DISCLAIMER
Ok, so here's my "disclaimer" that I didn't include in the book because I had no idea that anyone would actually READ the book. :) haha So thank you for reading it and making me post this!
#1. Everything in the book is from my perspective! I told it exactly as I remembered it, but it is not word for word because I wasn't taking notes as life happened. :)
#2. Most names in the book have been changed to protect the individuals. Some are the actual names of the individuals, but I have gained permission from those people to publish their names.
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BOOK SUMMARY
By: Jennifer Wilkins
Eighteen weeks into my third pregnancy, I woke up in the middle of the night, drenched in amniotic fluid. After having experienced a difficult miscarriage only a few months prior, I was shocked and devastated. Initially, after an immediate trip to the hospital, the doctors told me that the baby would die and I would soon deliver her, but when my body didn't go into labor in the first few hours, and the baby continued to live, I was told that a termination of my pregnancy was needed to preserve my life and protect me from inevitable infection. When I refused, I was basically given the "cold shoulder" by the doctors. To refuse an early induction to labor (abortion) was as good as signing my death warrant. The doctor told me that I was on my own unless an infection set in, and in that instance, he would take my baby without my consent. He reasoned that because several of my baby's vital organs (lungs, kidneys, liver) had not yet developed, she had no chance at survival anyway.
My faith in Jesus Christ has been all that has kept me going from the day my water broke until this very day. Please join me on my journey and see how Christ took the broken pieces of my life and completely mended them together and healed me in every way!
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THIS IS AN EMAIL SENT BY JEN WILKINS TO HER CONTACT LIST EXPLAINING HOW EVERYTHING CAME TOGETHER FOR THE BOOK:
November 2011
I am writing to each of you today with a very excited heart! God is using Ella's sweet life and story again for His glory!
Shortly after we arrived back to the States from Peru, I felt a very strong urge to write Ella's story before I forgot all of the details. Initially, I just wrote it for her, but as I wrote, I felt the Spirit leading me to make it available to others in book form. Through an amazing series of opening doors, God provided a wonderful, Christian editor (for FREE), money that literally dropped into my hands by a close friend that had no idea what it was needed for but it "just so happened" to be the EXACT amount needed for publishing this story into a book, and a publishing company that did a fantastic job of getting this book designed and printed beautifully! This project has been growing and developing since February of this year and now, October 31st, my book Titled, "Ella" (Subtitled, "A Life Unaborted") is available for purchase online at many of the major book retailers!
I am reminded of the verse in Romans (8:28) that says, "And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose." When we came home from Peru, we were a bit discouraged that our ministry there had been put on hold. And then, when we realized we were facing four hip surgeries instead of only one and had to give our resignation from our ministry in Peru, it was challenging to see what God might have planned for our lives. We had seen Him work in the hospital atmosphere before and knew that He may have more plans for the medical staff that we'd encounter with Ella, but we never imagined that He'd put her story into print!
I cannot tell you the many amazing things that have just happened "coincidentally" at the EXACT time it was needed to make this book a possibility! I prayed over and over again that if it was not God's will for this book to happen, that He would close doors and instead, doors kept swinging wide open. Other times, the Spirit would place a burden on my heart that I needed to take a step forward and I'd pray, "God, you have to open the door for me to walk through because right now, it looks impossible!" And guess what! The doors would open! The VERY morning I felt God pushing me towards publishing and I prayed, "God, show me a way! I don't have the money!", a friend placed the exact amount of money needed for publishing in my lap and said, "I don't know what this is for, I even questioned God, maybe it could be less? But God assured me that this was the amount He wanted me to give to you."!!!!! She had no idea I was even writing a book!
Before that happened, I was looking for an editor and the lady that I had asked to edit my book decided that she would not be able to do it. I went on a walk the following day and I prayed my heart out, asking God what His will for the book was. I asked Him to just place an editor in my path and that I would not have to seek him/her out so that I would know it was God's will that the book move farther towards publishing. Almost as soon as I returned home from my walk, a good friend of mine called and said, "I've been thinking about your book and I saw that a friend of mine (that's an editor) just posted on facebook that she'd love to be editing a book right now. I took the liberty of asking her if she'd like to edit your book and she said that she'd love to! Here's her information:" And she proceeded to give me the editor's contact information!
I am so excited that I serve a God that answers prayers. I have seen my prayers answered in many different ways. Sometimes, my answer is "no". One "no" we received from God was when Ella's eyes were not healed, but she got glasses that brought many people's attention to our little baby that sparked many conversations about how this little miracle baby entered the world. And we cannot tell that story without mentioning God's mighty hand! God's plan is always the better option and I am so excited to see what He's got up His sleeve with this book.
Please pray with us that every person that reads this book will not be able to deny the fact that Jesus is Lord and His grace is absolutely necessary for Salvation! Thank you for supporting our family in so many ways! You have encouraged us through emails, many, many dinners, prayers and finances. We are so humbled and amazed that God has supplied for all of our needs and given us such an amazing group of people to walk alongside us as we travel this road called "life". We are so blessed and give all praise and glory to Jesus Christ!
I just wanted to "personally" let you know what God has been doing and ask that you'd coat this book and our family in prayer! Each time (it seems) that we take another step towards doing what God asks of us, the evil one attacks at full force. We need all the prayer support we can get and I know where to get it! :) Thank you all for supporting us in this way!
We hope each of you are having a blessed day!
Sincerely,
Jen
Ephesians 3:18
"Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus through out all generations, for ever and ever! Amen"
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