Meet Rosliani and Emmanuel. Emmanuel turned one year old on March 27! Some members of the Storks team met Emmanuel and his mother who made a decision for life. Facing deportation, homelessness, and poverty contributed to the seemingly logical thought that abortion was the only option for her. With the help of amazing staff onboard…
Seven years ago this fall, Lauren Urrea felt her world was crashing into a million pieces as she faced the undeniable, yet somehow unbelievable, reality that she was pregnant. For the first time in her life, Lauren found herself questioning—even if for a brief moment—her most foundational beliefs about God, family, career and most importantly,…
Live Action News — Kelly, a junior at a Christian university, was engaged to the love of her life. She played piano in a music ministry, and she and her fiancé, Greg Baker (who was studying to become a pastor), were also involved in a campus prayer ministry together. She had always known she wanted to be…
Live Action News — Tracey Kirby was shocked and excited when she learned she was pregnant with three boys—one singleton and a set of twins. But at 18-19 weeks, doctors found that the twins had twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome, in which the blood vessels of the twins’ shared placenta are connected, resulting in one twin receiving too much…
My husband and I started dating the day after we graduated high school. He packed his bags two months later to follow his dreams on a scholarship to play college football and I followed mine as a starting freshman for women’s golf. We both had big dreams and a year later we were more determined…
This article originally appeared on Alexis Hernandez’s blog Me and My Sweet P. “What about your education and track?” “You are so young!” “You are going to ruin your life, our lives, and that baby’s life.” These are just some of the words I heard after announcing that I was pregnant. I was told that…
What if there was one simple thing you could do while pregnant to not only improve the health of your baby, but also your own health? Turns out, there is. Pregnancy is a natural and beautiful process, but it’s also mysterious and complex. You don’t actually know the whole of your baby’s health picture until…
Haven. A place of shelter, safety, and refuge. Haven. My second baby’s name. We came across it while searching for the perfect name. What could better describe being born into the presence of God? Haven was hoped for, loved, and celebrated. We excitedly announced our new baby on December 15th, 2015 by dressing up our…
It’s been several years since Canadian airline company, WestJet put out a Christmas video that made a 100% of the people who watched it cry. Okay, okay, that might be an exaggeration, but it is pretty hard not to cry as you watch dreams being fulfilled in this small Dominican village. SHARE ON FACEBOOK! The company…
It’s been several years since Canadian airline company, WestJet put out a Christmas video that made a 100% of the people who watched it cry. Okay, okay, that might be an exaggeration, but it is pretty hard not to cry as you watch dreams being fulfilled in this small Dominican village. SHARE ON FACEBOOK! The company…
Seven years ago this fall, Lauren Urrea felt her world was crashing into a million pieces as she faced the undeniable, yet somehow unbelievable, reality that she was pregnant. For the first time in her life, Lauren found herself questioning—even if for a brief moment—her most foundational beliefs about God, family, career and most importantly,…
For our family, this Christmas season will be our most memorable. It is our first Christmas as a family of three. Our home is overflowing with love, magic, and new beginnings. This year we get to celebrate Christmas with our son. We spent hours Christmas shopping (and lets be honest, baby B is not even…
Live Action News — In December 2013, Jami Brooks was five months pregnant and abortion was the furthest thing from her mind. However, following a prenatal diagnosis, that would be exactly what doctors would advise her to do. During her 20-week ultrasound, Brooks and her husband Brian felt something wasn’t quite right when the technician would not allow them to…
You wouldn’t expect the president of Ford to talk up Chrysler models, so you can’t expect the head of America’s largest abortion provider (and contraception distributor) to give the nod to “Natural Family Planning”—or, rather, what she thinks is Natural Family Planning. On Monday, former magazine editor Tina Brown interviewed Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards at the…
When she first learned she was pregnant, Janey was at a loss for what to do. Homeless and sleeping on someone else’s couch with her 4-year-old daughter, having another child seemed to be not only an inconvenience, but a near impossibility. Little did she know things were about to get even more complicated—and far more…
Live Action News — Tracey Kirby was shocked and excited when she learned she was pregnant with three boys—one singleton and a set of twins. But at 18-19 weeks, doctors found that the twins had twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome, in which the blood vessels of the twins’ shared placenta are connected, resulting in one twin receiving too much…
Live Action News — Kelly, a junior at a Christian university, was engaged to the love of her life. She played piano in a music ministry, and she and her fiancé, Greg Baker (who was studying to become a pastor), were also involved in a campus prayer ministry together. She had always known she wanted to be…
I was suffering from a major case of “pregnancy-phobia.” It was around midnight and I was driving home from a movie when I decided to swing into the Safeway and buy a pregnancy test—just to set my mind at ease. I was embarrassed that the cashier might see me go straight into the bathroom with…
I have always known in my heart that I was meant to have children through adoption. I loved everything baby from the time I was a baby and nurturing has always been my love language. It didn’t matter if it was a neighbor’s baby who I babysat for, an orphaned lamb who needed me to…
In 1984 my mother walked into an abortion clinic and paid to abort me. That day, my mom left the clinic and by the grace of God never returned. After waiting for an hour in the lobby they walked her back to a private room and gave her an ultrasound before starting the procedure. When…