Babies Saved From Death, John Barros' Thanksgiving, Street Ministry in Rockland, and Bible Memory.

Hi everyone,
This week by the grace of God our murder mill in Portland was closed! We enjoyed Thanksgiving with family at our house. We then enjoyed a Friday morning without having to go to Portland to stand pleading for the lives of babies because their mother was going to murder them. I do not know if any babies were spared from death because the murder mill was closed or if their death was just postponed but we still are Thankful knowing that no babies were murdered at that mill on Friday.

Sadly the murder mill in Orlando, Florida was still open. John Barros is a full time minister outside this murder mill in Orlando. He attends R.C. Sproul's Church who supports him so that he can be at the murder mill full time to plead for the lives of the unborn. He has a great ministry there and many babies are saved due to his work there. On Friday John wrote:  "Well it was a different kind of Black Friday than most of you know of down here today. The people that came were so Vile, threatening, and Angry that we were here. The Lord turned three away but ten babies met their end. So Thankful to have Matt, Beth, Karen, and John, serve throughout the day."

John had an amazing story from Wednesday:
"But to you who are listening I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, Bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.Luke 6:27-28
Today was one I will never forget. Matt, Pastor David, Elizabeth, Sionna, and Bill served throughout the day. It was slow with only five coming and we had one turn away. It was a day filled with the word, praise, and prayer. It was a Blessing to serve. When they were finished with all the abortions they locked the doors. I stayed to pray and was going to leave several times over the hour or so I was praying but something stopped me.
I heard a voice calling from behind the mill. I opened my eyes and Tireya the lady that runs this place called me down. She grabbed me by the elbow and said "Come with me." She led me to the back door and said "Come inside its Thanksgiving." At first I stopped in my tracks and then Kerry did a light frisk of me to see if I was carrying.
I went inside and all of the workers and the abortionist Randall Whitney were there getting food from a pot luck they had brought together. All but a couple of the new girls were happy to see me and one got me a plate of food. This was the most Surreal position I have ever been in. I was able to have conversations with all I wanted to one on one.
I told them all that I Loved them. Kerry said "You could sure fool me with all the videos you have done against us" I gave it my best to let them know that because I Love them I say those things. The message I preach is because I Love them. I can Love them personally and hate what they do. I warned them again that it is wrong and they need to get out.
It was so strange to see them being so nice. Thanking me for coming all these years. You know blindness is just that. A couple of the ladies I know want out and are being convicted but the others don't see it.
The abortionist Randall Whitney was so kind. He was worried about my knees and back. I have preached against him literally thousands of times. If you type his name into Google you will see a small portion of the times he has.flipped me off down here. We have been battling a looong time. He came over another time and told me that he will probably be.losing his license. He has a hearing December 1 for some clerical error of.some type. He shook my hand and thanked me for being there but said i will have to battle someone else after the first.of the year. He thanked me again and I knew I needed to get out before I started weeping as they were all wishing me a happy Thanksgiving. I cried all the.way home. I really do Love these folks and don't want to see what will happen to them if they don't repent and turn to Jesus.
Please Pray With Me For This To Happen... And Happy Thanksgiving To You And Yours
Please pray that the Lord would use the time we spent together


I will say I have never had anything like this happen to me before. I echo the request of John, pray for these people at the Orlando Women's Center! Pray also for all those involved in the murder of children around our country and around the world. Pray for their salvation!

In more abortion ministry news, our dear friend Patte Smith posted on Facebook earlier today:
Rejoice with us!
Denise and Raj just left with their little son or daughter safe inside the womb!
They have opened their hearts to their little baby and embraced the precious gift that God has given to them.
They took a blessing bag and Raj shook my hand and thanked me.🤗 I saw Raj embracing Denise earlier as she wept in his arms. He motioned to Zack to be quiet for a few minutes while he spoke with Denise. So Zack ceased his open-air pleading while the couple were embracing and speaking to one another.
We are always thankful to see the tender-hearted parents, who, sadly, are few and far between.
I showed Raj and Denise my contact information on our special ministry packet. I invited them to write to me if they had any needs or wanted support or would like prayer or if they simply just wanted to tell us their story. I do hope they write to me. But, we praise God for the way He uses His Word to speak to the consciences of mothers and fathers. Glory to the Lamb!

Praise be to God for saving these babies and for all that He has done through the lives of His faithful servants!

As I said earlier our murder mill was closed which meant we had our Friday open to do ministry in the next town over, Rockland. This weekend was the Festival of Lights celebration. Rockland is known for their art, (they call themselves the art capital of Maine) they are also known for the Lobster Festival which is held every August, and for their huge lobster trap christmas tree. The Coast Guard helps put together lobster traps into a 30 foot tall tower in the shape of a tree. On Friday night they lit the tree which has a lobster figurine on top. The event drew hundreds of people to watch the tree be lit. It may have also helped that Santa was supposed to be there.

We did not keep people from the tree lighting but we did use the opportunity to pass out tracts, hold signs, preach, and read Psalms through an amplifier for some of the people as they came. We had one person start yelling at Daddy while he was preaching that the "lamb was murdered" and that "religion is the number one cause of homicide". He yelled for awhile despite the rebukes from his group who kept repeating his name over and over. Pray for the salvation of this man, Tim.

 I was able to use the amp to read Psalm 96, 145 and 146. Which I highly suggest rereading. On Saturday our local art museum held an event featuring horse drawn carriage rides, cookie decorating, a giant train set, and more. We positioned ourselves in the middle of the activity and Daddy preached and we sang Christmas hymns and some of my younger sibling used the amp to read or recite Scripture. We did not have any good discussions with people but nevertheless the truth of God's Word was proclaimed.

I have been requested to share how I memorize Scripture. My approach is basic, I read a verse or section of a verse and then repeat it over and over. After I have done that I move on to the next verse or section of verse and repeat that. I then say both verses or sections together and then move on to the next part. I continue to do this for awhile. If I am doing a whole chapter I can start repeating a smaller section. Like if I am memorizing say Romans 1 instead of restarting at verse 1 once I have memorized the first paragraph I can start repeating at the second paragraph. Once I have practiced the passage I may recite it to my sister or Mommy or Daddy.

Another thing I use is memverse .Currently I have my schedule set so that I have about 30 minutes a day to memorize on Memverse but you can set it for much less time. The basics of Memverse. When you sign in you put on the Bible verses that you want to memorize in the version you use,(You can use different versions for different verses). They will then make these verses pop up in your daily memory session. In regular review you can make it so that the site gives you the first letter of each word and then you have to type the whole verse by using those letters as prompts or if needed you can show the whole verse. When you have completed typing the verse correctly and without spelling errors it will tell you that you are correct and you then rate how well you did on the verse. There is a scale from 1-5 for you to choose from. On passage review it brings up the entire passage everywhere from 1 verse to a whole chapter and there will be words missing or maybe the entire verse missing and you have to fill it in. No spelling errors are allowed although punctuation and capitalization is not needed to move forward. Depending on how well you rate that you know the verse the site will put off giving you that verse for a certain number of days. Once you are only reviewing a verse once every 30 days it is considered memorized. Currently Memverse says that I have memorized 546 verses but that does not include all the verses I know that is just the ones that are considered memorized according to their system. I currently have over 1,000 verses marked to memorize on Memverse but not all of them are coming up in my memory sessions right now. I memorized Romans, Ephesians, and the first 13 chapters of Proverbs so far this year.

People think that I am good at memorizing but I when I am memorizing I spend time on it. I know that even if you spend time on it it may not come easily to you but I encourage you to keep trying. Hiding God's Word in your heart is important. Work at it and you may be surprised how much you can memorize!

With love in the Lord,
Virginia

Maturity And "Teenagers"

Hi everyone,
My post this week is about maturity and living above cultural norms. Please hear me out and do not think I am bragging. People tell me how smart how I am, and how well I write, etc. Why do people say that? Why do I somehow stick out from the rest of the crowd? Why am I seen as some smart young woman? Why am I seen as so mature? I think the answer is in what we expect of young adults and how my generation is trained. We do not expect enough of our young adults.

In our culture young adults are not trained and expected to act as young adults. They are trained to act like "teenagers" whatever those are. They are given a cultural excuse to rebel against their parents, to act like children who get the privileges of adults without having any responsibility. And I am just going to say it and I think I am speaking for a lot of Christian young adults who are classified as "teenagers". Christians, please stop saying things about teenagers acting up when they reach their teen years like that is a normal part of life that every person will go through when they turn 13 until they reach 19 or 20. Please stop saying that when a person is being defiant they are just acting like a teenager. Please stop giving everyone an excuse for their actions simply because they are a teenager.

Please stop stereotyping people between the ages of 13 to 19. We as Christians are called to be different. We young adults who are Christians do not want to be grouped in with the teenagers of our culture who have nothing expected of them. It should not be a surprise that we can cook a meal, or interact with someone who is not our own age, or care for younger siblings, or actually be able to understand what the pastor is talking about in the sermon because we actually read our Bible once in a while, or that we are able to understand terms like "justification" or "atonement" or "apologetics" etc because we have been trained in the Word of God. 

These things should not be a surprise. As a young adult Christian I want to be more than the teenagers of the world. I should stand out from the world, but my ability to understand things of God and expressing myself in writing and conversation or my interest in apologetics and such should not be a strange sight at Church. I suggest that the reason that I stick out even among some other young adults from professing Christian families is because of Christians buying into the culture's idea of what we should expect from young adults.

People in the Church have bought into the idea that people between the ages of 13 and 18 or 19 should not be able to communicate with people outside of their age group, they have bought into the idea that young adults cannot learn how to run a household and care for younger siblings, they have bought into the idea that a young adult can act however they want and they do not have to take any responsibility for their actions. This is not how Christian young adults should act. We should be expected to be preparing for our lives as adults which will come quickly. We should be able to survive in the real world.

People say I am sheltered. I think teenagers who are in youth group all the time who never talk to anyone older than them besides their family members, who do not understand basic doctrines of the Christian faith do so because instead of actually doing Bible study in youth group they play games. People who instead of surviving in the real world sit at home playing video games while their parents are expected to do all their chores, how are these people going to survive in the real world?

I am learning how to be a wife and mother. Oh yes, that is right I've been told I do not have to worry about that because I am not supposed to get married for years because after all I am only 14.
The idea that marrying at 14 would be wrong is yet another cultural idea that the Church has bought in to which is no where in Scripture. But back to the point at hand, I am being trained to be part of the real world.

I am also being trained as a Christian who can clearly articulate my faith and defend it against attacks from the enemy. I am being trained in the fear and admonition of the Lord. I am being trained to be a help meet suitable to my future husband if that be God's will for my life. I am being trained to train any children that may be entrusted to my care in future years. I am being trained as a ballistic missile in the army of the Lord. I am being trained as a soldier who will be in a spiritual battle to my dying breath. As a Christian I am always going to be on the front lines of the battle. Why should I put off my training until I am older? Right now is a great opportunity for me to learn and practice skills that we needed throughout my life.

For all Christian young people who are seen as the strange ones in your Church because you are striving toward maturity in your walk with the Lord, please realize that you are not alone. There are other young adult Christians who are like you. We are seen as the strange ones that only hang out with the adults because we have nothing in common with the other teenagers who want to talk about the latest TV show. It is okay to be seen as the strange one because you want to talk about the Bible while the other girls want to talk about which boy is the cutest.

It is okay that you find more in common with the pastor than with the girl closest to your age whose sunday school class you are "supposed" to be in. It is okay to be seen as the strange one who wants to take books out of the Church library that have to do with theology instead of the romance novel. It is okay to be seen as the strange one because you listen to a James White podcast instead of which hip hop song is the most popular. Do not give up if you are seen as the strange one who does not fit in with the other young adults. Find an adult who will talk with you when all the youth group kids see you as an outcast. Find someone who will encourage you in your walk with the Lord. Do not worry about fitting in. Being strange for the right reasons is okay.

I hope people do not take me as rude but I want people to stop stereotyping Christians along with non-christians. We are different. Do not hold us up to the same standard. You can expect something more from us than you would expect from a secular teenager. Please start treating us as young adults. I know we are young but we are still all brothers and sisters in Christ no matter our age. We should be able to carry on a conversation about the Bible on a level more than a first grader.

We do not need to play games during youth group we can stand a Bible study. We do not need to be segregated into a class of people our own age. We can carry on a conversation with adults. We can talk about theology and apologetics. And none of these things should be seen as strange. These things should be expected of young adult Christians. We are Christians who love the Lord and want to see Him glorified in our lives. We want to be seen as competent young adults who are preparing themselves for their future lives. We do not want to be held to the same low standard that the culture has for their young adults. We want people to expect us to act like young adults and not like little children. We want to be different than the world. But sadly in American Churches today when Christian young people stand out from the world they generally stand out from the rest of the young adults in their Church as well. They become the outcasts from the youth.

To adult Christians: If you see a young adult in your Church who seems to not be hanging out with the youth group kids, start a conversation with them. It may just be that there is one of those "strange" kids in your Church. See if you can be that adult who treats them like a young adult Christian who has something expected of them. Do not treat them as some super special smart kid because they actually take an interest in their walk with the Lord. You can praise them for their maturity but it should be expected that a 14 year old Christian can carry on a conversation about the things of God. Please treat as the young adults we are and not as the children that most people our age act like.

I hope that this post is seen as a challenge from a young adult who knows all to well what it is like to be the one who sticks out from the crowd.

Planned Parenthood Update
For those of you that read my post from a few weeks ago. The man who assaulted me outside Planned Parenthood a few weeks ago was found. The DA called the other day and the man has a court date on December 7th. Please pray for the whole situation as we may have to go to court depending on what happens December 7th. Pray that justice and served and above all that God is glorified.

With love in the Lord,
Virginia

Deathscort Irony, Pray For The Police Deathscort, And More Abortion Ministry!

Hi everyone,
Our family is now back to the point of being able to go to the abortion mill more often. This week was a little crazy at the abortion mill but no need to the call the police or anything.

I mentioned in last week's post that there is a Portland police officer who is now a volunteer for Planned Parenthood. She is very polite to us and talks to us. Her name is officer Bealls. I had nicknamed her "officer Schooley" because she looked so much like my friend with that name. She will say "Good morning" and when we are leaving she will say "Goodbye" and tell us to have a good day. This week she talked to me some. I did ask her what her last name was so that I could call her something besides "officer". At one point during the day officer Bealls told me that there was one guy on the sidewalk who she was keeping an eye on. I do not know what about him makes him someone to be careful around but at least officer Bealls keeps an eye on things even when she is a Planned Parenthood volunteer.

Next time I see her I am hoping to have a conversation about the Gospel with her. All the deathscorts can hear the Gospel being preached but I want to be able to actually talk to her about it as well. I think it will be easier to talk to her since she will actually talk to me. If I tried to have a conversation with some of the other deathscorts they would probably either turn their back to me, ignore me, or laugh that I would try to talk to them. She is one of the 3 deathscorts that I have actually talked with pretty much at all. One of them that I will talk about later, Marian, has talked a little before and taken tracts from me. She seem so to be one of the more friendly deathscorts. The other deathscort that talked to me is a new one I think. She talked to me a little bit but I do not know how long that will last. Please pray for the Salvation of all the deathscorts and that officer Bealls will be willing to talk to me and that I would be given words to speak and wisdom during the conversation.

We have found a Facebook page for one of the deathscorts, Marian, we look at it occasionally to see what is going on. She loves animals by the way. First point of irony, she loves animals and yet stands in support of a murderous organization and leads children to their death but she loves animals. Recently Mommy looked at Marian's Facebook page. There was a picture on there of Marian along with two other women. One of the women was her sister and the other was her mother. The thing is  we know her mother! Her mother is a midwife at our local hospital! Talk about irony. Her mother helps women care for their unborn children and tells them all about their "baby". Meanwhile her own daughter volunteers at Planned Parenthood helping make sure women murder their "fetus". How can one who has seen the precious gift of life given to so many different families, who has helped so many women have healthy pregnancies so that their babies are healthy, who has herself had the gift of life given to her that she may carry a precious child in her womb, how can someone like that stand the fact that her very own flesh and blood stands for the murder of children? Their jobs are very different. We mentioned to Marian that we knew her mom but her response was not as impressive as I was hoping it would be. I have not yet mentioned the fact to the midwife that I know her daughter but I do want to talk to her about it next time I see her. One of the funny things is that I think the midwife likes me. If only her daughter did too. Marian has always looked somewhat familiar to Mommy but we did not know why. Now we know that it is because she looks so much like her mother. Please pray for the salvation of both of them.

As soon as we got to the abortion mill a man started arguing with Donna who was just walking down the sidewalk with her sign. Here is a video of the interaction

Another man came up and was arguing with Daddy. The man was a little loud and a little too close to Daddy for my liking. Thankfully the man did not punch Daddy, (which was highly possible due to his anger) and after awhile walked off. During the conversation the man said that the Lord is not God, the Lord is His Son. Evidently John 1 was not something this man had studied enough.  He also said that Psalms were something people had made up. He was not happy with Daddy because Daddy kept going to the book (the Bible) instead of logic. Well that is another discussion for another day about how he can justify logic apart from going to the Bible. But keeping to what happened. The Bible is the truth. The man asked if he wrote a book if Daddy would obey it. That had a simple answer, the man is not God. Here is a video that includes the conversation which starts around 8 minutes 20 seconds. Sorry for the terrible video quality I was using a makeshift kindle holder attached to my bag and I could not see what I getting video of. So I apologize for the terrible quality. I also apologize for all the profanity from passersby. We do not remove it from our videos. Please know before you turn the video on that there is very bad language in it.

After Planned Parenthood outreach we went to Wiscasset to hold signs. We did not preach or pass out tracts only held signs. We have now been to Wiscasset a few times to do ministry. Twice a local man has called the police on us. This week the man who called the cops on us was there and kept running down to the door from his second story apartment. Either he really likes running up and down the stairs or he was trying to catch us doing something so that he could have something to report to the police. The police never showed up while we were there but it seems that this man is still unhappy with us. Another woman was also in the same building and at one point I thought she may have called the police but they never came to talk to us.

After Wiscasset we went to Waldoboro to hold signs as well. Nothing really happened there. We were holding signs for the cars going by but where we were there was no foot traffic.

One thing I would like to mention is our family's new Facebook page. Recently we started a new page, Public Proclamation of God's Word, The Bible.  The page was designed so that Christians can share video, audio, or written testimony of sharing God's Word in public. People do not have to preach, just read Scripture out loud in public.  I would encourage everyone to like the page and share what you have been doing to share God's Word with the world.

Without God we are nothing. He has saved us from our lives of sin, He has made us His sons and daughters, He redeemed us with the blood of Jesus Christ, how hard is it for us to get over our fear of man and go boldly proclaim God's Word? Believe me it is not that scary! Please visit the Facebook page, share it around on social media, share it with your friends, we want everyone to go out and share God's Word. It is not hard. You do not have to be gifted as an evangelist or as a preacher, just go share how great God is by reading His Word in a place where the world can hear you.

Take 15 minutes a week to go out to a busy place in your town and just read a passage of Scripture. Share with us how it went. Even if no one listens to you on the street you can still be encouraged by the fact that you proclaimed God's Word. You can also be a great encouragement to other Christians who are doing the work of preaching around this country. Take this as a challenge for this week. Share God's Word in public. You never know what will happen. Serving our King is a great adventure! Proclaim His goodness and give Him the honor, the glory and the praise He deserves!

With love in the Lord,
Virginia