Day 36 – One Lost, One Possibly Saved & Another at Risk

Local Campaign News
- One Lost, One Possibly Saved and Another at Risk
- Excessive and Wasteful Water Usage
- Please Remember to Stay on the Sidewalk or Across the Street
- Have You Encountered Disturbing the Peace or a Noise Nuisance?
- Video Cameras Recommended
National Campaign News
- 395 Babies Saved This Campaign
Vigil Calendar
- Volunteers Needed Thurs 7-8 am & 2-7 pm; Fri 7-8 am; & Sat 7-10 am & 2-7 pm
40 Days through Scripture
- Day 36 - I Peter 1 – I John 1
National News
- The Aftermath of the ObamaCare Vote
Take Action
- Priests for Life Call to Prayer to End Abortion
Video Vignette
- Another Pro-Life Song
Coming Events
- Hour of Prayer for the Unborn Child – Thurs March 25, 5:30 pm
- Jericho March to Close the Campaign Daily 3/22 – 3/28
- Wrap Up Rally Followed by Lobster Celebration on Sunday 3/28
- Allow us to Announce Your Pro-Life Prayer Gathering Here
Support the Effort!
- Support 40 Days for Life with a Donation through our Website

Local Campaign News

One Lost, One Possibly Saved and Another at Risk

Yesterday we reported on a young High School couple who took a long time to talk with one of our prayer volunteers. We are sad to report that they were seen this afternoon both entering and then several hours later, obviously post-abortive, leaving the site. Please keep this young couple in prayer. The saddest element with these teens is that the young father was doing what he mistakenly believed to be the best thing to protect his young family. Pray that when he realizes his error that he will also come to know Christ and the forgiveness that can only come through Our Lord Jesus Christ, so that he can quickly learn to live with the reality of what he has chosen for his child and the woman he claims to love.

On Weds, another young High School couple left the abortion site, with the young woman in tears, but obviously not post-abortive. They also spent a long time talking to our Prayer volunteers, two of whom stepped forward to help them understand the facts of abortion and the reality that we will be there to help. Please pray for this young couple, that they will follow-through with their commitment to give life to their young child. The prayer volunteers who talked with them believe that they are prepared to keep their child and they have been offered numbers to call, any time of the day or night. Please Pray, a life may depend on it.

A third situation was also brought to our attention on Weds. After reading our website, a mother contacted us, she is engaged to a Muslim man and has found that her Norplant contraception failed, leaving her now 12 weeks pregnant. Her fiancé has insisted that she must have an abortion as his understanding of the Koran is that it is very clear that being pregnant before being married is not permitted and therefore an abortion is necessary. (It is our understanding that this is a poor understanding of the Koran, where the prescription is against the relations that have resulted in the conception of this child. The Koran also condemns abortion.) She is scheduled to come to Reno from out of town to obtain an abortion on Friday.

She, in the meantime, doesn’t want an abortion; she seriously desires to keep her child. She also has a history of post-partum medical difficulties, and she fears that this is most likely her last pregnancy (she is already the mother of three children). She has already tried to find a pro-life doctor in her home town who was willing to help her fiancé appreciate that an abortion could trigger some of the medical issues she encountered previously while delivering, and could result in harm to her health as well as possibly resulting in her not being capable of carrying another child afterwards. Please pray that through the resources to which we have referred her that a doctor can confirm for her that these fears are well founded in the medical facts of her case and that her fiancé will follow through with his promise to support her in bringing their child to term if provided with evidence of this being true.

If this is not possible, please pray that God gives her the courage to do whatever is necessary to protect her child and to live according to her conscience.

When you come to the sidewalk at 5915 Tyrone Rd (for directions, go to: www.40DaysforLife.com/RenoTahoe/westend ), please bring some of the referrals to local pregnancy resources that we provide to offer to the women who come to the abortion site. If you haven’t seen this handout, please download a copy from our website. There is a link to it located on the team page, or you can go to it directly at: www.40DaysforLife.com/RenoTahoe/resources . These resources provide the women with the opportunity to fully explore their choices before they end up at a dead end.

If you need any brochures to assist the women you meet at the sidewalk choose life or to promote the campaign, please contact Carol Marie at 530-412-1573 or come to the Life Chain event on Sunday to request your copies.

Before you go to the sidewalk to pray and/or sidewalk counsel, please sign our Statement of Peace, located at: www.40DaysforLife.com/RenoTahoe/statementofpeace . Those who participate in 40 Days for Life are asked to commit to being peaceful, prayerful and lawful while we are at the sidewalk.

Excessive and Wasteful Water Usage

The sprinkler system in the front of the property at the abortion site has been brought back into functioning condition. The Truckee Meadows Water Authority closely monitors the use of water, including the water used on landscapes in the area of the abortion site, located at 5915 Tyrone Road. According to their website, businesses and residences are to follow the same watering schedule, with odd numbered addresses allowed to water only on the following days – Sundays, Wednesdays and Fridays. The use of water is controlled based on a series of rules, Rule 2 addresses the Excessive Use of Water and Water Waste.

See http://www.tmh2o.com/docs/Customer_Services/rules/Rule02_20100217.pdf As can be seen in the definitions here, “Excessive” relative to the application of water means an immoderate or unreasonable consumption which results in: water running into any street, road, parking lot, gutter, drainway, … in a steady stream or flow, or collecting in pools or in a depressed area to a depth of one inch or more or … applying … in a manner contrary to any water conservation regulation, policy, rule, condition, directive, or request that has been issued to the Customers of the public water system or that has been given general public notice by the Authority.

The Truckee Meadows Water Authority website states the following:

Report Water Waste in Your Community

Truckee Meadows Water Authority is serious about preventing water waste. You are the eyes of the community so we need your help. If you see water being wasted, please let us know by filling out the form below. A big part of our success in responding to water waste is very specific information concerning the time, day and location.

If you encounter wasteful use of our precious water resources, please go to:

http://tmh20.com//conservation/assigned_day_watering/report_waste to submit a report. If possible, take photos of what you encounter, especially as it pertains to water flowing on the street and into the storm drain. Note that failure to provide adequate information is the primary reason that these reports cannot be followed up with corrective action.

Please Remember to Stay on the Sidewalk or Across the Street

Just a quick reminder that we don’t want to be in the street when we come to pray. Please stay either on the sidewalk or on the dirt across the street when you come to pray. We also are not allowed to block vehicles entering or exiting the driveway of the abortion site, nor can we block pedestrians on the sidewalk. Thank you for your continued cooperation. If you are asked to move by a police officer, please comply immediately and ask for his name and badge number. We’d like to keep track of any encounters between those who are volunteering at the sidewalk and the Reno Police department, so please email us at 40DaysforLifeRenoTahoe@gmail.com or call us at 530-412-1573.

Have You Encountered Disturbing the Peace or a Noise Nuisance?

Have you been to the sidewalk and been subjected to a noise nuisance while there? Did you know that the City of Reno has a code that specifically addresses disturbing the peace and public nuisances?

Sec. 8.12.020. - Disturbing the peace.

It is unlawful for any person to commit a breach of the peace. Such breach shall consist of:

Fighting or challenging to fight; or
Conduct or words calculated to provoke violence or a violation of the law by the person to whom the conduct or words are addressed; or
Making annoying, lewd, malicious or threatening telephone calls; or
Willfully and unreasonably subjecting a person or neighborhood to any noise which is likely to disturb the peace of persons of reasonable and ordinary sensibilities.

(Code 1966, § 11.12.090; Ord. No. 5047, § 1, 9-28-99; Ord. No. 5387, § 1, 11-5-02)

And further on in the code regarding Nuisances:

Nuisance or nuisance activity. That which is injurious to health, or injurious, indecent and offensive to the senses, or an obstruction to the free use of property so as to interfere with the comfortable enjoyment of life or property, or is against the interest of public morals, decency, safety, peace and order, including, but not limited to, an attractive nuisance, a nuisance per se, criminal activity, the presence of debris, litter, graffiti, garbage, rubble, abandoned, unregistered or junk vehicles or junk appliances, curfew violations, or any other activity, behavior or conduct defined by the council or Nevada Revised Statutes to constitute a public nuisance. Nuisance or nuisance activity includes unreasonably creating, allowing, or engaging in any activity, conduct or use of property that subjects a person or neighborhood to noise which is likely to disturb the peace of persons of reasonable and ordinary sensibilities. [Reference NRS 268; NRS 268.412; 1997]

Sec. 8.22.035. - Nuisances per se defined.

Any of the following conditions are a nuisance per se as constituting conditions which annoy, injure or endanger the safety, health or comfort of any considerable number of persons:

(1) An unsafe or dangerous building; …

(25) Any other condition which creates a blight to adjoining property, the neighborhood or the city, or a nuisance, health, safety or fire hazard identified as such under the conditions set forth in the International Fire Code, International Building Code, Uniform Abatement of Dangerous Buildings Code, Washoe County Solid Waste Management Code, or any other Reno Municipal Code or Washoe County Code or the Nevada Revised Statutes.

While we need to be accountable for our own behavior and ensure that we ourselves do not in any way cross over from prayer and an exercise of our Free Speech to being a public nuisance, we should also be protected from those who seek to disturb our peace or use noise as a nuisance towards us. The Reno Police Department Non-Emergency number is: 775-334-2677. I recommend you program it into your cell phone. If you do contact the police for an incident of Disturbing the Peace or a Noise Nuisance, please also contact us at 40DaysforLifeRenoTahoe@gmail.com or 530-412-1573 and let us know how your call was handled. Please get the name of the officer with whom you spoke, as well as their badge number. If a report was taken (this is what is required for them to follow-up on the matter) be certain to ask for the case number and provide that to us as well.

Video Cameras Recommended

It has been recommended, and I’d like to encourage you to consider this recommendation, that those coming to the sidewalk bring a video camera when you come to pray. Place the camera in your car, or on a tripod on the sidewalk, to videotape you while you are standing in prayer. It is prudent that we have a video record of all that occurs at the sidewalk, as we gather peacefully, prayerfully and lawfully.

To sign up on the vigil calendar go to: www.vigilcalendar.com/renotahoe or for the Carson City vigil site, go to: www.vigilcalendar.com/carsoncity . If you’ve already registered, your username is your email address. If you have forgotten your password, there is a simple mechanism by which your password can be sent to your email address. If you still have difficulty getting registered, feel free to send your questions to: 40DaysforLifeRenoTahoe@gmail.com or call: 530-412-1573.

Join our Facebook group for 40 Days for Life Reno Tahoe, at: http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/group.php?gid=50059641315

Join the Carson City Facebook Fan page at: http://www.facebook.com/pages/40-Days-For-Life-Carson-City/262781127002?v=wall&ref=search

National Campaign News

410 Babies Saved This Campaign

World-wide, there are a reported 410 babies saved during the current 40 Days for Life campaign. But better than that, since the 40 Days for Life campaigns started, there have been over 2,536 known lives saved. At the national level, there are several twins known to have been saved, and even one set of triplets who have been spared from abortion.

If you’re not already getting the daily updates from the National 40 Days for Life campaign, go to our website: www.40DaysforLife.com/RenoTahoe and sign up to receive updates at the top right corner of the page. In addition to stories from around the country, there is a daily prayer reflection given each day.

Vigil Calendar

Volunteers Needed Thurs 7-8 am & 2-7 pm; Fri 7-8 am; & Sat 7-10 am & 2-7 pm

This is the final week of the campaign. We have thus far been finishing with a strong presence at the sidewalk, but we have real holes in the coverage on Thursday, Saturday and Sunday. Please, come before going to work in the morning, at your lunch hour and again after work, as a final show of faithfulness to Our Lord as the Spring 2010 campaign comes to a close!

Typically the business of selling death is busiest in Reno on Weds through Friday. Won’t you please commit to pray at the sidewalk for an hour on these days?

On the weekend, while we aren’t encountering women on their way into the abortion site, we do have the opportunity to have an impact on those who are driving by on Airway or those who walk past. Please come to the sidewalk and assist us in covering the sidewalk with prayer, 7 days per week for 40 Days, as we Pray to End Abortion.

Please register the hours when you can come pray at the sidewalk by going to our on-line calendar at: www.vigilcalendar.com/renotahoe . The names of those who sign up on the calendar are hidden from all but a small and select group of volunteers who can assist others in registering their hours on the calendar, so you needn’t fear that you might be harassed by anyone opposed to our prayers, nor do you need to fear that posting your hours is a form of boasting that you are being pious in your prayers. Signing up simply allows us to coordinate our efforts so we can determine where we have holes in our volunteers efforts, allowing us to best use our time while ensuring we maintain a constant prayer covering at the sidewalk.

You are welcome to sign-up or simply show-up to pray at the sidewalk at any time of the day or night when you are available to join us. Your prayers have value well beyond anything we can see and we welcome whatever contribution you can make to the effort as we Pray to End Abortion. If you haven’t already done so, please sign a Statement of Peace, by going to www.40DaysforLife.com/RenoTahoe/StatementofPeace .

40 Days through Scripture

Day 36 - I Peter 1 – I John 1 (including: I Peter 4:12-19): Beloved, do not be surprised that a trial by fire is occurring among you, as if something strange were happening to you. But rejoice to the extent that you share in the sufferings of Christ, so that when his glory is revealed you may also rejoice exultantly. If you are insulted for the name of Christ, blessed are you, for the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you. But let no one among you be made to suffer as a murderer, a thief, an evildoer, or as an intriguer. But whoever is made to suffer as a Christian should not be ashamed but glorify God because of the name. For it is time for the judgment to begin with the household of God; if it begins with us, how will it end for those who fail to obey the gospel of God?

“And if the righteous one is barely saved, where will the godless and the sinner appear?” As a result, those who suffer in accord with God’s will hand their souls over to a faithful creator as they do good.

Join us as we read the New Testament over the course of the 40 Day campaign.

To get the complete 40 Days Through the New Testament list, go to: www.40DaysforLife.com/renotahoe/NewTestament, print it out and get started now.

National News

The Aftermath of the ObamaCare Vote

[National Right to Life, Washington DC] – By Dave Andrusko – You almost have to smile (to keep from crying). After figuratively parading across the stage, crowing about enactment of ObamaCare yesterday, today quietly and out of sight "President Obama makes good on a promise to anti-abortion Democrats Wednesday, signing an executive order in the afternoon stating that no funds from the health care overhaul may be used to finance abortions," according to the New York Times.

Of course, Obama did nothing of the sort. Pretending that he has is part of the ongoing disinformation campaign intended to sell a measure that is widely distrusted by many Americans, including all pro-life Americans.

Pro-life PACs are not fooled. As you will read at the end of Part One and in Parts Two and Three, they are rescinding their support for formerly pro-life Democrats and/or are promising to work against their re-elections.

You would expect the Times, the pro-abortion newspaper of record, to serve as a megaphone for the malarkey of a pro-abortion Administration and a Congress led by powerful pro-abortion figures such as Senate Majority Leader Reid and Speaker Pelosi. What escapes pro-lifers is that some erstwhile pro-life Democrats profess to believe that Obama's executive order makes everything hunky dory. Neither the man--Obama--nor legal precedent in anyway support such a rosy conclusion. In fact, just the opposite.

Obama is joined at the hip to the Abortion Lobby. He is going to vigilantly scan the horizon to ensure that no federal money is smuggled into the hands of Planned Parenthood? Please.

Planned Parenthood surely gets it: "Thanks to supporters like you, we were able to keep the Stupak abortion ban out of the final legislation and President Obama did not include the Stupak language in his Executive Order." [www.ppaction.org/network/hcr10fvng?source=hcr10fv_pphp]

And, of course, if there was anything to it--which there isn't--Obama could revoke the executive order at the drop of a hat. But even a minute and a half's reflection makes it clear that the executive order won't or can't change a thing.

During the weekend debate Rep. James Sensenbrenner (R-Wi.) warned that his fellow members of the House "should not be fooled." He explained, "If an executive order moves the abortion funding in this bill away from where it is now, it will be struck down as unconstitutional because executive orders cannot constitutionally do that." To Continue Reading …

For more Pro-Life related news, go to our website: www.40DaysforLife.com/RenoTahoe/News

Take Action

Priests for Life Call to Prayer to End Abortion

Priests for Life invites every Christian to say the referenced prayer each day for an end to abortion.

The prayer emphasizes our personal commitment to speak and act on behalf of the unborn child. Rather than simply asking God to do something, it acknowledges that God wants to accomplish His will through us.

After the prayer is an opportunity to sign up with this campaign, to indicate that you are going to say the prayer each day, and also to pledge other forms of prayer you can offer for an end to abortion. Sign up here .

Video Vignettes

Another Pro-Life Song

Another music video worth watching, see it here:

Coming Events

Hour of Prayer for the Unborn Child – Thurs March 25, 5:30 pm

The Knights of Columbus Council 7322, St. Albert’s Parish, will be hosting an Hour of Prayer this Thursday, March 25th at St. Albert the Great in observance of the "Day of Prayer for the Unborn Child".

Brother Knights and Deacon's in Training Richard Ramm & Chuck Lanham will lead the Communion Service beginning at 5:30-PM with Eucharistic Adoration to follow. Please spread the word to those that might want to attend and I hope to see you there.

St. Alberts is located at: 1259 St. Albert’s Drive, Reno, Nevada 89503. See map here .

Jericho March to Close the Campaign Daily 3/22 – 3/28

Continuing each evening this week at 6 pm, there will be a daily march around the block containing the abortion site in Reno. On Thursday, the Jericho March will be an hour early, at 5:00 pm, to accommodate the Hour of Prayer for the Unborn at St. Albert’s Church. This series of daily marches will culminate on Sunday, 3/28, the final day of the Spring 2010 40 Days for Life Campaign, with a march 7 times around the block, for a total of 3 ½ miles of praying that abortion comes to an end in Reno. Please come, pray, march, cheer on those marching, celebrate a successful campaign brought to completion and the beginning of the End of Abortion in Reno! We will start at 3:00 pm on Sunday afternoon, and will follow with a Rally at 5:30 pm. Please join us for this family friendly event. Invite the members of your church by posting a copy of our flyer in your church lobby.

Wrap Up Rally Followed by Lobster Celebration on Sunday 3/28

After our 5:30 Wrap Up Rally, to be held across from the sidewalk at 5915 Tyrone Rd., Reno (map located at www.40DaysforLife.com/RenoTahoe/westend ) we will be going to the Boomtown Whole Maine Lobster Buffet, where, for $20 per person, we can celebrate the completion of 40 Days of Prayer and Fasting, Constant Vigil and Community Outreach. If you are unable to join us at the rally, come meet us at 7:30 pm at the Boomtown Buffet, located on Highway 80 West towards Truckee, CA as you leave Reno. Park in the first parking lot on your right, near the Casino Entrance that leads to a walkway under the road and the Buffet is immediately to the left as you enter the Casino.

Allow us to Announce Your Pro-Life Prayer Gathering Here

Gather together to Pray to End Abortion! When you have plans, let us know and we’ll let others know through our updates.

Support the Effort!

Support 40 Days for Life with a Donation through our Website

Do you believe in the work we are doing as we Pray to End Abortion? If so, please support the effort with a donation to cover our expenses. Donate Now

For more information on 40 Days for Life, Reno/Tahoe, visit our local website, at: www.40DaysforLife.com/RenoTahoe , look for us on Facebook, or Call: Carol Marie at 530-412-1573.

To receive your own copy of these updates, as well as information from the National Campaign, go to http://www.40DaysforLife/renotahoe and request to receive updates.

If you prefer to only receive our local updates, send an email with “Please Add Me to 40 Days for Life” on the subject line to renotahoe@40DaysforLife.com

Campaign Materials

Free 40 Days for Life Items - Bumper Sticker, Bracelet & More.

Heritage House, is offering a Promotion Pack of 40 Days for Life items through their website for the amazing cost of $0, they are even picking up the postage.If you have wished to place a bumper sticker on your car, but I haven’t had one on hand when we’ve seen one another, our you haven’t yet got one of the rubberized bracelets, but you’d like one, now is your chance to get these and more items,for free.They aren’t even requiring that you enter your email address to receive this promotion, although, I encourage you to do so, and they will continue to keep you informed of the many great items they place on sale during the course of the year.And if you see something on sale and would like to purchase it for our 40 Days for Life campaign, I would gladly accept the help in making their many excellent pro-life items available!To receive your free promo pack, go to: http://www.40dayspromopack.com/40dayspromopack/signup.asp

Two Hearts Catholic Books & Gifts to Carry 40 Days for Life Items

Truly, pictures are worth a thousand words.To make it possible for us to communicate more effectively with those who witness our campaign, Millie has stocked Yard signs, Rally signs, New colored precious feet, Pro-life buttons, Static and Bumper sticker available @ The Two Hearts,33 Winter Street, Reno NV and St. Rose of Lima Church (weekend Masses).

More information

Please share this truth, among others relative to abortion with those who follow your Facebook posts! For more information on 40 Days for Life, Reno/Tahoe, visit our local website, at: www.40DaysforLife.com/RenoTahoe, look for us on FaceBook, or Call: Carol Marie at 530-412-1573 Please forward this message to anyone you know who might be willing to Pray to End Abortion.

To receive your own copy of these updates, as well as information from the National Campaign , go to http://www.40DaysforLife/renotahoe and request to receive updates. If you prefer to only receive our local updates, send an email with “Please Add Me to 40 Days for Life” on the subject line to renotahoe@40DaysforLife.com

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Thursday, March 25, 2010