Students for Life Day Reflections

Students for Life Day was more than just a day of fun and fellowship; it was a day of inspiration. On September 29, Flint Right to Life welcomed more than 90 students from around the state to the Holiday Inn Gateway Centre for Students for Life Day. The day began early with breakfast and an icebreaker.

Following the icebreaker, Kira Gregorchik , president of Washtenaw County Right to Life, spoke to the students about her experience of being an adoptee. Kira spoke about her search for her birth mother and finally about the confrontation with her birth mother. Her pithy stories evoked laughter from everyone in the room while at the same time causing the students to think about the importance of life and the option that adoption offers.

The day was also filled with several prolife student speakers from college and from high school who shared their experiences in the prolife movement. The students even had the opportunity to be entertained by the Saginaw Valley Drama Team who acted out funny, yet thought-provoking skits.

Finally, the day closed with a presentation by Bryan Kemper, the founder and national director of Rock for Life. Bryan's powerful speech exposed the reality of abortions and teen abortions and inspired the students to go out and fight against this country's number one killer. Bryan asked for the abortionists to "stop killing my generation" and even gave the students ways to combat (peacefully, of course) abortion. His speech ended with a standing ovation by the students who requested that Bryan come back and speak to their youth groups and classrooms at school.

Students for Life Day was an exciting day! Each student went home with a prolife prize which was won from the prize drawings that were conducted intermittently during the day. One lucky student from the Flint area even won a trip for two to the March for Life in Washington D.C. on January 22, 2002.

Still the biggest award of the day was the message that each student took home with him/her that "Life is Precious."

 

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