Gianna Jessen's Biography

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Gianna Jessen's Biography


From: http://www.giannajessen.com/EPK/bio.html


Gianna Jessen does not quit. Giving up is not an option to her. Gianna has what she refers to as the "gift" of Cerebral Palsy. She weighed a mere 2 lbs at birth and the doctors said she would never be able to hold up her head, sit up, crawl or walk. She began to walk by the age of three years old with the help of leg braces and a walker.
Gianna doesn’t believe that her Cerebral Palsy takes away her life, but, rather, enriches it. . . she walks with a slight limp today and runs marathons. On April 30, 2005 she completed her first 26.2 mile marathon after running just over 7 hours and was presented with the coveted blank blank award! On April 23, 2006 she completed the London Marathon as well. She is now determined to run marathons all over the place, because she was never supposed to even walk!
Gianna understands the plight of orphans, being one herself. She was placed into the foster care system early on in life, eventually being taken into the loving home of a woman named Penny. Penny has been a mother to 56 foster children in her life. Gianna was later adopted by Penny's daughter, making Penny Gianna's grandmother. According to Gianna, Penny saved her life.
Gianna is a Christian. Her life was given to her by the grace of God. She shouldn't be walking, but more miraculous still; she should not even be alive. Gianna's biological mother was 17 when she had a saline abortion in her third trimester. Many Americans don’t realize it is legal to have an abortion throughout all nine months of pregnancy. After being burned alive for approximately 18 hours in the womb from the saline solution, Gianna was delivered alive in a Los Angeles County abortion clinic. Her medical records state, "born during saline abortion"...this is what caused her Cerebral Palsy.
Gianna's travels and experiences have led her all over the world. Her life has been covered by many major news media outlets, including, most recently, the BBC News and World Radio, Sky News, and The Good Morning Show in England, reaching many people with a message of hope and conviction. In November 2005, Gianna spoke in several colleges all over Ireland and in December of the same year, spoke at a meeting held at the House of Commons in London. She has returned to England this year to speak in several parochial and public high schools. Gianna’s audiences include: churches - church youth crusades and women’s ministry retreats; various corporations as a motivational speaker; secular and Christian youth organizations and schools – middle school age through college, as well as several times before Congress - most recently having her testimony read before the Supreme Court in Carhart v. Gonzales

Thanks,
TT

 

[gracechick]

Hmmm interesting T no takers from the probelievers? I remember hearing her testimony years ago.
What she went through an person would go to jail and be dragged through the mud in the press for doing to a helpless innocent animal. PETA would be at the front of the line to get its' licks in. No pun intended.

It's beyond my ability to comprehend the pain and agony little babies go through dying in their mother's womb or layed in a cold room or garbage to die. The spirit that tormented Hitler is not dead. Far from it when one really thinks about it.

My sister knows a women who saw an image of drs. and nurses in a circle. They had their hands raised. Their hands were covered in blood up to their elbow. She didn't know what to make of it so the Lord told her these were abortionists.

And I have to say I am vERy proud of my nephew and neices' birth mom's. From what is known they went through birth and pregnancy without the biological father and we know one of them never told her family as she was studying in the US at the time.
God bless these women for being so brave and giving birth to these children that joined our family. These two children could very easily have been just another number in the murder of innocent babies by their parents, doctors, community and nation. I believe this is something we will be held in judgment for. As the Lord is a Father to the fatherless and a husband to the widow which right there states clearly how the Lord takes justice for the inocents extremely seriously.