last year’s little group!
Happy New Year! Here we are in 2021 and just four weeks out from the March for Life in Washington, DC on January 29th. It’s very much a happening thing and I need to get final numbers for those who wish to attend. I need those numbers by January 10th at noon. Once I have those numbers, I’ll be able to cancel any superfluous rooms reserved, have our hoodies made, and make arrangements for a meal together on Thursday night as well as a devotional later that night. I believe our group will be small, but full of faith and full of love for life! I think we will encourage each other and take home memories we’ll treasure and blessings of strength that will help us through what seems will be a challenging few months to come, in many respects. Please contact me at byhcontest@gmail.com and let me know if you plan to attend. I need you to accompany that reservation with a $50 deposit payable to The Colley House. You can mail a check or paypal the money to colley@westhuntsville.org. These funds will be applied to your hotel room. If you share a room with three others, your cost will be roughly a hundred dollars for both nights (Thursday and Friday night). (Private accommodations are also available for a higher cost.) If possible, please make your reservation through me rather than directly through the hotel, since we have already reserved a block of rooms at the Westin in Olde Town Alexandria. Your additional costs will be for any food or incidentals you purchase on the trip and each person is responsible for her own transportation to the area. There is also a charge for riding the metro to all the places you will go with the group (or on your own) after arriving. A three day pass is $28.00 and will accommodate all your travel needs within the city. (I’ve found the DC metro to be safe, clean and very efficient.) Those passes are bought quickly as you enter the metro station near the hotel. You do not need a rental car if you choose to fly. Some are driving and some are flying to Reagan which is about 11 miles from the hotel. Once you arrive at the airport, there’s a shuttle to the hotel.
You can find all info about the March itself at https://marchforlife.org.
Hoodies will be as reasonably priced as I can make them for those who are making the investment already to go. Once we have a final design and cost on those, I’ll make them available (by pre-order only) to those who are not going for a slightly higher cost.
Notice: Even if you have already told me you are going, please confirm again at the above email address. (Exceptions are Hickman and Thomas and those from West Huntsville who are planning to ride the van.) Many plans have changed and I’m sympathetic to that. However, we REALLY hope you can come. We will be launching a study about that time of the commandment “Thou shalt not kill” and our time together will be a very practical application. I promise a dose of immunity from discouragement! It will be both a way to help sustain precious unborn life while giving needed sustenance to your own spiritual lives. You can be a channel for His blessings on this purposeful trip.
I cannot tell you how very much you encourage me. Let’s make 2021 a year in which we dig harder than ever before. I somehow think we are going to need this spiritual nourishment more than ever before. May we emerge stronger and more fit for heaven.
“…you have persevered and have patience, and have labored for My name’s sake and have not become weary” (Revelation 2:3).
“Thus says the Lord who made you and formed you from the womb, who will help you…” (Isaiah 44:2).
We can do 2021 for His glory. I know He will help us!
