The following things are yelled by the escorts.

“Get the **** out of here”

You are blocking the driveway ( said every time I walk from one side to the other)

Are you an illiterate terrorist or can you read?

Shut the **** up

Get away from me you scum (when he comes over to stand in front of my sign)

pro life = murder

you don’t know right from wrong ... you don’t know ****

we are going to kill all those babies just bring them all in here

**** you terrorist

I do not want to hear your terrorist religion

QUIET QUIET QUIET QUIET ......ETC..... (shouted at us)

you’ve got **** on your sign

Jesus is a man made event

get the **** out of my face

you are a **** criminal

a reck less driver needs to rearrange your body parts

they don’t care about your stupid sign

I am not threatened by your God

ripe open the bellies of pregnant women

B**** nazis B****

I will kick your teeth out of your ******* mouth

pro life is a lie you don’t care if women die

(chanted over & over from a person on speaker phone held out for me to hear)

you have a KKK truck here

who the **** are you?

If you read this far

you are probably wondering

how do we respond to these words from the escorts?

PRAYER

I can hold my own in a discussion,

but these people are not looking to discuss the issues.

They only want to make noise and try to lead our emotions into anger.

Each Saturday, for a few weeks I would leave

and just shake my head thinking about how lost are these people?

But now, I believe they are not looking for salvation.

These escorts, are quite happy in their lives.

And they find great joy in trying to humiliate us.

I find myself at times becoming numb

to their spiritual needs

and angry at their indifference

for the babies who die.

It upsets me greatly

to see their lack of compassion for the women.

It is during these moments

that I ask everyone I know to pray for me and my friends.

For each of us do suffer with these emotions from time to time.

Sometimes it is very hard

to look at these escorts

as they shout

and remember

to pray for them.

For I must pray for them while standing there.

For when standing on the enemy’s ground

only PRAYER can win this battle.

So I am asking for you spread the word to your

Sunday School classes,

women’s groups,

youth groups,

men’s groups,

Bible study groups,

anyone you know who does pray,

to please ask God to give us strength as we stand there on Saturdays.

Pray that I will live my life as a Christian in front of the escorts.