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The Lewis River Life Hope Pregnancy Care Center hosted the Southwest Washington Walk for Life on June 6, 2009 at Horseshoe Lake. The event was a great success and well attended. Pictures courtesy of Matthew Farnell.

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Dear friends,

The economic downturn has affected many and our prayers are with all who are struggling at this time. We too, are feeling the pressures. Therefore, because the Board of Directors of Life Hope is committed to fiscal integrity and transparency, we are letting our donors and supporters know that Life Hope is facing serious financial difficulties. To us these difficult times are an indication that reevaluating what we are doing and how we are doing it is necessary. We want to continually be in God’s will and impact lives for His glory so with every decision the Board makes we are keeping that first and our fiduciary responsibilities second. So with that in mind…

THIS IS WHERE WE ARE NOW! We are behind on our bills by $9,000.00 and unable to get needed supplies and keep up with quickly rising overhead costs.

AND THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE DONE AND ARE DOING ABOUT IT!
We are downsizing (our landlord has graciously released us from our lease in Suite B!) and cutting our overhead costs wherever we can in order to get ourselves into a sustainable and efficient operat-ing position. We are (and/or have):

• streamlining our services and focusing in more on our target audience;
• reducing our size by half to reduce more overhead (we will operate out of Suite C only);
• laid off one of our two paid positions; are looking for volunteer medical staff instead;
• changing our hours to reach our target audience and save money;
• catching up on our obligations by spending less and selling extra items from Suite B;
• communicating with as many as possible via e-mail to save even more. (PLEASE, IF YOU HAVE E-MAIL CAPABILITIES, BE SURE AND GIVE US YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS!)

To you our current donors and supporters, thank you for all you do! We so appreciate you, but could we ask another favor? Do you know of anyone who shares in our life-affirming core values who may be interested in helping Life Hope? If you do, as a Life Hope partner, please talk to them on our behalf! It would help us so much if you would spread the word and encourage them to regu-larly give, too, with $10, $20, or any amount they are able monthly (sent to Life Hope PO Box 780 Woodland, WA 98674 or on-line to lrlh.org).

Your prayers and support are so important to us and we thank you again for them. We will let you know how things progress. In the meanwhile, if you have any questions please feel free to e-mail me at lori@lrlh.org or call me at 1-360-225-4749. Or drop by Tuesdays, Wednesdays, from 3:30 to 6 pm. and Thursdays from 1:00 to 6pm. (Our hours will continue to adjust as we get more volun-teers.)

God Bless You All,
Lori Anderson, Director

The Lewis River Life Hope Pregnancy Care Center hosted the Southwest Washington Walk for Life on June 7, 2008 at Horseshoe Lake. The event was a great success and well attended. Pictures courtesy of Matthew Farnell.

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“… I know the plans that I have for you,’…plans… to give you a future and a hope.”
Jeremiah 29:11 NASB

Dear Friends,
“Jeremiah 29:11″ was written all over the bare studs in the new medical wing of Life Hope. I could hear the volunteer work crew from Home Depot ask about what it meant and the Christian among them explain it. While the workers covered the writing with sheetrock and heard about Gods plan of hope as outlined in that scripture, one of our volunteers was working with a young girl who made the commitment not to abort. This young lady was watching third trimester education materials and picking out a “layette” gift bag for her and her (she just found out!) coming baby boy. At the same time, I headed into a counseling room with two young sexually active Christian kids. Barely into their teens, this young couple and I talked for two hours about Jeremiah 29:11 kind of stuff. When we were through we prayed and this young man and his girlfriend recommitted themselves to Christ. Wow! It was a Jeremiah 29:11 kind of day! Matter of fact, it has been that way all summer.

So much has been happening here, even on the days when we have had NO clients! The winter and spring medical conversion tasks are done. It was a struggle complete with illnesses, broken equipment, even a death (of one of our faithful advocates and advisors), but God got us through the stress and grief and hardships and made a way for us to complete the tasks set before us. The internal changes have been made, the extra space is in the final stages of repair and painting, the education space is cleaned and set up, the WALK is over and the fall banquet is being planned, and many grant applications have been submitted. Now its time to start Phase 3 with a supply and equipment drive we are calling, “Operation Ultrasound”!

I hope you are as excited about this as we are. I know it will take some money and some doing but we believe God can put that together no problem! We just get to have the opportunity of seeing Him bring it in and the fun of shopping for an ultrasound machine, a Doppler, exam tables, and other needed equipment and supplies. If you would like donate for this phase and/or make it a project for your family, group, church, business, and/or organization feel free to do so. We welcome the help! And of course, as always please keep praying that Life Hope can continue to be here for whatever “appointments” God has planned.

God Bless You All!
Lori Anderson, Director
lifehopelori@aol.com
1-360-606-6726 (cell)
1-360-225-4749 (office)

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