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LOOK HOW FAR WE'VE COME . . . By the grace of God! |
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In the early 1980’s, pilot, Eli Whitney could never have imagined the future God held for him. As an airline pilot for TWA, he had it all…wonderful family, beautiful home on an airport in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California, Piper Cherokee airplane, and great friends….but still he had a burden in his heart. Daily he would pray, “Put me on the front lines, Lord, put me on the front lines.”
In 1983, Eli received notification from TWA that he would have to fly out of a new hub. This meant either long times away from his family or moving to a new city. His dream of retiring in the mountains vanished. He and his family decided to relocate to Connecticut where Eli could fly out of New York. Everyone felt at peace about the move, but it wasn’t easy. They could not sell their airport home and Eli wondered what God was asking his family to do. Despite the questions, Eli felt strongly that God was asking his family to move. Obedient, they resettled in Trumbull, CT. Once the family was settled into their rental home, Eli continued to wonder why God had gone to such lengths to get them to move there. He began to pray in earnest. Every evening, Eli would retire to his basement and pray on his knees, begging God to show him why they were brought to Connecticut. Gradually, God began to place a burden on his heart for the unborn children who were being aborted. Eli had no idea why he was beginning to feel such a burden. He had never been involved in the pro-life movement and had not spent all that much time thinking about the issue. The burden grew so strong he had to do something to help the unborn. His plea to be put on the front lines had been answered. God would use the Whitney family in a mighty way. |
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Eli’s wife, Bonnie, joined him in the work from the beginning and together they made arrangements to serve women facing unexpected pregnancies by opening a crisis pregnancy center. During the early years Eli and Bonnie partnered with their local church which supported the ministry financially and with volunteers. God even used a brand new believer to give a substantial amount of seed money for the first needs of the center!
The first name for the center was “Laborers for the Innocent and Voiceless,” or “LIV” for short. The logo was comprised of a right hand holding a baby under a rainbow. This was a representation of God’s promise to hold us up with his righteous right hand under the rainbow |
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that represented His promises. As time passed, Eli realized that this obviously pro-life name might prevent some people from calling for help, so he changed the name to Hopeline Women’s Center.
Initially, space was borrowed from the Simon Evans Center, a home for women with addictions, in Bridgeport. Later, free office space as offered over a strip mall in Monroe. For many years Hopeline used those three rooms to share hope with women facing unexpected pregnancies.
For Hopeline to grow to reach more women and to stay financially sound, it was imperative to have other church groups support its mission. In order to achieve that support, it became clear to Eli that the Hopeline would have to move out from under the umbrella of one church. The staff at his church agreed, so the paperwork was filed and the Hopeline Women’s Center became an independent non-profit ministry.
When Eli was initially called to start this ministry, the burden he felt in his heart was for the precious and innocent unborn babies. But, as time went by, God began to unveil to Eli the full extent of the vision He had for the Hopeline, and that vision was much more expansive. It required that the Hopeline broaden its scope to include ministering to the women who were carrying the unborn children with material support and to women suffering because they had an abortion. Further, it was imperative that the Hopeline reach out to teens with the message of abstinence until marriage. The vision God gave Eli also included transforming the Hopeline Women’s Center into a medical facility with an ultrasound machine.
Now, over twenty years later, all aspects of that seemingly overwhelming vision have been realized. Blessed with amazing staff, wonderful directors and hundreds of generous benefactors, Hopeline is thankful for its success in saving lives and touching souls, and acknowledges it is all because God is THE Director of Hopeline. Thanks be to God for his faithfulness! |
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Hopeline Pregnancy Resource Centers P.O. Box 2981 Danbury, CT 06813 203.207.4673 |
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| A Christian pro-life organization, Hopeline Women's Center Inc. is DBA Hopeline Pregnancy Center in Danbury CT, Bridgeport CT, Shelton CT, New Milford CT and other Western Connecticut communities. Hopeline is a 501c3 non-profit, pro-life medical, charitable and educational organization that provides help for women in unplanned pregnancies. Hopeline does not recommend abortion but provides information on options, post abortion Bible studies, and abstinence education. All services are free and confidential. |
