant him repentance, and faith in our risen Savior, the only one worthy of our worship and praise.

Pray for all those involved in abortion ministry around the country. After this election people have started volunteering at Planned Parenthood, saying they fear that "women's rights" (to murder babies) will be challenged. It would not be unlikely for there to be either counter protesters or more "deathscorts".

Pray also for Angela who is at the abortion mill in New York. On Saturday there were over 36 "deathscorts" out there where she ministers. She also had to call the cops as there was one man who picked up a rock and was saying things like "I'm gonna get her". Pray for her protection and pray that God would send out more faithful servants to join her in the work of pleading for the lives of these babies! Pray for our nation as we will be going through the transition of new leadership in the next couple of months.

with love in the Lord,
Virginia.

We are back to abortion ministry again!

Hi everyone.
On Reformation day, October 31, we decided to go do some street preaching while people were out trick-or-treating. We started what some may call a protest of Halloween that morning by putting a sign out in front of our house that said "Happy Reformation Day, Rejecting Halloween since 1517." That night even though some of the family had colds, Daddy, Me and my younger sister went out to Main street in Thomaston so Daddy could do some preaching.  There was a good amount of people out in our town, probably 500 people in 90 minutes. When you consider that we live in a town of 2,200 people any group that big is considered a big crowd! Most people did not say anything about us being out there. One person said something about it being sad us kids "were being exposed to that stuff", (the Gospel I would assume as we were only passing out tracts).

Some other street preachers around the country picked some good places to go out on Reformation Day. Mike Stockwell, Robert Gray, Don Cairns, Bobby McCreery and I believe Scott and Patte Smith, all decided to go to Salem, Massachusetts on the night of October 31! They had a very interesting crowd to say the least, people dressed up like devils and many other things. Halloween is just one more event that shows how wicked the people of this world are and the celebrations always take place under cover of darkness.

Today we were able to go back out to the abortion mill once again! Daddy has now finished his class and has a job which gives him every other Friday off. Which means we can go out and do abortion ministry every other week! I look forward to the time of fellowship that we will be able to have with all our brothers and sisters who faithfully serve the Lord in this way.

Today we had a few less Christians than usual out at the abortion mill. We were still a good size group though compared to other places in the country. There were probably 14 people out there and the Gospel was preached for over 3 hours straight.

Daddy and Brian got to deal with one man who was a Black Hebrew Israelite. He came up and started talking to Daddy and then Brian talked to him for a while. One older homeless man tried telling us that he worked for the Governor and that we needed to make sure we did not break the law or else "they would come down hard on [us]". This man was talking to Mommy, who was standing at the car and after talking to her for a while went up to talk to my friend Chloe. I went up and stood next to her and someone else from our group, Rachel, was there as well, Daddy was not far away talking to someone else. The man then tried telling Chloe that she should not break the law. I told him we were exercising our freedom of speech, then he raised his voice to us, causing Daddy to come over and say that he would have to ask the man to step back from the women and children.

I was told that last week people standing out at the abortion mill got drenched with rain, yet they still stood out there for the lives of unborn babies. Our brothers and sisters who stand out there would rather stand out in the cold and rain and wind, rather then let these babies be led to the slaughter without a voice pleading for their lives.

Prayer
Please pray for our country as they elect a new president this week. Pray for whoever will be the next leader of this country that God would save them from their sin and grant them repentance and faith in Jesus Christ. Pray also that God would grant them wisdom as they lead this country. I was thinking if Hillary Clinton becomes president we should get together with all the ladies from Cell53 and write a letter to Mrs. Clinton about our thoughts on abortion, feminism, women's rights, salvation, the attack on christian's freedom of speech and maybe other things.

By the way, Daddy and Mommy are voting for

TOM HOEFLING FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!!!

With love in the Lord,
Virginia.