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Clinic Story
In late fall, one of our long-time volunteers, Jan, came to our team with the idea of a Pregnancy Support Group. This would create a place to foster relationships between our clients, provide a place to vent and be heard.
Since then, Jan has met with a handful of girls and their partners twice a month, encouraging them in a variety of ways!
Here more about this experience from Jan...
"My name is Jan Bowman and I volunteer at My Life Clinic.
This year I started a pregnancy support group with our clients. We meet two times a month for an hour. Each time we introduce ourselves and the women share how far along they are in their pregnancies, before jumping into some questions to get conversation going. The conversations I’ve been a part of have been so life-giving to hear.
To my surprise, the women and men I have talked with have been very open! At the end of the questions I ask if anyone wants to talk about anything else. One week a girl said she hadn’t told her parents about her pregnancy yet, and she was so nervous. I threw it back out to the group of other girls and asked for suggestions. It was so moving to watch the women bond and encourage each other. One woman even suggested taking the sonogram picture to show her parents the baby, and to stand strong and show them her conviction in not aborting. I could feel the girls connect.
Often I get couples that come in and I especially love those times. We were talking one week about favorite books to read and the man said his is, “If you give a mouse a cookie” and that they plan to teach their child to speak Spanish and English, as his family is Hispanic. The next time I met with them I gave them a Spanish version of that book and a mouse stuffed animal and he smiled from ear to ear. Then he hugged me.
It is a privilege to meet, talk, and pray with our clients. Hopefully they are comforted and encouraged by someone who will listen to them and support them in any way we can. The clinic truly reaches out into our community to let the women who choose to save their babies feel loved and cared for. I am just thankful for the opportunity to serve.
Blessings
Jan
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