Blessings Through Transportation

At the annual meeting in April, I shared about a working client that had been walking to her factory job every night ( 3rd shift). I was a little hesitant about sharing the story but I am so thankful I did. One of the people present was touched by the story and helped make plans for the girl to get a vehicle. That client was given a minivan from a lady in New Castle. Several wonderful Christian people were involved making arrangements and getting the van to the girl. She was absolutely thrilled, and she had enough money saved to pay the tax and insurance she needed to license the van. The client was able to drive to work in the rain instead of walking. She told a friend that the car was a gift from God. So we are praying that when she comes back in she will be ready to hear more about God's wonderful grace.



Jane Bevers, Jennings County Center Manager

Decatur County Center Gets A Facelift

The United Methodist Church of Greensburg volunteered their time and energy last month to paint and freshen up the offices and waiting room of the Decatur County Center. Greensburg Church of God also came into the center to do some cleaning as well as purchased needed items for the center. Darla Goodman, Decatur County Center Manager, said “It looks great and we are really excited.” We always want to make sure our centers are clean and inviting and we greatly appreciate the help and support of our local churches to make this possible.

The Miracle of Embryo Adoption

This is a letter Pregnancy Care Center Development Director Teresa Russell and her husband Chad sent to their family and friends regarding their embryo adoption and subsequent pregnancy. They wanted to share their story with their PCC family to bring awareness to the miracle of embryo adoption.

Dear Friends:

We hope this letter finds you well. We’re sending this letter today to share a struggle we have been facing for the last five years. When we married on March 16, 2002, we had planned to start our family after about three years, once we had “mastered” so to speak how to be a good husband and a good wife. However, this wasn’t God’s plan for us.

After a couple years of trying on our own and running several different fertility tests, we learned we only had a 1% chance of conceiving on our own. We then began considering what our options were to start our family. There were many choices when it came to fertility treatments, adoption and foster parenting.

We are so excited to share with you what God has been doing in our lives regarding the choice we have prayed about and decided to pursue; embryo adoption.

We know this is a very new concept and you may have never even heard the term before. Let us explain. Many couples facing infertility choose to try in-vitro fertilization (IVF) to become pregnant. When a family has been successful in having a child through IVF, remaining embryos are often cryopreserved (frozen). If after a successful round of IVF (which often results in twins...or more!) many couples choose not to have any more children and then struggle with what to do with the remaining embryos. Some choose to destroy the embryos and others donate them for research—which also destroys the embryos. Embryo adoption resolves this difficult issue in a God-honoring, life affirming way.

The great thing about embryo adoption is that it can be an answer to prayer for everyone involved. For the couple who donates the embryos, it is a positive, pro-life way to resolve an ethical dilemma. For the adopting couple, it can be a beautiful opportunity to experience pregnancy and become parents. And for the embryos themselves, a way is provided for them to grow, enter this world, and live a full life. Currently, it is estimated that there are more than 500,000 frozen embryos in the United States. These are pre-born children waiting for a chance at a full life.

At times, our journey through infertility has been terribly painful, but God has done amazing things in our lives and marriage through it. Deciding to pursue embryo adoption has not been an easy decision, but after much prayer, we were confident this is the path God was leading us down.

Some of our best friends put us in contact with their good friends who had six embryos they wanted to place for adoption. In December, we went through a “Frozen Embryo Transfer” (two embryos were thawed and transferred into Teresa---see picture above of these little lives!).

We are beyond blessed to tell you that the transfer was successful and we are expecting the arrival of our first child (no worries, only ONE!) at the end of August. As you could guess, we couldn’t be more excited, and we can’t wait to celebrate this blessing with you soon. Please keep us in your prayers as we enter this new phase of life.

All our love,

Chad and Teresa

Update: We found out on Good Friday that we're having a little girl!

For more information about embryo adoption, visit Bethany Christian Services or Nightlife Christian Adoptions.

Honoring the Love of a Mother

The Pregnancy Care Center is giving supporters the opportunity to honor their mother, or another special woman in their life, by making a donation in their name to the ministry. For many the gratitude felt for the love, support, encouragement and care their mother’s showed is impossible to express in words. Many have felt a great way to say thank you to their mom is by giving a gift to the PCC to help encourage new moms toward choosing life for their babies.

One supporter wrote, “I wish to dedicate the enclosed gift, anonymously, to the Russian birth mother of my adopted granddaughter. I give thanks every day that this mother, on the other side of the world, chose life for her baby. I wish that she could know the loving family that adopted her little girl. As this isn’t possible, I hope that this message might inspire another girl to remember that, even if she is unable to keep her new baby herself, there is someone that God will provide to love and provide for that child. Thank you for giving me this opportunity.”

If you would like to honor your mother in a very special way this Mother’s Day contact Melissa Morrow at melissam@affirminglifeonline.org. Or if there is another special woman in your life you’d like to honor such as a mentor, grandmother, or aunt, you can do that as well. We’ll send an acknowledgement of your gift to her and all gifts will be recognized in our June Newsletter unless otherwise directed.

What People are Saying

The Pregnancy Care Centers reaches thousands of people each year with the truth regarding sexual integrity and the value of human life. We do this through programs like Choose to Wait, My Best for You and Transformed. We also offer hope through our in–center services and healing through our post-abortion bible studies. We are constantly encouraged by the great feedback we get through participants and clients. Below is what people are saying:

“Thank you for everything. I am going to stay pure until marriage.” Transformed Teen Male Participant


“I’m 17 and a virgin. When I was in 7th or 8th grade I went through Transformed and since have always wanted to save myself for marriage.” Transformed Teen Female Participant

“Thank you for giving me the opportunity to become closer to my mom and God.” My Best for You Student Participant

“I might have had sex before, but me and my (boyfriend) talked and we want to wait. You will keep us going.” Choose to Wait Brown County Middle School Student


“As a single father our family needed these sessions.” Transformed Parent Participant


“What a blessing this Bible study has been for me. I have found the peace and forgiveness that I have been searching for for a very long time. It has taken me 32 years to be healed from my abortion and I praise God for this study!” Forgiven and Set Free Bible Study Participant

“Programs like this help me stay abstinent.” Choose to Wait Columbus North Student


“I have totally changed my mind about everything. I’ll never watch porn again because it was that informative to me.” Choose to Wait Seymour High School Student


“I believe if every parent took to heart the depth of this need to share these truths that will save them from deep scaring with their children—it will change our world!” Transformed
Grandmother Participant

“I am thankful for this retreat. You have made this subject so easy to talk about with my daughter.” My Best for You Parent Participant


What I like best about the Pregnancy Care center is “that people care enough to keep the center running and so many people volunteer to help. Thank you for helping.” Bartholomew County Male Client

“Tonight has been fabulous for me as a mother and follower of Christ. I’m so very glad I brought my daughter. I’m glad she has the truth!” My Best for You Parent Participant


“I’m not completely sure but it was possible that I may have lost my virginity tonight. It won’t happen now. Thanks.” Choose to Wait Shelby Central High School Student


“This is a great program. It gives you all you need to be healed, or if the wounds are very deep, how to continue the healing process with God by your side. It is wonderful to see everyone change and grow closer to God.” Forgiven and Set Free Bible Study Participant

The Pregnancy Care Center is “open and honest with questions, never judgmental. I love the one on one counseling. Thank you for all the information.” Bartholomew County Female Client
“As someone who is sexually active I can honestly say that I no longer will be.” Choose to Wait Jennings County High School Student

“This is a great program, solved many confusions and struggles which I had not realized as well as giving me support, hope and peace of mind.” Forgiven and Set Free Bible Study Participant