Okay. It's not me. I'm 26 already and I am not pregnant. Baka may magcomment uli sa title ko. ;)

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Last night, I had the chance to become a real Pro-lifer in the sense that I helped stop a counselee from abortion. I was standing up when I received the call. We were about to leave the office then and out of courtesy, I picked up the phone. But after a few seconds on the line, I had to sit down. It was the first time I ever received a call that was about pregnancy and abortion. She didn't know if she was pregnant, but it was a sad story because once she suspected this, she told her boyfriend who decided to leave her at that instant. She was still studying and she was working at night. She told me later on that she was pressured to have sex with her boyfriend of two years. And she didn't want the baby. Good thing I was praying all the time and the SPirit moved me to be level-headed. I told her to confirm this pregnancy first. We have free pregnancy test at the office and since she lives in Cubao, I asked her to come to the office and asked her not to think about the other stuff yet. She told me she was coming around 9. I was praying for her the whole night. I thought she wouldn't come anymore because it was already 12. But thank God because she came at half past twelve.

She underwent the pregnancy test and sure enough, there were two pink lines. Ate Ellen then helped me to counsel her by asking her fears, by giving her information on her baby, what it looked like now at three months, what happens to abortion victims and her options. There were maternity homes that can accept her. She can have her baby adopted if she's not ready to take care of the baby. And Ate Ellen told her about a true counselee story... She was 13 years old and she was pregnant! But she bravely carried on her pregnancy. Now she had her baby and she's even keeping it.

My counselee wasn't a talkative person, and she really looked very fragile. She was a God-fearing person that's why she knows abortion's not the right thing to do yet she wants to contemplate it because she's not ready to have a baby yet. She was confused. But at the end of it all, she was happy of the option that she can "hide" and give birth, then think later of what will happen to her baby. She's to tell her family tonight and update us tomorrow if she will stay with her family or stay in a shelter. I'm praying for her. I hope she doesn't resort to the other side. The devil is still working and I hope that God will guide her to the right decision in keeping her baby.

True, at 18, nobody should be thinking about this dilemma. And it's hard to think what will happen to her in the near future. However, many people has braved over this dilemma before and at the end, they have always treated their baby as a gift, and they all braved throught the challenges. I hope she will too.