Hello everyone my sincerest apologies for being late in posting, we have had several schedul changes this past week and a half thus some things have been thrown off balance. We have been kept crazy busy and are normally exhausted upon arriving home after work.
Where do I begin, I spend essentially all my time with my fellow interns, we do have time apart form each other, we get along and actually have fun together. Finding a balance of quiet and rest and laughter is really good for all of us. Down time helps us decompress from our long days or week.
We will have some of the interns over for muffins and treats and tea, or just to hang out and talk, or laugh, most of the time we spend laughing. I normally end up on our kitchen floor laughing so hard that I start to cry.
We have been postcarding than heading to downtown choice chain, we make our way back to the office for lunch. We eat than go into office time, which is call backs, homework or reading an assigned book. Or other odd jobs that need to be done at the office. Along with a bit of free time. Than we all pile in the vans and head to another choice in a different location than earlier in the day.
We are no longer doing highway projects in Calgary as there was an amendment made prohibiting us from doing so, the amendment was made to hinder our efforts at reaching others. We are not letting it stop us from working hard and doing our work, we just have to change how we do some of it. Since we don't have highway projects I no longer have that time to write blogs as I was doing. I haven't been able to find a time that works efficiently for writing a post. However I will do my best to keep you all updated and in the know on what's going on.
We have now been alternating who is leading the choice chain. We the interns take turns leading the group, which means we are in charge of deciding where to put who, what signs they have, who's the designated phone person. Camera person. Also keeping track of the time. And knowing the location we are supposed to be at.
I have gained experience in different ways, I am more comfortable moving around my sign rather than just holding it like a shield. Becoming one with the sign so it's an extension of yourself is handy. When I can easily move or turn I can than reach more people and raise the question of what they think about abortion.
I have had some good conversations, as well as bad, I've had people change here minds party, or pro-lifers become more convicted in getting involved. I've had people change there minds completely, and have watched as others have changed people's minds. Some conversations are truly heartbreaking and difficult to have at times.
While I was in mass on Sunday i was reflecting on our work and why we are doing what we are doing, why we put up with the harsh words and slandering things people say, or the negative things that start to pile up. And. I looked up and a mom was just taking her baby out of the car seat in the pew ahead of us. Seeing that beautiful bundle of joy reminded me even more why we are doing what we do, why it's always worth it. Worth the rough days and times when I wonder if I'm making a difference. Because if we can change one mind that opens the door for saving lives in the present moment and the future. However looking at this bundle of joy my heart grew sad because at that moment somewhere in Canada a life was being snatched away by abortion. How can we be taking the lives of 300 children every day here in Canada that's a hundred thousand children every year. That knowledge can weigh upon my heart specially since we see the images every day we use them to reach out to others. After seeing them so often a person could become numb to it, however when I look at those signs we hold, when I think that it's happening right at that moment I know I can't stop trying or give up because they don't get a choice they don't yet have a voice there fore we need to be a voice for the voiceless.
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