Fletcher, Jane, & John

^{GAP in the “Boonies” at Eastern Kentucky University}

	Ole Dan’l Boone stands and watches EKU students pass by the GAP display.  The years have given Mr. Boone a green tint, except for the toe of his left shoe, which is quite shiny.  Tradition has it that rubbing the toe of Boone’s left shoe will bring good luck.  As a Christian, I don’t believe in luck, but I rubbed it anyhow, just to be safe.  (Photo below courtesy Meredith Hunt.).

Local support is a key factor.  We were hosted on campus by the Students 4 Life, a new pro-life group on campus.  GAP was their first major activity.  Assisting with community support was Kristen Story, a local activist and former student at EKU.  Kristen has been instrumental in all of our work in Kentucky, including GAP tours in 2002 and 2005.  She worked with the FCA to acquire GAP signs and display them at EKU and the University of Louisville in 2003.

Location.  At EKU, we set up the display in the “boonies”, but at EKU, that’s a good location!  We were in the middle of campus on Keen Johnson Plaza, which features a large statue of Daniel Boone.

The “boonies”.  It occurred to me that there might be a connection between the contemporary use of the word boonies (to describe a remote area) and the person of Daniel Boone (a great explorer of the American wilderness).  Not so.  Boonies is a shortened version of the word boondocks, which comes from the Tagalog (a Philippine language) word for mountain, bundock.  Our use of the word developed among the American military serving there in the early years of the 20th century, when they appropriated the word bundock to describe a rural district characterized by backwardness.  Of course, this kind of borrowing between languages works both ways.  The Filipino word for a very backward rural area is "Alabama."

They get it!  It’s funny how the people who oppose us get so worked up over the pictures that they forget to deny the truth.  EKU student Allison Hash was quoted in the Eastern Progress (the student paper), “I think it is offensive because the majority of people don't want to see this. It's pieces of babies lying next to quarters and dimes.”  Yes, it is.  And we hope she will keep saying so!

Media coverage.  GAP earned top billing in both the Eastern Progress and the Richmond Register (the local paper).  The Richmond Register even showed one of the GAP signs on the front page, above the fold.

^{Both GAP and RCC Stir Big Debate at the University of Tennessee}

	We couldn’t help but marvel at the juxtaposition of these two exhibits. One shows the deadly result of abortion; the other shows the deadly result of drunk driving. Both use shocking images to influence behavior. Below: It is common for an entire class to come out to see GAP and then write a report on it. Fletcher holds an impromptu class in front of the GAP display. (Photo courtesy Meredith Hunt.).

During the Fall 2005 semester, CBR had a bigger presence on the University of Tennessee campus than ever before.  Throughout the semester, our RCC truck was a major presence.  For two days in October, we displayed our Genocide Awareness Project (GAP).

RCC makes a huge impact.  About once a week, we drove the RCC truck along routes that intersected the major pedestrian thoroughfares.  During each class change, the pictures were seen by hundreds of students.  Over the course of the entire semester, few students escaped the knowledge of what abortion is and does.  Our operatives tell us that the truck made abortion an unavoidable topic.  Mission accomplished!

GAP creates media frenzy.  This being the third consecutive semester at UTK, we didn’t expect much media attention, but the Daily Beacon (the student newspaper) printed a total of 15 items, including 1 news story, 6 editorial columns, and 8 letters.  There were 9 items taking the pro-abortion position, and 5 items that were pro-life.  The largest column was a half-page column written by none other than yours truly.  The editor of the Daily Beacon actually called me and asked me to submit a very large (nearly half-a-page) column.  It was a great opportunity to explain the GAP project, address the most important issues, and expose the major misstatements of fact and errors in logic of the pro-abort contributors.

When is it OK to kill?  Robert Birdwell was perhaps the most honest apologist for killing unborn children that we encountered, but also the most cold-blooded.  He was quoted in The Daily Beacon as saying “[there are] some cases in which it is OK to kill a human life so that less suffering will take place.”  Did he say “less suffering”?  I responded in my column:

What kind of suffering justifies killing a baby?  Suppose a pregnancy causes a parent to delay his/her education for a while. Is that “suffering” worth the life of a child?  Perhaps they will “suffer” a reduction in lifestyle if the child is allowed to live.  Does that justify killing him?  Perhaps these parents will “suffer” by having a girl baby when they really wanted a boy baby.  Would that justify killing the girl so they can try again for a boy?  Where does the madness stop?

I wonder if Mr. Birdwell would be as cavalier about his own life if it were the subject of someone else’s choice.  I hardly think so.

Thank you!  We continue to be thankful for the opportunities God has given us to do this work.  Students at UTK tell us our pictures are making a huge impact on the student body.  We thank God for your generosity.  To put it bluntly, the more you give, the more work we can do.  To borrow a popular phrase, we ask you to give as if this work depends on you—because it does—and pray as if the victory depends on God—because it does.

To arrange your automatic monthly bank draft to support our work:

1. Download and print the Electronic Gift Transfer Authorization:
http://www.abortionno.org/...GiftTransferSE.pdf
2. Fill out the form.  Make sure you designate the gift for "CBR Southeast"
3. Enclose a voided check or deposit slip bearing the account number of the account we should draft.
4. Mail the Transfer Authorization form and a voided check (or deposit slip) to CBR Southeast, P.O. Box 20115, Knoxville, TN 37940.

Please pray that God will raise up others to help you support this life-saving work!