August 31, 2017 Our Dear Friends and Family, We’re ecstatic to be headed out for a baby three day road trip to Washington DC for a CareNet Pregnancy Center Conference! We are so excited because we are passionate about pregnancy centers! They are the frontline of the abortion war in many ways. 1,500 pregnancy centers…
September 2, 2017 Our Dear Friends and Family, What a great weekend! We’re heading back on this rainy afternoon to where Anna left off biking. It took us about ten hours to get to DC from Cincinnati, but we loved getting the opportunity to do the Care Net conference! Last night we attended the Washington…
September 4, 2017 Our Dear Friends and Family, Skyline Chili, Labor Day Fireworks over the Cincinnati skyline, & Graeter’s Ice Cream: we feel like we’ve really seen the city with our hosts the Halls! Anna spoke at Hope Baptist Church, yesterday. She did a bang up job! She shared an eloquent letter by Courtney Baker…
September 9, 2017 Our Dear Friends and Family, Yesterday, we met with Kentucky Lieutenant Governor Jenean Hampton! What an awesome example for women to look up to! She grew up in a poor district of Detroit and is now an outspoken and active politician advocating for pro-life. We also got to meet Lorrie Parker with Right…
September 6, 2017 Our Dear Friends and Family, For the last several weeks we have been hearing the rumors that Kentucky may be the first state in the Union to be completely abortion clinic free! They have one left… and that one is in court. AND this is the week that decision is being made.…
By Sarah-Marie Hoduski Chillicothe, Ohio You wake up in a room you don’t know. As your vision clears you find yourself connected to an IV. You turn over and find that the IV routes into a slender, unconscious form beside you. A nurse approaches. Nodding toward the small figure, the nurse remarks, “they are…
September 12, 2017 Our Dear Friends and Family, We attended the Ohio court case, this morning! It’s amazing! It is being called the biggest piece of pro-life legislation ever for their state! It is our third pro-life legislation where we’ve been able to sit in on the action. Today’s was SO exciting! The pro-life counsel…
September 15, 2017 Our Dear Friends and Family, Anna is out biking as I write; she will hit West Virginia, today. Anna will have less than 300 miles left to cover after today— out of a 3,000 mile journey! The outdoors community here is fabulous. We are SO close to the Appalachian Trail, which has…
COCOON DREAMING: THE SECRET LIVES OF UNBORN CHILDREN BY SARAH-MARIE HODUSKI Dreaming, laughing, listening to soap opera theme music, an interest in Swedish vs. American vowel sounds, and developing a palette for curry and cookies: our lives in the womb are busy. Once thought to merely be a clump of tissue, science has taken amazing strides…
PIRATE SHIP DOWN WHY IT’S SAFER TO BE CAPTURED BY SOMALI PIRATES THEN TO BE BORN IN SOME PARTS OF AMERICA. BY SARAH-MARIE HODUSKI They are some of the most dangerous waters in the world. We held our breath as we learned that Somalian pirates had boarded an American ship and taken its captain hostage.…
WHY TSA PAT DOWNS ARE RIDICULOUSLY PRO-LIFE BY SARAH-MARIE HODUSKI I am very sorry to be the first to tell you if you don’t know already that airport security sees your nearly naked form every time you queue up to fly out. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) may be sorry about that as well, but…
September 18, 2017 Our Dear Friends and Family, Parkersburg, West Virginia! We finished Ohio! Did you know one of the names we threw around for Project If Life was “The Habeus Corpus Underground”? The Latin means show me be the body of evidence— so it would mean show me the body of evidence that is…
September 22, 2017 Our Dear Friends and Family, We are in Clarksburg, West Virginia. So much music: we hung out with an Appalachian Folk singer who does American History ballads, girls from a family gospel group, and tonight Anna is speaking at a street concert! Wednesday, Megan and I worked out of Stonewall coffee, which…
THE 12 MOST RIDICULOUS CLAIMS MADE BY ABORTION ABETTORS By Sarah-Marie Hoduski MY BODY MY CHOICE. A) It’s not just a mother’s body involved: it’s also her child’s body. Their bodies are so different that a mother may not even be able to donate blood to her baby. What isn’t said enough is that it…
September 25, 2017 Our Dear Friends and Family, We are in Pennsylvania for the long weekend! Pennsylvania is SO lovely. I’ve always thought that Revolutionary War films were strategically filmed in lovely, rolling landscapes and dramatized by the morning fog, but this countryside is gorgeous. Living in a place with natural beauty is like…
Our Dear Friends and Family, Wow!! Anna is engaged! Yesterday, Megan and I took her to the DC Memorial and her boyfriend, James Strasburg surprised her. He took her to a French Patisserie and then to see the city from the original US Postal Service. Later, they went up to the National Cathedral Rose Garden,…
Our Dear Friends and Family, Another crazy, great day! We met this morning with New Mexico Congressman Stevan Pearce to discuss the project. He told us a great story about his solo flight around the world in support of Vietnam War Veterans. We SO appreciate Congressmen who will fight for life; especially, we appreciate when…
Our Dear Friends and Family, We left Roland and Yvette Warrens’ home this morning. They have an 1850’s brick cabin that we got to stay in; it was so Jane Austen that we watched the movie Emma one night to celebrate. The Rolands stocked us with our favorite things: great cheese, sparkling water, dark chocolate;…
Our Dear Friends and Family, Cruising through this last week of riding! Anna is out doing the Appalachians; the fall colors are spectacular! For a treat, today, she had chocolate milk from the cows in the area. Anna just crossed into Virginia. The last state of the journey before she hits DC, as I type…
For Anna Hoduski (23) pushing that limit is a daily question in her journey across America to bring awareness to the pro-life cause. Her mission is called Project If Life, which launched July of 2016 from the Kansas-Missouri border. Hoduski ran 1,700 miles to Santa Monica Beach in California. She averaged 10-20 miles a day…
Our Dear Friends and Family, Big deal. Get excited! The House votes tomorrow on a 20 week Abortion Ban bill! That means that if this passes the House and Senate abortion will be banned after 20 weeks. Can you believe it? Please be praying and reaching out to your representatives! Anna spoke at Montrose, Colorado…
Our Dear Friend and Family, We are driving to Baltimore, Maryland, right now. A pregnancy center in Montrose, Co. is flying Anna out for the weekend to be their banquet speaker. It’s super exciting. She’s highlighting and practicing her speech as we head North. GREAT news! Annie has been invited to be a table host…
Our Dear Friends and Family, We are in Pennsylvania for the long weekend! Pennsylvania is SO lovely. I’ve always thought that Revolutionary War films were strategically filmed in lovely, rolling landscapes and dramatized by the morning fog, but this countryside is gorgeous. Living in a place with natural beauty is like having amazing background music…
Our Dear Friends and Family, We are in Clarksburg, West Virginia. So much music: we hung out with an Appalachian Folk singer who does American History ballads, girls from a family gospel group, and tonight Anna is speaking at a street concert! Wednesday, Megan and I worked out of Stonewall coffee, which turned out to…
Our Dear Friends and Family, Parkersburg, West Virginia! We finished Ohio! THE POINT– WHERE SLAVES WOULD SWIM ACROSS THE RIVER ON THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD. Did you know one of the names we threw around for Project If Life was “The Habeus Corpus Underground”? The Latin means show me be the body of evidence— so it…
Our Dear Friends and Family, Anna is out biking as I write; she will hit West Virginia, today. Anna will have less than 300 miles left to cover after today— out of a 3,000 mile journey! The outdoors community here is fabulous. We are SO close to the Appalachian Trail, which has some of the…
Our Dear Friends and Family, ANNA WITH STATE’S COUNSEL AGAINST PLANNED PARENTHOOD! We attended the Ohio court case, this morning! It’s amazing! It is being called the biggest piece of pro-life legislation ever for their state! It is our third pro-life legislation where we’ve been able to sit in on the action. Today’s was SO…
Our Dear Friends and Family, Yesterday, we met with Kentucky Lieutenant Governor Jenean Hampton! What an awesome example for women to look up to! She grew up in a poor district of Detroit and is now an outspoken and active politician advocating for pro-life. We also got to meet Lorrie Parker with Right to Life; they…
Our Dear Friends and Family, For the last several weeks we have been hearing the rumors that Kentucky may be the first state in the Union to be completely abortion clinic free! They have one left… and that one is in court. AND this is the week that decision is being made. AND we are…
Our Dear Friends and Family, Skyline Chili, Labor Day Fireworks over the Cincinnati skyline, & Graeter’s Ice Cream: we feel like we’ve really seen the city with our hosts the Halls! Anna spoke at Hope Baptist Church, yesterday. She did a bang up job! She shared an eloquent letter by Courtney Baker to her doctor:…
Our Dear Friends and Family, What a great weekend! We’re heading back on this rainy afternoon to where Anna left off biking. It took us about ten hours to get to DC from Cincinnati, but we loved getting the opportunity to do the Care Net conference! Last night we attended the Washington DC Care Net…
Our Dear Friends and Family, We’re ecstatic to be headed out for a baby three day road trip to Washington DC for a CareNet Pregnancy Center Conference! We are so excited because we are passionate about pregnancy centers! They are the frontline of the abortion war in many ways. 1,500 pregnancy centers will be represented…
Our Dear Friends and Family, We Made it to Jefferson City! This portion of the run is something we have eagerly anticipated since we began planning the route for Project If. An exciting thing happened this last week: I was on a journey to find wifi– I went to 6 places and none of them…
Our Dear Friends and Family, We are on our way! After a short sabbatical, we have left Kansas City. Our parents, Mark and Jeanne Hoduski were wonderful hosts and are so grateful to have such kind, wise, and fun parents. The time here was full of meaningful experiences and fun times: Worship time, brunches, and…
Our Dear Friends and Family, The Eastern half of the run has begun! It is GOOD to be back in Kansas City: connecting with friends and fantastic pro-life champions across the city, while also finding rest. Here are some of the exciting things we have been up to: This week we saw the future: Abortion…
Our Dear Friends and Family, We are finished with the first half of the run across the United States! We are SO proud of Anna and Nicholas for their endurance and commitment to the unborn. A race run: they covered every step of the Western half of the United States. After a 28-mile run, Anna…
Finishing Kansas and Colorado was a huge feat for our team. After conquering these two states, anything seemed possible, and with God as our strength, anything is possible. Utah has undoubtedly been the toughest state we have encountered so far, but the Lord is our strength no matter the situation or the difficulty. We are…
Hosts upon hosts greeted the team in the heights of Colorado. One host home in Montrose, Colorado was the Welches. The team felt as if they had found home amongst the steep slopes surrounding them. While the team was staying with the Welches, they enjoyed drinking coffee while seeing the depths of the black canyon.…
The warm weather in Colorado continues to hold as Anna and Nick run across the state. This past month’s running has been increasingly difficult as the elevation continues to rise. After passing Canon City, the elevation began to take a toll on the mileage that Anna and Nick have been running. Though the mileage has…
Another lovely week. SO many natural wonders. We are so grateful to be in such a beautiful and fun part of the world! Saturday, we got coffee and then hiked with Nathan and Elisha Wisener in Colorado Springs: we connected with them through their parents who hosted us in Limon, Co. It was a really…
Our Dear Friends and Family, We are getting close to being half done with our second state, Colorado! Annie is a cold weather athlete so it is pretty exciting to watch her get pumped for runs! We can hardly believe how the miles have flown. It has pretty much felt like Kansas until Denver— with…
Our Dear Friends and Family, We have been sailing across the Kansas prairie for the last several weeks: we are thrilled and grateful to announce that we have reached the Colorado border! The Kansas route was just short of 500 miles; we are so proud of Annie for her commitment and diligence! Annie has blown…
September 29, 2017 Our Dear Friend and Family, We are driving to Baltimore, Maryland, right now. A pregnancy center in Montrose, Co. is flying Anna out for the weekend to be their banquet speaker. It’s super exciting. She’s highlighting and practicing her speech as we head North. GREAT news! Annie has been invited to be…
COLONEL ASTOR TELLS A LIE BY SARAH-MARIE HODUSKI He built what was at one time the world’s grandest hotel: The Waldorf-Astoria. He invented a bike brake. He was one of the world’s wealthiest men. He bred racehorses. He wrote a book on the era’s technological advancements. He wrote a science fiction novel on space travel.…
October 2, 2017 Our Dear Friends and Family, Big deal. Get excited! The House votes tomorrow on a 20 week Abortion Ban bill! That means that if this passes the House and Senate abortion will be banned after 20 weeks. Can you believe it? Please be praying and reaching out to your representatives! Anna spoke…
BY SARAH-MARIE HODUSKI, OCTOBER 2, 2017 IT’S ALWAYS THE SMALL PEOPLE WHO CHANGE THINGS. IT’S NEVER THE POLITICIANS OR THE BIG GUYS. I MEAN, WHO PULLED DOWN THE BERLIN WALL? IT WAS ALL THE PEOPLE IN THE STREETS. THE SPECIALISTS DIDN’T HAVE A CLUE THE DAY BEFORE. —LUC BESSON Someone please explain why abortion in…
What’s the furthest you’ve ever run at one time? For Anna Hoduski (23) pushing that limit is a daily question in her journey across America to bring awareness to the pro-life cause. Her mission is called Project If Life, which launched July of 2016 from the Kansas-Missouri border. Hoduski ran 1,700 miles to Santa Monica…
Mattress Surfing and the More is Better Mentality No one is quite sure who suggested the slip-and-slide that we graduated to, but before we knew it there were thirty kids in the yard, alternately standing in a foot of soap bubbles and surfing a 48 foot mattress slide. My mom had six kids in six…
October 6, 2017 Our Dear Friends and Family, Cruising through this last week of riding! Anna is out doing the Appalachians; the fall colors are spectacular! For a treat, today, she had chocolate milk from the cows in the area. Anna just crossed into Virginia. The last state of the journey before she hits DC,…
October 10, 2017 Our Dear Friends and Family, We left Roland and Yvette Warrens’ home this morning. They have an 1850’s brick cabin that we got to stay in; it was so Jane Austen that we watched the movie Emma one night to celebrate. The Rolands stocked us with our favorite things: great cheese, sparkling…
October 11, 2017 Our Dear Friends and Family, Another crazy, great day! We met this morning with New Mexico Congressman Stevan Pearce to discuss the project. He told us a great story about his solo flight around the world in support of Vietnam War Veterans. We SO appreciate Congressmen who will fight for life; especially,…
October 13, 2017 Our Dear Friends and Family, Wow!! Anna is engaged! Yesterday, Megan and I took her to the DC Memorial and her boyfriend, James Strasburg surprised her. He took her to a French Patisserie and then to see the city from the original US Postal Service. Later, they went up to the National…
BY SARAH-MARIE HODUSKI “WHAT EVER THEY WERE IN LIFE, HERE, AT THE END, EACH MAN STOOD WITH COURAGE AND HONOR. THEY FOUGHT FOR THE ONES WHO COULDN’T FIGHT FOR THEMSELVES, AND THE DIED FOR THEM, TOO. ALL TO WIN SOMETHING THAT DIDN’T BELONG TO THEM. IT WAS – MAGNIFICENT.” …
BY SARAH-MARIE HODUSKI Please enjoy for a moment that James Bond was inspired by true stories of WWII. Bond characters including M., Moneypenny, Q, and Vesper came out of Ian Fleming’s actual experiences working for WWII’s most covert operations, which were christened by Winston Churchill himself with, “go and set Europe ablaze.” This cloak and…
HOUSE VOTES TO GIVE RIGHTS TO BABIES THAT SURVIVE ABORTIONS BY SARAH-MARIE HODUSKI Testimony: Nurse Jill L. Stanek during Born Alive Infant Protection Act Congressional Hearings (1) Did you know that sometimes babies survive abortions? There are abortion procedures that sometimes do not succeed in killing the child-subject. For instance, Jill Stanek, a nurse that…
By Sarah-Marie Hoduski, Kansas City Ultrasound echoes of the unborn contribute to science based slowing of abortion rates. Echolocation: sight through sound— is a stunningly effective second sight for otherwise blind creatures. Bats are so effective at using their sonar sight that even in the darkness they can catch up to 1,200 insects an hour—one…