Testimonials

The following testimonial is a real experience by someone whose life has been touched by the Pregnancy Care Center. (Permission has been granted by our clients for publication)   

Recently a client completed the Post Abortion Counseling. She honored her baby with the following poem written for the Memorial Service.

My Sweet, Wonderful Child

What color were your hair and eyes?
How soft was your face?
I think you're the best there is
I'm sure you think I'm a disgrace.

Would you have loved like your Grandma?
Caring, selfless, not like me?
Would you have been a happy child?
Would science have been your hobby?

I don't have words to tell you how sorry I am
And how I wish I could change what I did
At the time I didn't know the ramifications
At the time I was just a kid.

I have never felt so sorry and helpless
Regret is all I feel
I can't put you back together
And allow you to heal.

What were you doing in me
When your last heartbeat came?
You were 100% dependent on me
And I put out your flame.

If I could trade places with you
I would do it in a second
But at this point you might be the lucky one
Because with God you are present.

I will never be able to think of you
Without sorrow in my heart
But deep down inside
We have never been apart.

Jesus Christ has shown me
That even though what I did wasn't right
I can still receive forgiveness
And end my innermost fight.

I don't know it you will ever forgive me
All I can do is wait and see
For the moment that my Earthly life ends
And you will finally see me.

Are you going to approach me with gladness?
Or will hate be in your heart?
I would not blame you
if you had no forgiveness to impart.

I hope that since God has forgiven me
You can do it too
Forgiving myself has been tough as well
The toughest thing I ever did do.

I look forward to the day
When Jesus and my family will be together
We will laugh and sing and jump for joy
Because we will all be in heaven.

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      Before I came to the Pregnancy Care Center for post abortion counseling, I secretly hurting. Not many people knew about my abortion. I told most people I had a miscarriage because I was too scared of what the would think of me. One of my co workers had a miscarriage not long after I terminated my pregnancy and she would come to me to vent because she thought I kknew what she was goin through. I felt ashamed.

     I started looking fo help for my guilt and shame in 2013, two years after my abortion. I was looking for a place that I could help other pregnant girls make a better choice than I did. That is when I heard about the Pregnancy Care Center through an internet search.

     It took me a couple of months before I was able to get the courage up to ask for help. I had been volunteering at the Center for a couple of months, and was invited to attend the Fall banquet, Th speakers were so compassionate for the Lord, I knew then I had found the right place.

     I believed in God, but did not let Him lead my life. When Christie and I began our counseling I had been attending Church for quite while, but I never thought that God, or my unborn child would forgive me. I had taken a life. It was a sin, and to me it was a Huge sin. Not something someone should take lightly. Christie was so wonderful, helping find scriptures that addressed my fears, and was always reassuring me that I was forgiven. I did not need to keep asking, He fogave me the first time. I asked. HALLELUJAH!

     I still have days when I think of my baby, and how sorry I am that I chose to end her life before. That kind of pain never goes away, Now when I have one of those days, I just find a quite and talk to God. He knowsmy heart, and He knows my pain. He lives in me, and I amso glad He does.

"I really enjoyed learning all of the new stuff about the Bible. It amazed me to see how much I never knew about it. I also like talking with all the girls. I feel that it is changing my life still everyday. I have learned so much and am trying to get to the point to ask God into my life. My heart has been opened up to god when before I didn't know if I believed."

Nineteen years ago I had an abortion. Over the course of those years, I was very much in denial. There were periods of depression with a longing for comfort and understanding. Those unfulfilled feelings were replaced by sinful behavior. I was unable to look at a fetus or listen to to someone talk about abortion. I had anxiety in regard to those issues. In a way, it is easier to stay in denial and not face truth. Although it is difficult to face the truth, it is the only way to overcome, to be restored and accept God's forgiveness. The counselling with the "Abortion Recovery Program" helped me to face the truth about my abortion. After weeks of counseling and time in prayer, the Lord gave me the desire to look at fetal development. I cried, realizing how wonderfully made was my baby. At that time, I stopped being in denial. I acknowledged the very life that was inside of me and acknowledge the sin that took it away. After that stage, i was able to start grieving and feel for my baby. The program has helped me to bring closure with the painful experience of abortion. It gave me a new hope that God has a plan for me. "Lord, I am speechless before you." Psalm 39:9
If you are going through the painful experience of abortion, just seek God. He is a faithful Father. "Come to Me and I will give you rest all of you who work so hard beneath a heavy yoke. Wear My yoke for it fits perfectly and let me teach you; for I am gentle and humble and you shall find rest for you souls; for I give only light burdens." Matthew 11:28-30. The Pregnancy Care Center is a safe place where you can humble yourself, be vulnerable and allow God  to mend you broken heart.

I would like to take the time out to write a letter on behalf of the Pregnancy care Center in Presque Isle. I would just like to express my opinion on the program and why I believe it is a wonderful program for pregnant women and moms to participate in. I am so very grateful that I was referred by a friend and got enrolled. I am extremely grateful for all the help I have received and also for the wonderful women I've met. All the women at the Pregnancy Care Center are great. They make you feel very welcome when you're there. They are very caring and always make sure your needs for pregnancy are met. They know how to make you feel important and you know they are there for you whether you're in need of something for yourself, or child or you need someone to pray with you. It is a WONDERFUL program
I've had nothing but great things to say to my family and friends. i am due to have my third child in a week and a half. I was able to reach my goal of $150.00 in mommy money by completing bible studies, which I have enjoyed very much. I have learned so much and have been able to make my relationship with the Lord stronger. The studies make things to understand and whenever I have had a question I know I can get help from one of the ladies at Pregnancy Care Center. Overall I just want to share the experience I myself have had and I hope there will be many more women who will be able to do the same as I have. The Pregnancy Center is great and I would gladly refer any women to enroll! I am certainly glad I did. Thank you.

I wanted to tell you a little about my experiences with the Pregnancy  Care Center.  A little over 23 years ago I got pregnant and had an abortion.  Partly from bad choices and partly because I felt I was being forced into it.  Afterwards, I had the most horrible feelings of guilt, nightmares, and shame, and I loathed myself.  I felt so ridiculed by society.  Some of the reactions when people hear the word abortion are awful and they make you feel awful.  I never thought that there could ever be healing or forgiveness for people who had done the awful things that I had done.

I happened to be at the Pregnancy Care Center one afternoon with my daughter.  There was a pamphlet about abortion on the table.  By chance, Christie happened to be standing there when I made the comment that there cannot be healing after having an abortion.  Christie asked me if I had ever had an abortion.  I told her yes.  We went into her office and talked.  I started doing the Bible studies.  During the weeks that Christie and I met, I learned not only how to forgive myself but also others that were involved.  I never thought it was possible.  This program has proved otherwise to me.  Christie and this program have helped me change not only my outlook on my abortion, but also my outlook on life.  I'm not the same person I was, I am better healed, if you will.  I do not feel condemned and worthless anymore.  I have started to attend church and I have improved on relationships that I thought were lost forever.  This program gave my children a chance to understand what happened to their sibling and why he is not here with them today.

I love that I can now celebrate and rejoice my baby's life rather than hide in shame and keep him a secret.  He can be recognized as part of our family now and we can talk about him freely for the first time.  I have never felt such freedom.

I implore anybody who is facing these kinds of dilemmas and you feel there is no where to turn, please talk to Christie and take these Bible studies.  I promise you there will be healing, peace of mind, and forgiveness.  All you have to do is take the first step.  Yes, it is hard to do; but, I promise you it will all be worth it and you will NOT regret it.  I am sure glad that I followed through to the end.