So this past week we’ve been in Georgia, as Georgia State
University, which was a really interesting crowd. We had quite a few pro-aborts
who came up to us arguing and ripping literature. We even had one that went
through our Literature and made what they called “improvements” one of which
included citing the ever credible site stfupro-life.tumblr, I know what you’re
thinking… they sound legitimate right? So after that crazy filled day we drove
off to Clarksville, TN.
We were greeted by a group of local elders and faithful attenders of the catholic church nearby to APSU (Austin Peay State University). They talked about how needed our visit was to inspire them, I truly wish they knew how inspiring they were to us and what a blessing they were. So we rushed from that meeting to another at APSU with the Newman Group. We had a rather warm welcome from the students and were given some much appreciate pizza and drinks as we all talked about where we were from joking and such. We then transitioned however into a time for them to ask us some questions about how they could become more active in their pro-life views.
The Newman group stepped right up to the plate when we found out there had been some miscommunication of how many of us there were and we needed some extra places to stay. So I was very thankful to Mary and Alexis (and Caroline) who so graciously took in Jayne, Sarah, and I into their dorm room for three nights to stay. We had such a good time talking with them and being able to get to know them. APSU’s campus was a challenge, almost as always we were met by security on the campus telling us we had to move our signs or that we couldn’t pass out literature because it was against school policy, which evidently takes precedence over one’s Constitutional Rights. But we worked it out and found ways around what they asked so our voice would not be silenced. It was a very hot day in the sun, but it’s amazing how God carries you through it all.
So we had a rather interesting night, we went and had lunch and did some media work before deciding to chalk on the campus that night. So we got ready chalk in hands and walked to where the play “Vagina Monologues” was taking place on campus. We handed out “180 movie” cards as well as some “Unplanned Pregnancy” cards to the audience as they walked in. Once they were inside we went to work chalking on the ground things like “Real Feminists don’t kill their children”, “Crisis Pregnancy call 1-800-395-HELP” or one of my favorites to combat their chalking “Vagina’s are for Mothers”. But as we were chalking up walked the ultra-feminist old ladies who started yelling at us asking whether we were from the Crisis Pregnancy Center (There’s a background story somewhere). We told them that they weren’t and then they proceeded to tell us how inappropriate out messages were since the play was about Reproductive Rights. We just replied that our messages were actually quite appropriate. So one lady came out with a camera and the proceeded to try and bully some members of the Newman group telling them she would get them in trouble for this. It’s amazing how some people will bully away when they are confronted with the truth of what goes on every day. So we finished up the night with reading a Psalm and we all went to bed for the next day and the work we had left to do on APSU’s campus.
We were greeted by a group of local elders and faithful attenders of the catholic church nearby to APSU (Austin Peay State University). They talked about how needed our visit was to inspire them, I truly wish they knew how inspiring they were to us and what a blessing they were. So we rushed from that meeting to another at APSU with the Newman Group. We had a rather warm welcome from the students and were given some much appreciate pizza and drinks as we all talked about where we were from joking and such. We then transitioned however into a time for them to ask us some questions about how they could become more active in their pro-life views.
The Newman group stepped right up to the plate when we found out there had been some miscommunication of how many of us there were and we needed some extra places to stay. So I was very thankful to Mary and Alexis (and Caroline) who so graciously took in Jayne, Sarah, and I into their dorm room for three nights to stay. We had such a good time talking with them and being able to get to know them. APSU’s campus was a challenge, almost as always we were met by security on the campus telling us we had to move our signs or that we couldn’t pass out literature because it was against school policy, which evidently takes precedence over one’s Constitutional Rights. But we worked it out and found ways around what they asked so our voice would not be silenced. It was a very hot day in the sun, but it’s amazing how God carries you through it all.
So we had a rather interesting night, we went and had lunch and did some media work before deciding to chalk on the campus that night. So we got ready chalk in hands and walked to where the play “Vagina Monologues” was taking place on campus. We handed out “180 movie” cards as well as some “Unplanned Pregnancy” cards to the audience as they walked in. Once they were inside we went to work chalking on the ground things like “Real Feminists don’t kill their children”, “Crisis Pregnancy call 1-800-395-HELP” or one of my favorites to combat their chalking “Vagina’s are for Mothers”. But as we were chalking up walked the ultra-feminist old ladies who started yelling at us asking whether we were from the Crisis Pregnancy Center (There’s a background story somewhere). We told them that they weren’t and then they proceeded to tell us how inappropriate out messages were since the play was about Reproductive Rights. We just replied that our messages were actually quite appropriate. So one lady came out with a camera and the proceeded to try and bully some members of the Newman group telling them she would get them in trouble for this. It’s amazing how some people will bully away when they are confronted with the truth of what goes on every day. So we finished up the night with reading a Psalm and we all went to bed for the next day and the work we had left to do on APSU’s campus.
We awoke the next morning bright and early to get set up on
campus again, this time I was out at the front entrance of the college which
faced a main public road, but also had good access to the students coming in
from the parking lot. We had plenty of angry people that day coming up to us
telling us it was inappropriate to show these pictures, but still saying that
abortion was anybody’s rights. But even as the sun was absolutely glaring we
still carried on and I remarked to Vince just how great a having a lemonade
sounded right about then. So low and behold one of the members of the Newman
group, Kate comes up and asks us what we would like to drink. So she went and
got us some water and lemonade, this was truly such a blessing from God that I
could not believe. Yes it seems small, but it’s amazing the things you take for
granted when you work long hours and are always going on your feet.
We were also very blessed that two different men (one who was a pastor of a local church) specifically stopped their cars that day to come and walk over to us to encourage us that we were doing a great work for God by being there and speaking for the unborn. That was such a blessings especially considering it came before my last conversation of the day with a particularly hateful young man who kept berating me telling Vince and I that we were breaking the law, even though we informed him we were not.
So that night we had a spectacular time being hosted by the Newman group for a social-cookout-night and ate wonderful food and played Disney trivia games complete with teams and craziness. It was such a great time, we really couldn’t have asked for a better group host experience at the college. I hope that in the future I’ll be running into some of those great people from the Newman group and can bless them as they have so richly blessed us this past week. It’s been a rough week so far, and we’ll be traveling almost non-stop the next few days, but as we have much time in the car I love to look on this journey and think about all the wonderful people I’ve met. Fighting for the Unborn’s rights is something I hope to not have to do someday, but I can say, that I’m honored that I’ve been given the chance to do so while I can.
We were also very blessed that two different men (one who was a pastor of a local church) specifically stopped their cars that day to come and walk over to us to encourage us that we were doing a great work for God by being there and speaking for the unborn. That was such a blessings especially considering it came before my last conversation of the day with a particularly hateful young man who kept berating me telling Vince and I that we were breaking the law, even though we informed him we were not.
So that night we had a spectacular time being hosted by the Newman group for a social-cookout-night and ate wonderful food and played Disney trivia games complete with teams and craziness. It was such a great time, we really couldn’t have asked for a better group host experience at the college. I hope that in the future I’ll be running into some of those great people from the Newman group and can bless them as they have so richly blessed us this past week. It’s been a rough week so far, and we’ll be traveling almost non-stop the next few days, but as we have much time in the car I love to look on this journey and think about all the wonderful people I’ve met. Fighting for the Unborn’s rights is something I hope to not have to do someday, but I can say, that I’m honored that I’ve been given the chance to do so while I can.
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