I Chose Life and God Changed Mine

This doesn't happen to girls like me. Lauren Urrea was halfway through her senior year of college with plans to attend medical school and dreams for a future in missions and medicine-but that all changed on November 29, 2010, as she stared at a positive pregnancy test. Lauren was raised in a Christian home, attended church nearly every Sunday, and surrounded herself with Christian friends. As Lauren would soon realize, however, living with a set of high moral standards did not mean that life-altering bad decisions wouldn't happen. She learned that 70% of women who choose abortion also identify themselves as Christians. Lauren was not part of a small statistic as she once believed. Instead, she shared common ground with a staggering number of women who faced unplanned pregnancies.Join Lauren on a journey from tears to triumph as she opens her heart and shares personal thoughts about being unexpectedly pregnant. Lauren describes the shame and guilt that accompanied her unplanned pregnancy, and her fear of bringing a life into the world. Yet throughout her journey, she finds the humor and joy of walking daily in her faith during the most difficult time of her life. Her decision to choose life and the miraculous, life-changing gift that came from that choice has driven Lauren to share her story. Lauren believes that more women need to hear and know what that gift looks like-the gift of facing the impossible truth of an unplanned pregnancy and yet being able to cling to the greater truth that "nothing is impossible with God" (Luke 1:37).I Chose Life And God Changed Mine offers hope to anyone facing an unexpected crisis and the seeming impossibility of overcoming it. Lauren's story reveals the truth of being on one side of a mountain of fear, climbing that mountain in faith, and experiencing the joy that awaits on the other side.

Author: Lauren Urrea

Publisher: Independently published

Publication Date: Jan 31, 2019

Number of Pages: 150 pages

Language: English

Binding: Paperback

ISBN-10: 1793947511

ISBN-13: 9781793947512