To many, San Francisco might seem like an unexpected place to find pastors boldly standing for LIFE. But even in places where the need for light is greatest, God has a remnant who are willing to shine His light. He is moving in powerful ways, using His people to stand in the gap and be a light in the darkness. Pastor Hugo is one of those people, faithfully answering the call to bring hope where many believe it cannot exist.
Time after time, Pastor Hugo and the Love Life team in San Francisco have taken their place outside one of the darkest places in their city, a Planned Parenthood abortion center. Not for applause or attention, but because they know God has called them to stand in the gap.
Most days, it’s discouraging. Very few conversations. Little response. No clear fruit.
But they continue to serve with love, truth, and quiet faithfulness because they believe God can break through even the hardest ground.
And God did.
Almost a year ago, during one of his sidewalk outreach shifts, Pastor Hugo saw a young man he actually knew. The man and his girlfriend were on their way to abort their baby. Pastor Hugo spoke with him, pleaded with him to reconsider, and urged them to choose life.
Then they walked away, and Hugo never knew what happened.
Until recently.
By what could only be a divine appointment, Hugo ran into a family member of that young man. During the conversation, they shared about a beautiful new addition to the family, a baby now six months old.
As they spoke, Hugo realized this was the same couple he had encountered nearly a year earlier.
He didn’t say anything. He didn’t need to.
He simply smiled, thanked God in his heart, and walked away rejoicing.
Because in a city like San Francisco, where darkness seems to reign, God had pierced through with light.
And He had used Pastor Hugo to do it.
While Pastor Hugo may have been the one to speak that day, it is the church showing up that opens the door for miracles like this to unfold.
We often don’t get to see the results of our obedience, especially in hard places. But sometimes, God gives us a glimpse.
That glimpse reminds us that every step of obedience matters. Every conversation spoken in faith, every prayer lifted in hope, every simple yes to God. None of it is wasted.
Stories like this are proof of that.