As told by John Barros:

What a difference a new week can bring…. so thankful to have Daylan Petterson  and Tracy Sarnicki come down to serve today.  We had a couple of ladies thankfully choose life and several ladies turn away.  I heard some extremely vile things today but God was so good.  Then in mid afternoon when our brains had turned to soup the Lord blessed us by having our pastor, Burk Parsons, and his family come to encourage us.  There is nothing as wonderful as having the pastors, elders, deacons, and members of St. Andrews work together to fight this battle and welcome those Jesus calls to Himself.  We are so blessed and so thankful..

As told by John Barros:

  Well today started out awesome!  Some wonderful people that came to my, “Who Will Stand” meeting at St. Andrews last week came down to help.  They are from Central Baptist Church in Sanford, Florida.  

 This week has just really been the strangest one I have ever seen.  Only four couples came today.  As the preaching went on they came out one by one with heads hung down and left.  This happened until they were all gone… none of them would speak and a couple had info but I really don’t know what happened.  Melissa called the clinic to see if they were open and they said yes.  It was just very strange.  The folks from OHOP came down to pray.  No one else came but then at 4:00 people came.  One was a lady that began her late term abortion Wednesday, along with some check ups and a few new people.  The people from the morning were not there.  Randall never showed up…. just a bunch of people standing around waiting.  I had someone call to see about tomorrow and they say they will not take appointments till noon.  This has been the toughest week in years… there were hardly any that came and there were several that left but none that were talked to, prayed with, and taken to a CPC.  Please continue to pray for us down here.  .

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 I took this picture while Philip  was pleading with folks inside… It seemed so fitting.  Well, only three new ladies came today.  There were a couple that were left over in labor from yesterday.  One young lady came and spoke to us, said she was sorry and left. Please pray she gets the help she needs.  Thank you for praying, this week has been a bit tougher than normal..

As told by John Barros:

Today was very slow; only six came. The Lord let Bradley Spruill and I see something very special.

A mother and daughter came to kill their baby. The daughter had such a vile mouth, cursing and telling us to do some crazy things. She was so angry to hear the truth. After an hour or two, they came out weeping as if God had put up a stop sign. It was truly amazing to watch them hugging each other in tears of joy. It seemed like time stopped for a bit. I haven’t ever seen love expressed between a mother and daughter like this before. Bradley and I were actually speechless. It was just beautiful.

Please continue to pray; we are getting back to them having more workers than clients and there are lots of new legal wranglings going on..

As told by John Barros:

A week ago I had the honor of speaking in the morning and evening at Faith Baptist Church in Orlando. Today a mother, Kathleen, and her daughter Ashley Myers came down to serve. Along with Heather Grant and her baby Olivia, Daylan Petterson, Anna, and Bradley Spruill, we got to see God move in a mighty way.

He turned the hearts of four young ladies and a couple of men. It went from one young lady who chose life with her boyfriend throwing things, screaming and yelling, and accusing her of driving him to commit suicide, to a precious young girl coming out with “that smile” that only comes when one submits to God.

Two other couples softly chose life as well. Believe me, it was all there today: grandmothers bringing their daughters to kill their grandchildren while being worried about her lapdog, to a guy claiming to be an ex-Army Ranger with his dog tags hanging out telling us to get a life. Cowards come in all shapes and sizes.

Everyone worked so hard here in this Florida sun. What a crew today.

If anyone knows a group that ministers in St. Paul, Minnesota please let me know; Ashley lives there and wants to continue in this ministry..

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We don’t get the “Don’t judge me” talk down here very often because we let them know right away that we are there because we care and are simply warning them. The one we hear more than anything is that “All sin is the same”. It’s amazing to me how that has permeated the world and many who go to church.

People actually believe (or try to convince themselves) that killing a baby is the same as stealing a bag of potato chips. All sin is sin, but there are different degrees. We had a few turn-aways today but didn’t get to speak to them.

Then a young lady came during some preaching, stood on the porch, and announced that all sin was the same. When she was confronted with the faulty thinking she burst into tears, walked in the door, then immediately came out sobbing and left. God opened her eyes but so many others remained inside still thinking this. Please pray that she gets the help she needs.

It was wonderful to have Jesse Stiemann and Jennifer Toor here, and the Orlando House of Prayer (OHOP) people who came down to pray.

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As told by John Barros:

Things down here have been very weird the last few days. There were only three who came today. There was a late-term mom walking around out back, laughing and carrying on as she was trying to hasten her labor.

An elderly lady came walking up while I was preaching, bowed on her knees and began throwing holy water on the door. The abortionist Randall Whitney pulled in during this and became quite agitated, hollering out his window for her to get off the property.

We had another weird thing today: a lady who chose life here in February whom Bradley gave a ride to the CPC, brought a mom with two young girls down here. The girl who was being brought stood up to her mother and left to go to Choices. A lady came down yesterday for an abortion with a massive decal on the back of her car: a “family” motorcycle group. That poor little baby will never get to be part of that group.

Then of course the boxes of babies keep coming out to the trucks on Thursdays. I am so thankful to serve with Bradley Spruill, Warren Marquardt, and Phillip Kinkopf. Keep praying, folks..

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I don’t know how many “firsts” there are left in this world, but I think we may have one here. I have been extremely blessed to have served on the sidewalk here with my dear brother Bryan McDaniel for a long time. He is one faithful servant of God. Bryan is getting married in a week and a half and has blessed this old man by asking me to be his best man.

I have wracked my brain trying to figure out what to do for his bachelor party. He wasn’t too thrilled with Bingo, lawn bowling, or anything else I could come up with. What’s a man to do? I asked Bryan what would be the greatest thing he would want to do for a party. He said, “No question about it: I want to preach the gospel with my brothers at OWC next Thursday and then let’s all get a bite to eat.”

This is the kind of man he is. Any of you guys who are friends of Bryan’s come on down next Thursday morning. You may just be a part of history. I don’t think anyone has spent their bachelor party serving their King by ministering at an abortion clinic!.

As told by John Barros:

I logged into Facebook to post what happened today and saw a friend who had written a post about praying for the ministry down here. It truly brought tears to my eyes. That is how things get done down here. I love preaching and telling the folks inside that people from all over the world are praying for them. It’s a mystery how prayer, the Word, and the Holy Spirit work together down here but that is what happens.

Today was awesome. Brian Buckles lives in Dallas, took a wrong turn, and ended up here to serve today. (Really he is visiting his parents here and wanted to come serve.) What a blessing he was. Waleska came for a while, and Daylan was here all day. We really got to see God move on the hearts of people in different ways.

There were two ladies who chose life and stood up against the guys who brought them and were fighting to keep them there. Then Vivian showed up thinking she might be five months pregnant. She couldn’t see any hope but in a short period of time decided to leave. Daylan took her to Choices and she made an appointment to go back.

Then the cutest little lady Haden came. She thought that being early that her baby wasn’t a baby yet and an abortion by pill wasn’t really an abortion. When she realized her thinking was flawed, she asked for information about where to get help, thanked us, and left. There was also a turn-away who left very angry but wouldn’t talk.

Brian was blessed and was such a blessing to serve with. Any of you who serve in the Dallas area, please message me your number so I can get it to him. He would be a huge asset. I can’t say enough about Daylan. What a beautiful and godly young lady she is. Fearless, mature in the faith, with a servant’s heart. What a blessing she is. God is so good..

As told by John Barros:

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are LIFE, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness…

When these men signed this document they thought they were signing their death sentences. They were willing to die for these principles, the first of which was the fact that God granted us the right to LIFE. I wondered today, while hanging my flag upside-down in front of a building that was preparing to take the life of defenseless babies, what the signers of this document would have done if they were on the sidewalk with us. They all knew the depravity of man but could they ever have imagined our country protecting and sponsoring this massive slaughter?

The signers of the Declaration of Independence were worried about principles and character, knowing they would lose everything to fight their fight for America. Today very few people will even fight for the first right.

People came today to kill their children. Thankfully some real patriots came down to minister. Pastor RC Sproul, Jr. from Ascension Presbyterian Church in Apopka came and preached a powerful message. I am so thankful for this dear friend and mentor. Beth Goble, Dirk Petterson, and his sister Daylan also served. Dirk did an awesome job of bringing the gospel. I couldn’t believe it was his first time. Daylan has been coming for a few weeks and you would think she’s been doing this forever. I am so blessed to be surrounded by these folks. The Lord is building an army and the battle belongs to Him!.