Choosing Life: Our Visit To The Women's Choice Center

As a partner with Adventure Christian Community (my awesome and fabulous church), I've had the opportunity to meet some of the most wonderful and amazing people.  Every time I meet someone new there, I find my mind blown all over again at what God can do with the people in this place.  We truly have another loving family in the people who attend there.

One of the amazing women I've met is the Director of Development at The Women's Choice Center in Bettendorf.  She has stretched me in ways I never thought possible.  I found out more information about what the Women's Choice Center does and one of the things they offer is diapers and wipes for women and families in need.  Their supplies are running low though and they are desperately in need of donations.  After learning that, I decided that the time had come for Adventure Christian Community to do something for the community we live in and we are having a diaper drive next weekend.  My son is the face of the drive and his adorable little smile is winning hearts all over town.  :)

Seriously...look at that face

So today we went for a tour and a presentation to learn more about what the Women's Choice Center does.  They are across the street from Planned Parenthood and they offer counselling, ultrasounds, free pregnancy tests, prenatal and birth classes, clothing, baby food, blankets, prayer shawls, and more for pregnant women.  If a woman (or a girl) comes in and wants to terminate her pregnancy, the Women's Choice Center goes over her options with her (and the father of the child or the woman's family or all of the aforementioned).  They are saving lives, one baby at a time.

They give baby showers for needy women and offer prayer and counselling after an abortion has taken place.  They are volunteer run and completely non profit.  I got to listen to a testimony of a woman who had come through the center when she found out she was pregnant and she was able to see an ultrasound of her baby, which helped her decide to keep the child.  She was there cradling her 3 month old daughter.  It was amazing and awe inspiring.

So today, I'm cleaning out my cupboards.  There's baby food all over the place here that I don't need anymore.  I'm going through baby clothes that I don't need any more (even though we're trying for another child, there are some clothes that I'm not going to need again.  Even if we have another boy.) and I'm getting ready for the diaper drive next weekend.

If you are reading this and you attend Adventure, don't miss your opportunity to help this wonderful organization and bring some diapers to church next week.  They desperately need sizes 3 and 4, but they take everything.  If you have some baby clothes or blankets that you don't need anymore, here's your chance to make a difference.  If you're crafty (like me) and want to make some blankets, they need those too.

I'm so very excited to be part of something so wonderful and can't wait for their next volunteer training class so I can do more.