Our Summer Internship Program is well underway (actually it’s already half over!) but it’s been so jam-packed already, we’ve barely had time to introduce you to our 2022 Summer Interns! Here they are!

Bonnie is a sophomore at Roane State Community College, majoring in communications.  Born and raised in Clinton, Tennessee, she is the second of 11 children.  Her parents have homeschooled all of them.

Bonnie heard about CBR through an uncle who supports our work.  She has always been pro-life and wanted to do something about it. Painfully, she realized that just as German Christians had, through their silence, allowed Nazis to operate death camps, she too was allowing abortion through her silence.

She joined CBR because she believes abortion must be exposed in order to turn public opinion against it.  “CBR has a plan to win the fight against abortion, and I want to be part of it.”  Currently, Bonnie helps with our social media.  Check it out her awesome work!  Our handle on all platforms is @centerforbioethicalreform. 

Bonnie is also great in the field: “Doing GAP is surprisingly freeing.  I’ve gotten used to people yelling obscenities; that just makes me more bold and more determined.  It’s almost funny when someone is screaming and flipping us off.  I mentally respond, ‘Is that all you got?’  They can’t argue with the pictures.”

Noah is studying business administration at Columbus State University in Georgia.  He believes action is his moral obligation.

He first learned about CBR when we brought GAP to his campus in April.  For two days, he stood with CBR and debated pro-aborts. Within a week, he applied for the internship.

During his first outing with CBR, Noah found it generally amusing that pro-aborts think heckling will slow down the pro-life movement. 

Isaiah is a lover of Jesus, 4Runners, tacos, and quesadillas.  A returning intern from last year’s class, he has been studying life and working on a major in Jesus Christ.  Perhaps you are wondering, “How did someone like Isaiah get started in pro-life work?”  Never doubt the power of a pretty girl saying, “I’ll go next year if you do.”

This year Isaiah is setting out to do all things for Christ.  This has included cleaning bathrooms in a church, holding signs downtown, and witnessing to confused and calloused people.

One of his favorite Bible verses is Ezekiel 33:11: “Say to them, ‘As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that they turn from their ways and live.  Turn!  Turn from your evil ways!  Why will you die, People of Israel?’”

Ilyssa is a rising college senior studying anthropology at Cleveland State University.  After the past few years of living on a very leftist campus and having no conservative community, she needed to find an internship that “brings me closer to God, surrounds me with sane people, and helps end the atrocity of abortion.”  CBR was the perfect opportunity! (OK, she’s beginning to wonder about that “sane people” part.)

Growing up as a Christian, she has always been pro-life. But at Cleveland State, Ilyssa encountered the dangerously unhinged views of the left.  She knew they were wrong, but she couldn’t articulate why.  “CBR is perfect because I get to learn how to defend the pro-life position, do research, partake in activism, and interact with real people.  I hope to take what I learn back to Cleveland State and apply it.”

Her first GAP was enlightening.  It was like watching those demonic pro-abortion Tik Toks, but in real life.  Ilyssa also found it crazy how many people simply avoided looking at the signs.  “Standing outside holding those signs felt amazing. I could’ve stayed out there longer because, finally, I was doing something concrete about my pro-life beliefs.”  Ilyssa is so glad that she is a part of CBR and she is excited for the rest of the summer!

Thank you for supporting CBR and these outstanding young people. You have made this all possible. Please pray that God will bring them back to us and also send many more.

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