Sunday, January 28, 2018

Where Is The Justice In Portland?

Hi everyone,
Sorry I have not written for so long.

Last Friday, January 20, in Portland at Planned Parenthood we had officer Mark Keller on duty to keep an eye on those who are not breaking the law (our group), and ignoring those who did break the law. For a little background on officer Keller. Mark Keller has been at the abortion mill many, many times. He has heard the Gospel preached many times, he has had women get down on their knees on the sidewalk next to him praying for him, he has been the recipient of handwritten letters, he has been told of our love for him, he has been told of his duty as an officer of the law to enforce justice to Planned Parenthood, he has been told of his accountability for murder, he has been loved by our group and told the truth, and yet he continues to stand there on the sidewalk perverting justice showing his hatred for God and for God's servants, not to mention his hatred of babies in the womb.
Officer Mark Keller standing near by as the "deathscort" Joan walks
yet another person into Planned Parenthood.

This week officer Keller was there once again standing by doing nothing while babies are being murdered under his watch. Let me rephrase, he was doing nothing to protect the babies, he was however actively perverting justice. When we arrived we had to set up our signs and our dolly that is used to hold a sign and our camera. Daddy also needed to position himself with his walker so that he would be safe in the case of a seizure while preaching. Officer Keller told us that we must not block access to the Post office boxes positioned nearby. We are told by the police officers that are on duty that we must not block the sidewalk and they will ask us to move if they feel we are blocking it. But if Planned Parenthood employees block access to a "health care center" they are fine. There are double-standards applied by the law enforcement officers that are on duty at the Planned Parenthood detail. Some of them show their bias for Planned Parenthood by opening the door. But why is it important that officer Keller wanted to make sure we do not block a post office box when we first arrived? Well later in the day a woman was walking into Planned Parenthood. She took a packet of information from someone in our group and walked inside. She then turned around and threw the packet out the door. It scattered on the sidewalk. People from our group picked it up. Daddy told officer Keller what had happened and asked if that was not littering. Officer Keller replied "sure". Daddy asked if he was going to do anything about it and he said "nope". He said that we picked it up so "problem solved". Daddy said that they (Planned Parenthood) take the dead babies they murdered and puts them in a bag and puts them in the dumpster. "Problem solved. No worries". Daddy then went on to say something about a police officer saying he did not care after a crime had been committed and officer Keller was kind enough to let us know that littering is not a crime. I asked him if it was breaking a law and he said it was a "civil infraction, yeah". He said that he has discretion over civil infractions and he does not have to enforce it. He asked if we want justice for littering. We do! He asked if we wanted him to enforce every civil infraction he comes across, adding that he can do that. The answer is YES! We want justice! I know that littering is not a huge deal in the grand scheme of things but when a law enforcement officer is standing on the sidewalk doing nothing and somebody litters in front of him, why would he not enforce it? This is why I bring up officer Keller's actions earlier in the day of telling us to make sure we do not block the post office boxes. He makes sure we do not block those, but does not worry about someone littering in front of him, Planned Parenthood employees stand in front of the door of the building, (which by the way, Planned Parenthood clients are not the only ones that need to use those doors, there are also all the construction workers who are walking in and out all day) but they are fine to do that. He is selective on what he enforces and who he enforces laws on. He hates God and he hates those who would dare open their mouth to spread God's message. As long as you support Planned Parenthood you are fine if you break the law, "you are against abortion and proclaim Christ's Gospel?" well that is a different story. Then you can get in trouble for "civil infractions". Where is justice?! You can watch the video of what happened here

Note officer Keller's face. That is his response to the
preaching of the Gospel.


Earlier this winter a Portland police officer sang the song "O Holy Night". Officer Keller caught it on video. I agree with officer Turner who was signing, officer Keller must "fall on his knees" before a mighty and just God! He needs salvation from God! I pray that is he is one of God's elect! I love this man but he needs a loving, yet firm, confrontation because of his actions! Pray for him and for our group as we continually tell him the Gospel and his duty to uphold justice!

We stand for justice because the God we serve is just! But God is also a God of mercy! What good news that is for us! As the Bible says, if we confess our sins He is faithful to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness! Oh, what great mercy! We will continue to proclaim to the world that God is a just God who must judge sin. But we will also declare that God is so merciful He sent His Son Jesus Christ to die for the sins of His elect so that we do not have to bear the just punishment for our sins against a holy and righteous God! Who will join us in proclaiming this message?
I had to talk to officer Keller when I saw him. Next time I see him I think I will give him a
loving yet firm rebuke. My love for him makes me speak the truth to him.
If I truly love him I will not avoid speaking boldly to him about the Gospel and
His duty to stand to for justice! 

After we left Planned Parenthood that week we went to Wiscasset. Daddy did not get out of the van but Mommy and I got out. Mommy held a sign and I read the book of 1 John. I now know why Daddy sometimes asks for a drink while he is preaching, your throat can get really dry! I am not used to trying to project my voice for long periods of time. I need to practice it. And keep a bottle of water nearby!

This was one of our first weeks at Planned
Parenthood in Portland. Officer Keller has stood
by ignoring the murder of children since the
start. 
 We had no issues with the Wiscasset police that day which was good. We always have a letter from our lawyer with us when we go to Wiscasset to show any officer who tries to give us a hard time for being out there proclaiming Christ and Him crucified. Back in June of 2017 we were out holding signs while Daddy was preaching and we ran into some trouble with the chief of police. You can see my post about that encounter here. Thank you to the Center for Religious Expression for helping us with that whole situation. A special "thank you" to Anthony Mangini and Susan Ross. You are a wonderful team of lawyers that was there when we needed you! You are so helpful! God bless your work as you strive to help those who are facing legal situations because of their stand for Christ!

This week we did not go to Portland because of sickness but we did have a chance to go to the local high school on Wednesday to pass out tracts to some of the students. We also got to talk to some friends who are students there who are professing Christians. I have an email in to the police department to see how close we can get to the door of the school and we are trying to figure out some other ideas of what we can do to reach the students. Please pray for us as we try to build relationships with these young people. We may do some specialized tracts and an informal survey and such for the students but we will have to see what happens.

Prayer
Be praying for Kimberly May. Some of you may know Kimberly. Her husband Cody died a year ago in a swimming accident in Lake Travis in Texas. Kimberly and Cody had 7 children. Just recently was the 1 year anniversary of Cody's death. Kimberly was getting out of the car the other day and fell down and broke both bones in her leg and injured her ligaments. She had surgery last week. Be praying for her as this time of year is already hard on her because of the anniversary of Cody's passing and now having to care for 7 children ages about 12 and younger while healing from surgery. Pray for strength and comfort for her.

With love in the Lord,
Virginia

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