Matthitjah Posted June 19, 2008 Group: Royal Member Followers: 4 Topic Count: 1,285 Topics Per Day: 0.16 Content Count: 17,917 Content Per Day: 2.27 Reputation: 355 Days Won: 19 Joined: 10/01/2002 Status: Offline Share Posted June 19, 2008 Grace to you, I just read this story and saw the desire for our Lords Love abundently on display. Quote WBZtv.com; Gloucester Teens Had Pact To Get Pregnant Keller Blog: Kids Having Kids GLOUCESTER, Mass. (WBZ) ― There's a stunning twist to the sudden rise in teen pregnancies at Gloucester High School. Seventeen students there are expecting and many of them became that way on purpose. Time Magazine first reported that nearly half of the girls confessed to making a pact to get pregnant and raise their babies together. None of them is older than 16. Schools Superintendent Christopher Farmer told WBZ's Bill Shields Thursday the girls had "an agreement to get pregnant." Farmer said these are generally "girls who lack self-esteem and have a lack of love in their life." Principal Joseph Sullivan has not returned calls from WBZ for comment. Sullivan told the magazine that the pact wasn't the only shocking incident. "We found out one of the fathers is a 24-year-old homeless guy," he told Time. Last month, two top officials at the high school's health center resigned in a fight over contraceptives distribution. Medical Director Dr. Brian Orr and chief nurse practitioner Kim Daly support confidentially giving contraceptives to students. They were outraged about resistance from Addison Gilbert Hospital, which administers the state public health grant that funds the school clinic. Normally, the school has about four pregnancies per school year. According to Time, school officials started looking into the spike in pregnancies after an unusual number of girls came to the school clinic for pregnancy tests. Some came by several times. "Some girls seemed more upset when they weren't pregnant than when they were," Sullivan told the magazine. The pregnant girls and their parents turned down requests to be interviewed. A recent graduate who had a baby during her freshman year told Time she knows why the girls wanted to get pregnant. "They're so excited to finally have someone to love them unconditionally," Amanda Ireland, 18, said. "I try to explain it's hard to feel loved when an infant is screaming to be fed at 3 a.m." WBZ has also tried to contact Mayor Carolyn Kirk and Public Health Director Jack Vondras. Both are said to be out of town this week. All they ever really wanted, needed, or desired was Jesus. The hour grows late my brethren and this is the heart cry of our Lords Gospel. Peace, Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honeybee88 Posted June 19, 2008 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 0 Topic Count: 38 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 746 Content Per Day: 0.12 Reputation: 52 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/25/2007 Status: Offline Birthday: 03/30/1988 Share Posted June 19, 2008 That's so tragic-if only they knew the true love of God! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~pearl Posted June 19, 2008 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 2 Topic Count: 17 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 700 Content Per Day: 0.12 Reputation: 3 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/17/2007 Status: Offline Birthday: 12/11/1977 Share Posted June 19, 2008 How very sad and disturbing. I have to wonder where are these childrens parents? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trusting Jesus Posted June 20, 2008 Group: Royal Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 66 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 2,050 Content Per Day: 0.34 Reputation: 22 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/12/2007 Status: Offline Birthday: 09/09/1952 Share Posted June 20, 2008 I think Gloucester, MA is an open mission field. Right after I read this news report I read another one about a woman and her boyfriend from Gloucester who are facing jail because the woman took pornographic pictures of her boyfriend and her 8 year old daughter and put them on the internet. That daughter is now 12. These things just leave me speechless. You are right, Dave. The time is now to reach the lost for Christ. Time is short -- very, very short. <>< ><> Nathele Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pamiam Posted June 20, 2008 Group: Advanced Member Followers: 0 Topic Count: 3 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 188 Content Per Day: 0.03 Reputation: 3 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/29/2007 Status: Offline Share Posted June 20, 2008 All this emphasis on tolerance and diversity has left us with moral anarchy. This is so sad. Regarding unconditional love, check out website Acts 17:11. Interesting take on unconditional love. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lchick Posted June 20, 2008 Group: Members Followers: 1 Topic Count: 0 Topics Per Day: 0 Content Count: 33 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 04/06/2008 Status: Offline Birthday: 12/15/1946 Share Posted June 20, 2008 It is tragic and oh yes they need to know the Lord and how much he loves them. They have no self esteem, no self worth and just want someone to love them. We can love them without preaching to them and scaring them off, by just being a light that shines for Jesus. I was a foster mother for teen girls and I went through a lot with them, however the one thing that they left with was knowing that they were loved and I did instill my values in them and they knew that I was a christian and that I had rules that had to be followed or they were out. I had one that I gave chance after chance and finally had to let her go back to juvinile hall, because she couldn't behave. To this day she still knows that I love her and if she sees me she will tell me that she loves me and give me a bid hug and she will say she knows that she done wrong and I was right. These kids need a lot of love and disipline and of course they need the Lord in their lives. PS They even went to church with me without being asked. They just want to know that someone loves and cares about them and they go the wrong way about it. Just a funny side note: We church people need to watch how we greet people in church, they may be our next Tammie Fay or Jan Crouch. My one foster child would wear her mini skirts to church and I was so glad that she wanted to go that I sure wasn't going to preach to her about her clothes, but you should have heard the noise in church. As time went by she started getting her own convictions and started dressing more like a yong lady should. Let God take care of them as they come in and let us just love on them and be the lights that Jesus wants us to be for Him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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EricH Posted June 20, 2008 Group: Royal Member Followers: 3 Topic Count: 366 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 10,933 Content Per Day: 1.57 Reputation: 212 Days Won: 1 Joined: 04/21/2005 Status: Offline Share Posted June 20, 2008 Nice post, bro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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