Testimony

We had a grown up night out on Friday night.. You know the kind where you get all dressed up. We went to the annual fundraising dinner for our local pregnancy center. We go most years, this is center hubs parents started many many years ago.  They have some auction items to wander about, and then during dinner they have someone give a testimonial.

I have to say this year, we were very moved.

This young gentelman got up, he was dressed very nice, in his neatly pressed blue shirt. He got up and introduced himself, the name sounded familiar, but I couldn't connect it, yet.  He starts by saying he thinks he's pretty much a typical 27 year old. Lazy, doesn't like the thought of his parents knowing what is right/wrong, selfish, and partier. He went on to say, he had a lovely girlfriend, whom he shared his bed with. She came to him one day & said I'm pregnant, but they hadn't been dating long, them both being self-absrobed, wanted to get rid of "it' so they could get back to their selfish ways. So he had looked up an abortion clinic, then he remembered it was 1/4 mile from his dad's business on the busy road.  They made the appointment for this particular day, programmed the address in his GPS, and got off the freeway & followed the GPS. (God's Pilot System) . The GPS said go left, but he thought it was Right, but went the left anyways. He came upon the bright pink sign "problem pregnancy" and they turned in. They came in & were greeted, he & the girlfriend were split up & both asked some questions, about 10 minutes later, the nurse came & got  him & brought him in & congratulated him, and showed him his baby on the ultrasound machine. In his head he thought what kind of abortion clinic congratulates me for wanting to abort my child. In the next couple of minutes they receive a gift for their child, a hand knit blanket. Then they start talking to them, they are not at the abortion clinic, they are at the "center". Then he realizes this is the place his dad makes regular donations to!

They leave about an hour later. Still not convinced that they want to have the baby, but deep emotions about aborting too. He said the selfish reasons he wanted to abort, was he was ashamed to tell his family, mom, dad, etc. for fear of being a "failure" or embarassment. He hadn't talked to his dad in several months, so he was getting the courage to go talk to his dad  & mom. When he talks to his mom, she tells him, that son, you really don't have 2 brothers, you have 3, but I was in your same shoes & chose to abort it, and she told him she regrets it every day of her life. It took him some time, but he talked to his dad. He came back to the center 2 weeks later, to let them know that because his GPS took him the wrong way, he landed on their doorstep, but thankful it did, they were going to be keeping the baby.  He left us in a cliff hanger. He got back up a couple of minutes later to tell us, that his girlfriend is 21 weeks pregnant, and they are not finding out what it is, to keep it a surprise. His parents both came to the dinner to support him & the girlfriend. So many people came up during the evening to give them hugs, and words of encouragement.

This young man, looks like many 27 year old men that you might encounter. It just reinforced that abortion minded people, do not fit a certain demographic, race, ethnicity, or social status. It hit this crowd, that this gentleman, could have been their son or grandson.