Gateway Today

August 2015

We remember Gateway!

Nylan, age 10, is second from left. His mom came to our Elizabeth location nearly 11 years ago. We met at the Trinity Christian Church Health Fair in Elizabeth on August 8th.

Jaden, also age 10 with his mom and her fiancée. Jaden’s mom came to Gateway nearly 11 years ago as well.

Thanks to Pastor Tyrone McDonald for inviting Gateway to the Trinity Christian Church

(Elizabeth) Health Fair on August 8th. We met many men and women (and their kids) who had

come to Gateway in the past 10 to 15 years. We are thankful that they have a church contact.

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Real Lives Changed January through July 2015

Women seen at Gateway 867

Trusting Christ 187

Babies known born 270

Men counseled 100

Rededications to Christ 22

Grace’s Story Grace had previously had an abortion with complications

and thought she was unable to have children. When she

found out she was pregnant she planned to abort again.

She came here and received counseling "the lady talked

to me and changed my mind." On April 21st she had a

beautiful boy; his name means "now I have been

favored." As she was telling me she teared up said

"Thank God for this place" repeatedly. She loves her son.

Though it is hard being a single mother she has a

supportive church family. She had many basic needs (like

a blanket and mittens) for her son and was extremely

grateful for the material support. She was sweet and

without prompting tried not to take too much "so the

other mother's will have something." She is active at

church and plans to raise her son to know Jesus; we

discussed living life according to His Word.

Lorena distributes literature and tracts at the August 8th Health Fair at Trinity Church

Elizabeth Client Services Director Jackie West translates for Dean at Iglesia Mision Cristiana

Church Orange NJ on May 29th.

Cindy’s Story Gateway Elizabeth

volunteer Monica writes: ‘A young mother

of 3 (1 month girl, 3 year old boy and 7 year

old girl) came in for material support (free

gift). I had actually been her counselor back

in April. She was recently evicted then and

on bed rest. Welfare has placed them in a

motel, but she had run into many

bureaucratic paperwork issues (food stamps

cut while she was in surgery, struggle to get

the papers needed for WIC, etc.). She never

knows where the next meal will come from

to feed the 5 of them in 1 room. She has

called all the nearby food pantries, but has

been struggling to hold on to the hope that

it'll get better. She believes in God, but is

not a Christian. I explained the hope we can

have in Jesus!

One of the things she desired was a stroller

because the car seat carrier is so heavy to get

around. Last week a stroller in a pattern

matching her car seat had been donated; it

fit the carrier perfectly!! Also, her 3 year old

had been borrowing the infants' diapers and

in God's providence we had pull ups in his

size. I told her this is not coincidence, but

God at work in her life. Now that He has her

attention, I told her that one of His biblical

names is Jehovah Jireh, the provider. He

wants to provide for her physical needs, but

even more her spiritual needs. I told her how

we all sin and need to be cleansed, but can

never achieve this on our own. She was very

grateful and in tears. We prayed and though

she did not make a commitment today He

planted and will water the seed.‘

It's not too early to place reservations for

Gateway's Annual Stewardship Banquet:

Thursday October 29, 2015 at the Gran Centurion,

Clark, NJ from7:00-9:00pm Cost? - $30 per person

Gateway Pregnancy Centers because Mailing address: P.O. Box 1793, Union, NJ 07083 with locations in Irvington and Elizabeth, New Jersey

(973) 399-8378 email: dean@gateway.org website: www.gateway.org

also on Facebook, Twitter and Blogger c. 2015, Gateway Pregnancy Centers, Inc.

And if we know that

he hears us in

whatever we ask, we

know that we have

the requests that we

have asked of him. I John 5:15

Macy (pictured with dad Tom Weinert

at our 2012) Banquet nearly died this

week. Doctors has already given up

hope, but the Lord answered many

prayers. Pray for a full recovery. Tom

chose life at our pregnancy center in

1989 and because of his decision his

and Macy’s lives were forever changed.

Reckha and Jey are from Sri Lanka. (see last

months Gateway Today) The Lord has provided

an apartment for them and through many

Gateway contributors, a bed and items for their

baby girl, due September 18th. They had never

slept in a bed before!

Although brought up Hindu, they are open to the

gospel. Reckha is reading the Bible we gave her.

Just last week Reckha wrote this: before our life was very sad with tearing.

Now jesus catched us by your pure mind.my life never joy sir till now. god

is guides us. We are very happy sir.now our life is developing by jesus.

First step of god identified gateway pregnancy center with your

introduced...Thankyou very much sir these bible message. We very like and

happy and our mind is clearing. we like come to your church.

Pray for their salvation: Pray that their eyes be opened: Acts 26:18,’..

so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to

God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those

who are sanctified by faith..’ in Christ.

Macy (pictured with dad Tom Weinert at

our 2012) Banquet nearly died this week.

Doctors has already given up hope, but

the Lord answered many prayers. Pray

for a full recovery. Tom chose life at our

pregnancy center in 1989 and because of

his decision his and Macy’s lives were

forever changed

Jill and her family are friends and

supporters of Gateway. She recently had

serious cancer surgery. She is healing and

praising the Lord.

Follow her progress at:

http://prayforjillianredeker.blogspot.com/