summer 2014

A publication for advocates & supporters of Crossroads Pregnancy Resource Center.

Moses Lake Fundraising Banquet

Mark KrcmaCole HemmerlingDeb AtkinsonJake SantistevanSen. Janea Holmquist-NewbryRaul FigeuroaMary CourtrightMatthew PurcellPaul RiegelBarbara Cherf Marylin Berschauer

August 11-14: Ultrasound Training for 4 Nurses

September 6th: Care Net Conference

October 25th: Moses Lake’s Annual Fundraising Banquet

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Come help Crossroads Pregnancy Resource Center Celebrate our 30 year anniversary at our annual fundraising banquet on October 25th. We are excited to bring to you Mike G. Williams a nationally known speaker and writer who has a passion for life. He is heard daily on the SiriusXM Satellite radio’s Laugh USA. He has recorded14CD’s,4DVD’sandwritten6books.Histwomost recent are entitled Men Moved To Mars When WomenStartedKillingTheOnesOnVenusandLoveIsNOT A Three-Letter Word (A new look at Abstinence). His own personal adoption story and the rescue and subsequent adoption of his son will move you to tears of great joy. Each of Mike’s presentations are given in a very positive humorous direction that will leave every listener feeling encouraged and empowered to make a difference. He came to popularity as a pro-life speaker after Focus On The Family brought his personal story to a national spotlight. Mike will have you rolling on the floor with laughter, while simultaneously building your reverence for the work of local life-savingorganizations. To be assured of a seat for the evening, call 765-4425 now and make a reservation. n

Mike G. Williams

We have been in Ephrata now, a little over a year and that center is doing so well. For those of you, who have never stopped by to see the facility, please do. You will be able to meet Doris Rosenow, our center director or one of our, faithful volunteers, who will inspire you with their love and dedication. The Center’s client numbers are up in every area. We feel that the Lord is saying, “It is now time to move on to Quincy”. Our Ephrata Director, Doris Rosenow, who works 2 days a week there is willing to go to Quincy two days a week and take the lead in that center. Building relationships with the pastors in Quincy had been a top priority for Deleana, our Development Director. We have received such a positive reception from them. Everyone in Quincy, that we have spoken to about our coming has given us a “thumbs up”. We will be renting space from Quincy Community Health Center (where they previ-ously housed their WIC department). We have a nurse from Quincy who will be trained to do limited OB ultrasounds there at our Quincy Center. We will also be doing free pregnancy tests and Parenting Classes for First Time Moms and assisting these Moms with other things as needed. n

Quincy Pregnancy Resource Center

World Breast Feeding Day On August 5, 2014, Crossroads PRC attended the annual Breastfeeding Day sponsored by our local Women Infants and Children (WIC) agency. Several of our community’s agencies that provide support for our local children and their families attended this four hour event. There is local entertainment, food, games and KDRM radio was there to broadcast the event live and to let each agency talk about their services and how they help the community. Crossroads had several happy winners from the drawings at the event. If you would like to learn more about the world breastfeeding week here is their website link:http://worldbreastfeedingweek.org. n

A picture is worth a thousand words…Read carefully and I will tell you a story that will warm your heart. They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but in this case the words will have to do. A young lady who was very abortion minded returned to the clinic for an ultrasound, bringing along her boyfriend. As we were doing the ultra-sound,IturnedtolookatthebigscreenTVthatwehaveonthe wall which shows the ultrasound images. There the Daddy was facing the screen with his cell phone, taking pictures of their little baby. As we finished, I could tell by the smile on her face, as well as his, and they affirmed it - they chose LIFE! n

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Bikers for Christ chooses Crossroads Bikers for Christ chose Crossroads Pregnancy Resource Center as their Ministry they would be supporting with their fund-raising event rides this year. They held their 1st Annual Day in the Park on May 31 and June 1 at Oasis Park in Ephrata. Several members from various chapters joined together to ride from Ephrata to Grand Coulee for lunch and then back again to Oasis park for dinner. The Bikers chose to put the “chrome” baby feet on their leathers to show their support of Crossroads and our ministry. May God continue to bless each one of them and an-swer their prayers of putting guardian angels around their bikes and… “keep the shiny side up and the rubber to the road…” as they travel our highways with their fund-raising events. n

We hope you will ask someone who attended the Ephrata Banquet on May 3rd,” How did the evening go?” I am sure you would get a resounding “wonderful”, “so funny”, “and inspiring”. Mike Williams, the speaker kept every one laughing with his great sense of humor. He finished the evening with his powerful testimony. Our theme was “Thirty Years of Love, Life and Laughter”. We celebrated with cake and candles and pictures of thirty ba-bies who would now celebrate a birthday because of Crossroad. The Lord supplied $25,000 through gifts and pledges. Again we are so grate-ful for all of our wonderful partners who support this ministry. We often tell people the foundation of this ministry is prayer. As we pray, our Father supplies! n

Ephrata Banquet

We would like to thank everyone who helped make our Baby Bottle campaign such a wonderful success. This year there were twenty seven churches and businesses participating from Mother’s Day to Father’s Day. Filling a baby bottle is a personal way for us to understand how we can change a life and save a life. Each bottle on average holds about $17 in change, for every three bottles that come back we are able to provide an ultrasound for a young mom. The child saved by your baby bottle will never know your name or that your loose change made it possible for their mother to see their little beating heart but God knows. We have lots of baby bottles that you can fill year round. Please stop by our office or give us a call if you or your church has not had the opportunity to participate yet. n

Baby Bottles. Thank You.

15th Annual Charity Golf Tournament

presented by Knights of Columbia #2440 & #4367

“Thank you”, “We appreciate you”, “Great job”…does not seem adequate to describe the effort the Knights of Columbus put forth to purchase us a new portable ultrasound machine that we can use in both Ephrata and Quincy. Their annual golf tournament held June 14th raised over $12,000 with more monies coming in later. This amount was matched by the Superior Council of the Knights of Columbus. There was even money left to pay for the ultrasound trainer that we will be bringing up from Texas. We are so blessed to have such dedicated supporters. n

This is especially for you dad. Sometimes dads might feel a little left out while mom is pregnant. Did you know your baby knows your voice and can hear when you read to him or her even before they are born? This is your chance to tell your baby how you’re feeling about him or her. What hopes do you have? What do you think your baby will look like? What do you want for him or her? Below is a letter from one of our first time parenting dads written to his unborn son…

Georgey’s Story “Hey there Georgey, this is your daddy! I’m so happy and excited to welcome you to this big old world. Though, at first for a lttle while I was pretty scared and nervous, thinking of how it’s going to be once you are here. But now I get so happy after thinking about you being born, in our arms and getting ready to start your own adult life. I hope that we can give you any and everything you need. I love you so much, no matter what and I hope you always remember that. Now, I’m not sure who you will look like more, but I’m pretty sure you’ll have all the little neighbor-hood girls chasing you down the street in your Big Wheel! I can’t wait to see you and how you will look on that special day and as you grow. And no matter who you look like or how cute you are or what anybody tells you, I Love you no matter what. I just wanted to let you know that, I hope Mommy and I are successful parents for you and that you become a successful person and son. And overall I just hope that we give you a happy and loving life to live. Love Daddy” n