May 2008 Newsletter
Back to Main Newsletters PageI have some incredibly uplifting stories of pro-life conversions to share with you - conversions that have happened because of the dedicated work of Healing the Culture, and the committed support of friends like you.
Since our inception, my team and I have traveled all over the United States and the world, training thousands of people how to use our pro-life resources. We've reached millions of people with our unique pro-life message through the Internet, television, and radio. We've witnessed a multitude of conversions through our public presentations. And we've received recognition from hundreds of leaders as one of the most effective and life-transforming pro-life organizations in the world (see the enclosed flyer).
I am writing to you now because, as a special friend, I would like to ask if you would consider supporting us by becoming a member for as little as $10 a month.
Please listen to the voices of real people who were changed by our message. Take Steve, for example. Steve was an atheist who was married with two young daughters. One day while at his wife's church, he wandered into one of our talks. He sat down and began to listen, and became mesmerized by our message of human dignity and the sacredness of human life.
Several years later, Steve introduced himself to me and told me about the profound conversion he experienced that day. Later, he allowed us to videotape his story, and this is what he said:
"At that point in my life I was actually pro-abortion, and when she did her presentation that night, I literally did a flip-flop, a one-eighty, where I was pro-abortion and by the end of that night I was anti-abortion. She just hit everything with the points that she was bringing. … If it could take a person like me who has gone from being atheistic to agnostic to a Christian to just a total believer… I just think that the knowledge that Healing the Culture has needs to get out there."
On the videotape, Steve's wife Pam chimed in: "Our kids have turned out completely different than they would have. It was the biggest miracle in our marriage, and I don't know that that would have happened had not we been at church that night."
We have hundreds of letters and videotaped comments from people like Steve and Pam who have been changed by the Life Principles. The following comments are from a person who made an equally dramatic conversion.
"I spent a lot of time working with pro-choice groups. I went as far as to help people over picket lines at abortion clinics. I ultimately realized that I had been very, very wrong in those opinions. One of the things that really worked for me was hearing somebody from Healing the Culture speak at my church… It's the way I really discovered the pro-life movement. And I'm saying that as the kind of person who wouldn't have been affected by some of the usual tactics."
High school and college students are also dramatically transformed by our presentations...
- "It totally opened my eyes… and it's really changed the way I believe."
- "I was pro-life, I thought. But after that, I was ready to get a 'pro-life' tattoo across my back."
- "It was like a revelation. Like, this makes so much sense, why didn't I realize this before? They didn't yell or scream at you, they just made you question your morals, and [asked] 'are you right or wrong?'"
Results like these caused United States Senator Rick Santorum to say "Healing the Culture has the potential to move even the most wounded hearts to conversion;" and Bishop Francis Curtiss of Omaha to say, "Healing the Culture is at the forefront of organizations working to promote a culture of life."
I know you believe this work is important, but it cannot be done alone. Scripture reminds us that when good people come together to share the burden, anything can be accomplished:
Each man should give what he has decided in his heart to give…and God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work. (2 Corinthians 9:7-8)
We need your help to continue this mission. Healing the Culture is at a critical point of growth, and I come to you to ask if you would help share in our work by becoming a member today.
You can become a member for as little as $10 a month. That's little more than the cost of a movie ticket. As a part of your membership, you simply pledge to give any amount of your choosing consistently, each month. Some of our members can afford to give $10 a month. Others give $25 or $50 a month. A few can give more than that. But with God's grace, we have developed quite a knack for taking the moderate but consistent gifts of many people, and making great things happen!
Healing the Culture has several options for you to choose from, to make your membership simple. You can let us know what you would like to pledge, and we will send you an envelope each month to fulfill your pledge. All donations are completely tax deductible.
If you like to accumulate miles or points, you can also donate using your credit card. The easiest way to give is to instruct us to automatically charge a certain amount to your credit card every month. We will process your donation and send you a receipt each time. You simply contact us when you would like to change your giving plan. Please consider becoming our partner with your membership today!
God bless you,
Camille Pauley
President
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