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IN 1998, I (KANDI COX) ALONG WITH SOME WONDERFUL GODLY SAINTS CAME TOGETHER AND WITH MUCH PRAYER STARTED A POST ABORTION SUPPORT GROUP. WE NEVER IMAGINED AT THAT TIME WHERE GOD WOULD LEAD US. MIRACLE AFTER MIRACLE WE SAW LIVES BEING TRANSFORMED AND FOREVER CHANGED BY THE GRACE OF GOD. WOMEN COMING FORWARD AND SEEKING HEALING AND FORGIVENESS FROM SCARS SO DEEP THAT THE DESPAIR THEY FELT WAS OVERWHELMING AND CONSUMING THEIR LIVES. IT WASN’T LONG BEFORE GOD IMPRESSED UPON US THAT WE WERE TO TAKE THE NEXT STEPS AND FORM A CARE PREGNANCY CENTER. I HAD KNOWN FOR YEARS THAT I WAS CHOSEN TO BE A VOICE FOR LIFE. AS WE BEGAN THAT JOURNEY, GOD STIRRED HEAVILY WITHIN MY HEART THAT ADOPTION WAS TO BE AN OPTION AND MY JOB WAS TO FOCUS ON MAKING SURE THESE LADIES, WHO FOUND THEMSELVES IN THE MIDST OF AN UNPLANNED PREGNANCY HAD A LOVING ALTERNATIVE FOR THEIR CHILDREN. HAVING BEEN ADOPTED, ALONG WITH CHRIS AND I FACED WITH AN UNPLANNED PREGNANCY AT AN EARLY AGE, MY HEART WAS VERY TENDER IN THIS AREA. OVER TIME GOD IN HIS SOVEREIGNTY MOVED OUR FAMILY TO THE CENTRAL ARKANSAS AREA. I CONTINUED MY WORK IN THE MINISTRY BACK HOME AS OFTEN AS I COULD; GIVING MY TESTIMONY WHENEVER THE DOOR WAS OPENED, KNOWING THAT GOD HAD A BIGGER PLAN AND I WAS TO JUST BE PATIENT AND WAIT. AS GOD LAID THE FOUNDATION TO WHAT WAS THE BEGINNING STAGES OF ABBA ADOPTION AGENCY IN ARKANSAS, IT WAS TIME TO CALL OUT TO THE PRAYER WARRIORS. OUR FAITH WAS TO GROW IN KNOWING THAT ALTHOUGH WE KNEW NOT HOW GOD WAS GOING TO BRING ABOUT ABBA ADOPTION AGENCY, THE EVIDENCE WAS BEGINNING TO BE CLEAR THAT HE HAD A PLAN THAT WENT FURTHER THAN WE COULD EVER IMAGINE. CONFIRMATION AFTER CONFIRMATION, GOD PROVED TO US THAT WHEN WE TRUST HIM AND ARE OBEDIENT TO HIS CALLING IN OUR LIFE, HE WOULD BE THE ONE TO EQUIP US BECAUSE HE IS THE ONE WHO CALLED US! AMEN! THIS WAS FIRST PROVEN WHEN HE GAVE ME THE STRENGTH TO GO INTO THE LOCAL ABORTION CLINIC AND SPEAK WITH THEM ABOUT ADOPTION AND THAT BEING AN OPTION FOR MAYBE ONE WOMAN FACED WITH AN UNPLANNED PREGNANCY THAT MAY HAVE A CHANGE OF HEART WHILE AT THEIR FACILITY. JUST A COUPLE WEEKS LATER OUR VERY FIRST CALL WAS WITH A MOM THAT HAD GONE TO HAVE AN ABORTION AND WITH GOD’S INTERVENING, THAT YOUNG LADY CONTACTED ABBA ADOPTION AGENCY AND CHOSE LIFE AND ADOPTION FOR HER BABY. THERE IS NO OTHER WAY TO EXPLAIN THE MIRACLE WE SAW OTHER THAN HIS HOLY HAND CUPPED WITH A HUMBLE HEART THAT IS BROKEN AND YIELDING TOGETHER FOR THE WONDERS OF LIFE. ABBA ADOPTION AGENCY IN ARKANSAS' VISION IS TO SHARE THE LOVE OF CHRIST TO THOSE THAT ARE HURTING AND LEAD THEM TO THE CROSS BY THE TESTIMONY THAT HAS BEEN GIVEN TO US. ADOPTION IS A SMALL SCRATCH IN THE SURFACE OF WORK THAT WE HAVE BEEN CALLED TO DO. CRISIS ARE NEVER SINGLE SERVINGS, THEY ARE ALWAYS ENGULFED BY OTHER SCARS AND HURTS IN LIFE THAT WE MUST NOT SHADOW AND IGNORE, BUT ENCOMPASS A PROGRAM THAT MEETS THE NEED IN AN ALL-INCLUSIVE APPROACH; PHYSICALLY, EMOTIONALLY, AND SPIRITUALLY. WE DESIRE TO SHEPHERD THESE WOMEN TO BE WHAT GOD DESIRES THEM TO BE. IN ADDITION, WE MUST EQUIP THE FAMILIES THAT GOD IS TRUSTING TO TRAIN UP THESE PRECIOUS LITTLE MIRACLES IN CHRIST CENTERED HOMES. WE ARE MERELY THE VESSELS TO BRING THE TRUST OF THE SANCTITY OF