Accept Pregnancy Fundraiser

This month, March, Origami Owl is hosting a fundraiser for Accept Pregnancy in Winter Garden, Florida. Accept Pregnancy Center affirms the value of life by providing a network of care that includes counseling, healing support, and resources that explain the truth about life.  It is based on Biblical principles, teaches Jesus to those who walk through the doors, and saves lives.

The following is an excerpt from a story in "Assurance, Stories of Faith" by Theresa Jenkins, director of Accept Pregnancy.


I really believe that the reason that God led me to Accept Pregnancy was to teach me.  With my own daughter getting pregnant with Adam in 2009, He really answered my question why, because you really cannot reach out and help a lot of people unless you have been through things yourself.  I’m not saying that every person has to go through something to be able to help anybody but it helped to understand. My husband and I counseled our kids about premarital sex all the time. I went through the same thing as any other natural parent would do. I did have a lot of anger at first and not so much did I have it towards Diana, more so of, and this is terrible in saying this as a Christian but I think it is a natural human reaction – more was – God why are you allowing this to happen? First of all she is going to be a single mom and the dad chose not to be involved and second of all was because she had epilepsy so it made that risk even higher.  You know, when I got real angry I would just go into my room and yell into a pillow because I never wanted to show my anger but at the same time after a few months of being angry I thought, no, she needs to know that I’m mad.  She does need to know the natural reaction and I am doing the opposite of what I tell people to do every day.  I tell the girls all the time it is a natural thing.  I took her to all of her doctor’s appointments.  She could not drive because of the epilepsy.  I always heard about pregnancy healing certain things but I was not a real big believer of that. Now, I believe it without a doubt.  She has had no seizures, no headaches, no anything.  She drives now.  She works full time.  I could never ask for somebody to be a better mom. I was worried.  Would we be able to provide for him?  Ironically, when I was doing all that questioning, Diana came to me one morning and said, ‘mom I think I am going to place this baby for adoption.’  My heart just sunk in my chest and I was like, this is my grandchild she is talking about.  But I knew at the same time I had to catch myself because I knew that could not be my decision.  That had to be her decision but I let her know that kind of hurt a little.  Not even a week later she was like, nope I do not think I can carry a baby all nine months and then…especially knowing that I have my family’s support.  She knew that yeah we were angry, we were disappointed, upset, the whole nine yards but we all make mistakes.  We all sin every day.  One sin is not greater than the other. - Theresa Jenkins. 

Read the full article at Assurance, Stories of Faith.   Click HERE to shop Origami Owl's extensive line of beautiful customizable jewelry.  Proceeds go directly to Accept Pregnancy.