Second day at the center, second blog

Yesterday after school i went into the center for my first shift. Three hours of entering data into the center's database, but i was also able to observe a client intake which will allow me to help clients who enter the center directly. A client intake consists of speaking one to one with the client to get some basic information to make a file for them in order to get them into the center's database, telling them about the center and the services it provides, and providing them with diapers, clothing, or any small supplies we can give them immediately without being wait-listed or needing a release form. I was also able to meet the director of the center, Chastidy. I had met her before a few years ago at my church, when she had come to tell us about the center and the ways we could help the center. She was just as bubbly and enthusiastic over the center and its cause as ever. Chastidy was preparing cards and brochures to be passed out at a "pep rally" today. Getting to know a client ans help them where they are is very impacting, inputting client data is definitely a way to help out, but being able to talk to a client and put a face and story to every file is what really gets me excited about working with at the center. Being able to bond with a client and relate with them is great, as a policy we are not supposed to share their information or acknowledge them in public unless they approach us first, but in the center, being able to just give them whatever they need and -- as this is a gospel-centered organization -- share the love of God which is in everyone who works there is an amazing feeling which i look forward to experiencing again next Friday after school.

the beginnings of my capstone project blogs

today was my first day of training at the Alpha Pregnancy Center. I was taught by my mentor, Ranelle Calub, how to file in new clients and how to package diapers for clients. while these were pretty light and easy tasks, i was also told some very frightening statistics and information. Alpha Pregnancy Center is gospel centered, so they are a pro life organization, which means they lead their clients away from abortion. the main reason women will have abortions is because they cannot financially provide for the baby. Diapers on average cost at least $100 a month. Children are very expensive, and it is nearly every parents dream to give their child everything possible for the best future. Not being able to even provide diapers is a tough reality and making a free abortion seem so much easier. Well at the Alpha Pregnancy Center they provide diapers for free, clothes for free, food for free, as well as high chairs, baby bath tubs, strollers, and cribs all for free! but still in just San Francisco alone there are 50 abortions a day. that is 50 lives that could be contributing to society. 50 children to fill more classrooms. And i had no idea just how terrible an abortion is. there are two main ways to a abort a baby, surgically or medically. An example of a surgical abortion is a hysterotomy which is a premature c-section where the baby is removed from the mothers womb and then left to die on a table. an example of a medical abortion is salt poisoning, where a needle containing salt is inserted into the amniotic fluid surrounding the baby, forcing the baby to die of salt poisoning which ends with the baby's skin burning off of its body, then the baby is delivered dead. it is the makings of a nightmare. but for the most part women who receive abortions do not know what is happening at all. an abortion isn't like any other medical procedure where a doctor sits down with you and explains everything in its entirety. if a mother knew what was going to happen, i doubt she would go through with the abortion. i never knew abortions were so gruesome, and after learning about what happens to the baby it is just really disturbing and feel really strongly to help this center prevent more abortions from happening.