Instead of filling out the office paperwork, Jake crumpled the forms and handed them back through the reception window. “I don’t even know why I’m here. She doesn’t want me here and she’s going to kill it anyway.” Seantel, Client Services Director at Choices Medical in Joplin, realized that Jake was not angry with her,…

The Lord has done great things for us! We are glad! Psalm 126:3 Sometimes the most routine tasks can bring some of the sweetest blessings to our staff, which is exactly what happened for Rita, our Advancement Director, last week. As Rita was making calls to some our newest NETWORK partners – a group of…

Did you know...  the $100-billion pornography industry is fueling the appetite for children, with teenage girls now making up the biggest portion of viewable online porn?* Did you know... just last year the Southwest Missouri Cyber-Crime Task Force identified 177 child victims of sexual exploitation in our local communities? Our youth are facing more pressures than…

Sometimes it can be so easy to forget that we have opportunities every day to do cross-cultural missions in our very own communities. Just last week, in the midst of our “normal” unintended pregnancy and STI clients, God opened doors for us to step into cultures very different than our own. These are just two…

Hearing my name called across the movie theater lobby, I turned to see a young woman, whose face seemed vaguely familiar. She was walking towards me, holding the hand of a little girl... "Karolyn! I wanted you to meet Jade*... Jade, this is Miss Karolyn. 10 years ago, before you were even born, she really helped…

Never underestimate the power of a kind word...and chocolate. A young woman came to the front window of our clinic very distraught. Her marriage had not gone as planned and she felt like her world was falling apart. She had come to our clinic for STI testing because she was no longer sure of the…