December 2015: Year in Review

Scott J Mahurin, Florida Preborn Rescue, P.O. Box 10976, St Petersburg, FL 33733

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Merry Christmas from Florida Preborn Rescue! It is hard to believe that 2015 is over, and 2016 is here!

Looking back, my heart is full of thanksgiving for all of your prayers and support this year. Truly, 2015 was a groundbreaking year for Florida Preborn Rescue. Going over the year’s highlights, it’s hard to specify memories that stood out, but I will try anyway. J

First, we are excited to announce that Scott is at 36% of full-time support. We increased 12% from last year. Thank you for your support!

Second, 2015 was the slowest year in recent memory for the abortion clinic on Central Avenue in St Petersburg. Eight Saturdays the parking lot of the clinic was COMPLETELY empty. Please continue to pray that this clinic closes down in Jesus name!  

Third, we held three sidewalk counseling classes in 2015, attended by 35 pro-lifers. Some of these folks have begun coming out to the sidewalk with us. We plan on organizing all the sidewalk counselors in a schedule soon. We praise God for the laborers that he is raising up!

Fourth, we offered help and hope to 180 women at the clinic this year, 25 took our information, and we had two confirmed saves!

Fifth, did you notice our awesome new logo? Thanks to Linda Altman, we now have a very professional look.

Sixth, 2015 was a year where our visibility city-wide increased dramatically. Here is a summary.

In January, FPR peacefully protested Planned Parenthood at their event at the Florida Aquarium in Tampa, and raised awareness for the pro-life movement and hopefully discoraged Planned Parenthood from using family-friendly business like the Florida Aquarium. In March, we did a leafleting campaign in the neighborhood surrounding the clinic on Central Avenue. At the beginning of the summer, Scott was the featured guest at St. Anne’s Public House, an online Christian magazine, discussing sidewalk counseling for a nationwide audience. In June and July, we made two presentations at St Petersburg City Hall regarding the Mayor of St Petersburg’s refusal to acknowledge our request to fly the pro-life flag. Gene Webb, a local conservative blogger, picked up on the story and ran it on his blog, bpiol.com, and Janelle Irwin, a local liberal blogger for the site saintpetersblog.com picked it up on her blog as well. Then, things started to get interesting.

I received a call from CNSnews.com reporter Mark Judge asking me if he could run the story on his site. The story received 11,000 shares! Praise the Lord! This story directed a lot of traffic to our Facebook page and blog. The story was then picked up by Conservative News Daily which covers Florida political stories. Florida Preborn Rescue’s name was listed even above the rapper “Pitbull”. We were quite impressed with ourselves. J

The summer’s activity continued. In August, I was honored to be one of the featured speakers at the DefundPP rally in Tampa. I was also part of a radio debate on WMNF 88.5 Tampa as well, discussing the defunding of Planned Parenthood. Finally, in September, I was the featured speaker at the St Petersburg 40 Days for Life campaign kickoff. All of these videos are online at my blog and Facebook too.

Whew. I am exhausted just remembering all of that. As we look forward to 2016, we have several goals and announcements.

First, we are close to unveiling our online schedule with each of the five clinics in the St Petersburg area and the respective sidewalk counselors who minister there. Stay tuned for this.

Second, as you know, FPR teaches Christ-centered sidewalk counseling classes to pro-life Christians of all denominations. We are planning to host four mid-week sidewalk counseling classes this year in St Petersburg. We have heard feedback from several people who would love to learn more but are unable to come on Saturdays. This will enable us to broaden our reach into the Christian community.

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Third, you will notice that there is a return envelope with this newsletter, but no stamp. As our mailing list nears 1,000 we want to be good stewards of all the donations we receive. Therefore, we will continue to provide everyone with envelopes, but sending stamps to everyone is becoming cost-prohibitive. If you are interested in donating by sending in checks, let us know and we can provide you the postage! 

Fourth, please continue to pray for our efforts at the All Women’s Health Center abortion clinic on Central Avenue in St Petersburg. May God bless you and yours now and always.