In August 2005, two young girls were moved by the story of the LFL crosses broken at a church. They went and asked their father, Tim Harris of Harris Cleaning in Waterloo, to do something about it. That winter Tim made 1000 new crosses. Using maple, he added steel posts in the bottom that make them easier to push into the ground.
It took three years for the local members of Lutherans For Life to get them painted. Last year the crosses were displayed for the first time in four years. Stored in the unfinished area of Valley Lutheran School for three years, last fall a fund-raiser was organized to purchase a trailer in which to keep them and transport them to different churches. When the Harris family became aware of our needs, they again came forward and donated a brand new deluxe trailer.
This year the crosses and new signs were displayed in Denver, Waverly and Waterloo. On October 10 they were at Faith Lutheran in Waterloo and Pastor Ed Killian led a Memorial Service for the victims of abortion. The Harris family was invited and is shown in the photo with the trailer.
The Cross display is available for loan to churches of eastern Iowa from Black Hawk Lutherans For Life. Call Kie at 319-231-5711, if you are interested in the witness of 1000 white crosses representing only 1/3 of the babies who lose their lives to abortion every day in the US.
