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.

October 31, Halloween or Reformation Day?

Hi everyone.
With tomorrow being October 31 I think it would be a good idea to spend some time on the topics of Halloween and Reformation day. Just so you know everyone should listen to Cell53 Radio's podcast "Holidolatry"  it is a great podcast that deals with topics that every Christian should consider. As a little teaser to the episode I think what they did for Reformation Day last year was great! Now you have to listen to the episode to see what it was.

I hope everyone knows what Reformation Day is, but if not here is a short explanation: On October 31, 1517 Martin Luther pinned the 95 theses on the door of the church which is known as part of the Protestant Reformation. Next year is the 500 anniversary, maybe we should get a big group of people to have a party outside a Catholic Church and pass out tracts and hold signs about Salvation by Grace through faith in Jesus Christ alone. Just an idea.

Since most of you know the roots of Reformation Day, what about Halloween? Again listen to the Cell53 Podcast for more information. But long story short Halloween is a wicked holiday! From Trick or Treating to Jack-o-lanterns this holiday is not something we as Christians should be participating in! If you look into the roots of these activities you will see that they have strong connections to things of great wickedness among which are demons.

When Christians know these things and yet still celebrate Halloween and participate in the activities that go along with it I think it goes to show that they are willing to set aside their duty to glorify God in all they do, in order to have fun. Some may say that is not wrong to celebrate Halloween as long as you are not worshiping Satan or anything. Just go around and do what the world is doing. Just have fun, as long as we just go through the motions and do not really mean it, what is the problem? Yet how many of those same people would say it would wrong for Christians in other countries to offer incense and bow down to the king of that country. I mean if their just going through the motions it does not really matter if they do it as long as they do not really mean it right?

Now do not take me wrong, I am not saying that any Christian who celebrates Halloween is not saved. I am just saying that all Christians should seriously consider that Halloween is a wicked holiday. As Christians we are called to glorify God in all that we do and when we celebrate a worldly holiday are we glorifying God in that? Please seriously consider this!

Okay off of Halloween, On Friday I watched, for I think the first time, a Donald Trump Speech.  Mr. Trump was in Lisbon, Maine on Friday. While we were not able to attend the rally, a couple of people from Cell53 were able to go. Brian and Tabitha even made it into the newspaper. Even though we could not go to do some evangelism we watched the live video feed from here at home. Please continue to pray for the Salvation on both Mr. Trump and Mrs. Clinton. We serve a powerful God who is able to save both of these people if it be in His will. It is our job as Christians to continue to pray and share the Gospel of Jesus Christ with people wherever we go!

Prayer
Please pray for all those involved in abortion ministry around the country. Many are involved in the fight for life, just to list a few: Scott and Patte Smith, my friend Angela, Matt Trewhalla, T. Russel Hunter, Christians at Cell53 Church and Redeeming Grace Fellowship. These are just a few of our faithful brothers and sisters around the country who faithfully stand for the lives of these babies. Pray for their safety and pray that God would use them to save the lives of babies and that they would continue to stand firm in the faith no matter what men may do to them to try to distract them from preaching the Gospel.

Pray especially for our brothers and sisters outside the abortion mill in Milwaukee, Wisconsin as they have recently dealt with many injustices, even from the Police officers. A couple of weeks ago a man was acting aggressively to Matt Trewhalla's son who is 16. When the cops came they said Matt's son was the aggressor, though video of the entire encounter prove otherwise. This is just one of the many cases where the Police side with the wicked and punish the righteous, especially allowing abortion to continue while they stand aside and persecute Christians. Pray that justice will be served! Please continue to pray for Officer Keller's Salvation as well!

With love in the Lord,
Virginia.

Missions conference wrap up, a chance to share!

Hi everyone,

This Saturday was the Mission Leap conference put on by Maine Ministry Outreach Center, (MMOC). Our family spent multiple hours at the conference listening to many different people speak and present what God has been doing with their ministries.

One of the people I really enjoyed listening to was Dr. Ronald Blue. Dr. Blue works at the Dallas Theological Seminary. He is a very animated speaker and is very easy to listen to. He preached on the book of Romans from multiple different chapters. He preached on Romans 1,10,and 12. He summed up the entire book of Romans in this way, Chapters 1,2,3 the key word is "sin", 3,4,5, "salvation" 6,7,8, "sanctification" 9,10,11 "sovereignty" 12 to the end of the book, "service".

In Dr. Blue's sermons he also told stories about his life such as, when he met his "wifey", when they were missionaries in Spain and others. One time he was saying that he was sitting at the table looking across at the man on the other side. The man was talking about when he went to the moon and back and how the earth began to look smaller and smaller. The man then realized that all that was important to him was on that little ball of dirt called earth.  This man's name was Jim Irwin. I found out later when talking to Dr. Blue, that he got to spend 2 days with Jim Irwin. Some of you may not know the story of Jim Irwin. Mr. Irwin went from being a test pilot, which there many interesting stories about, to landing on the moon on Apollo 15. Later in his life he climbed mount Ararat in search of the Ark. Mr. Irwin has since passed away but his story lives on. You can read the story of Jim Irwin in the book Flight of the Falcon. 

At the conference there were also some local people speaking including an old friend John Dowdy. John is a staff member of CEF or Child Evangelism Fellowship. Before John was married we used to help him with the CEF wagon at one of the fairs in our area. CEF is a worldwide program which includes Bible clubs, and many other different programs to share the Gospel of Christ.

Another person who was speaking is a missionary to Malawi named John Boyington. He goes to Malawi 2 times a year and over the whole year he spends about 1 month there. When he is there he digs wells called bore holes but more importantly he shares the gospel of the Living Water Jesus Christ. If all they did while they were over there was dig wells then they would be doing something good to help the people, but only for a little while. What these people need is the Living Water of Jesus Christ which makes a lasting impact on their lives. There have been reports that from this man's team coming over and digging these wells and sharing the Gospel, churches have been started and now instead of just one church there are many more churches. God is doing His work there in Malawi. Let us not forget to pray that the Gospel will continue to be preached around the world and that God will change the hearts of these people and grant them repentance and faith.

Today the pastor at our church is out of town and Dr. Blue is speaking at another church in our area so we are going to go hear his sermon today. 

Prayer 

On November 12 there will be a youth gathering put on by MMOC and God has given me the opportunity to have 5 or 10 minutes to share about the work going on at the abortion mill. Please be praying for me as I prepare and also as I speak. I have never stood up and talked before a group of people that big before and would appreciate prayers for wisdom and courage. 

Yesterday I was made aware that there is a fellow christian in Turkey who is being held in prison. Sadly his story is not unusual among Christians around the world. As Christians in this world we are to expect persecution from the enemies of Christ and we are to remember those in prison as though we were there with them. Pray that God would comfort all of our brothers and sisters around the world who are being persecuted for their faith and that he would give them the courage to stand no matter what men may do to them.

"Remember those who are in prison, as though in prison with them, and those who are mistreated, since you also are in the body." Hebrews 13:3

With love in the LORD,

Virginia. 

A Presidential Rally, A Press Release, Great Fellowship, all in one day.

Hi everyone.

On Saturday there was this guy speaking in Bangor who I guess is well known here in the U.S. His name is Donald Trump. Our thought is, when someone draws a big crowd we may as well go and do some evangelism, so we did.

When we got to the rally there were already a lot of people there even though the doors still did not open for an hour. We did not preach yesterday but we were handing out Gospel tracts and holding signs as well. Our signs said things such as: JESUS CHRIST IS KING, TOM HOEFLING FOR PRESIDENT, ABORTION IS MURDER, and others.

When we got there we saw a sign that said, "No Demonstrations Beyond This Point", so we obeyed and stayed in front of the sign. We did get a picture right in front of the sign but we did not go beyond when holding our signs. A little bit later the Police officer asked us to move farther down closer to the road.  Funny enough where he had us move to was a better location than where we had been before. A little while after we moved they then moved the sign as well, but where they put the sign was blocking the sidewalk. Some of you may not know this but one thing we get in trouble with at the abortion mill is blocking the sidewalk, so I took a picture to show Officer Keller. I took the picture and may have said something about it blocking the sidewalk. The Officers must have heard me, then moved the sign and said something wanting to make sure that people could still get through!

After a couple hours Mommy took everyone but me and Daddy and went to the Children's museum in town. Daddy, me, Jeremy and Matt, who had come to join us, moved down to the street where the Anti-Trump group was standing. Daddy tried to do some preaching but people came up and kept talking to him so that he could not preach or shouting him down, so we did our best to have personal conversations and pass out tracts.

At one point there was a Press conference going on. News cameras rolling we thought it would be a great place to practice our freedom of speech. Daddy went up and started talking about how Hillary Clinton was not the answer and abortion is murder. You could see the news cameras turn to see what Daddy was saying. Someone came up to talk to Daddy so Jeremy kept on talking while Daddy was busy. After the Press conference, Someone from the newspaper came up to ask Daddy some questions.

We got to see Donald Trump's plane fly in and then we saw the national media come in, complete with Secret Service. We missed seeing Donald Trump's motorcade when it was coming in but we did see it on the way out. We even got some video of the bomb sniffing dogs for Samuel to enjoy.

If you ever want to give tracts to some well known people, people with influence, try going to a presidential candidate's rally. Daddy gave some tracts to the media who travel with Trump. We got to hand tracts to the Police and Janet Mills,  Maine's State Attorney General, who is well known to some of you! Shout out Andrew and Brian. Daddy also gave a tract to the Executive Director of the Democratic Party of Maine. We did not find out who she was until afterwards.

Since this is a post talking about Donald Trump, I will say here: Vote Tom Hoefling for President! Mr. Hoefling is a 55 year old Christian man, Father of 9, Foster father to 2. He is an abortion abolitionist, pro Constitution and Founder and President of America's party.

So I am saying this: Vote Tom Hoefling for President of the United States of America. Do not vote for the lesser of 2 evils because you think Mr. Hoefling can not win! If 1/3 of professing evangelical Christians vote for Tom Hoefling he could win easily. I do not know if you have figured it out yet, but the lesser of 2 evils is still evil! Our country does not need either  Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton. Our nation needs to repent and turn to God.

Prayer
Please be praying for Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, that God would grant them repentance, and faith in Jesus Christ. Pray that they will realize that, they are sinners like the the rest of us in need of a savior. And that Jesus Christ is the only one who can save them. Romans 3:23

Pray also for Jimmy Hamilton, He was out preaching and said to someone "Sir" the man then said that he identified as a woman. Jimmy still called him a man, since he was indeed a man, and he is now pending an arrest for a hate crime. Pray that justice will be served and that the righteous will not be punished.

With love in the LORD,
Virginia.