Young Counselor
Threatened with Knife Learns that Baby Was Saved from Abortion
Three months after being threatened with a knife to her throat by a
woman entering an abortion mill, 21-year-old pro-life counselor Leah
Winandy has learned that her attacker has decided not to abort her
child – and credits Leah and Leah’s mother for saving her from a life
of regret.
Leah Winandy reacted by praising God and expressed her excitement and
happiness for Mechelle Talluah Hall, who pled guilty yesterday to
second-degree assault. Under a plea agreement she was placed on
probation.
Hall revealed to the Duluth Tribune News that, thanks to the Winandys,
she never did go through with the abortion as she had intended.
Hall
told reporter Mark Stodghill that she thanked the Winandys for being
there. “If they weren’t there, I probably would have gone through
with
it and regretted it for the rest of my life. It probably would have
gone the other way. I’m sincerely sorry for doing that to her.”
Leah Winandy reacted to the news in an interview with LifeSiteNews.com
(LSN) today. “I was very excited and praising God - this is the
work
of the Lord,” she said.
Winandy said she forgave Hall for her attack immediately after the
incident in late November and bears her no resentment. “I’m so excited
for Mechelle that she has her baby,” she said. All Winandy hopes now is
that Hall will turn to Christ.
Asked if she would do it over again, Winandy said, “Yes I would because
I see that God has used it for good,” she said. “What Satan meant for
evil, God used for good. God’s going to glorify His name.”
Even if things had not turned out so well, if Winandy had been hurt or
even killed, that would not have dissuaded her from reaching out in
love to Hall, she said. “My life is in God’s hands and I’m not afraid
of what happens,” she said.
Winandy concluded by encouraging others to become involved in pro-life
counseling. “I would really encourage other pro-lifers
considering
counseling just to obey. God said to rescue those that are drawn away
to death. We need to obey His commands. He is a voice for those who
have no voice.”
Winandy concluded: “He’s going to take care of us. Whether we make that
ultimate sacrifice or whatever He calls us to do it’s not too much for
His sake and the babies.”
Contact: John-Henry Westen
Source:
LifeSiteNews.com
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February 17,
2010
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