This week, I’m resharing one of the most powerful and necessary conversations we’ve ever had on Anchored By the Sword Podcast.

When I met Kelly Lester at the NRB Convention in March of 2022, I knew immediately I wanted her on the show—but I had no idea just how deep, painful, and redemptive her story truly was.

Kelly shares her journey with incredible honesty: growing up in the church while carrying deep shame, being sexually abused as a child, raped as a teenager, experiencing multiple abortions, and eventually working inside the very abortion clinic where she had her first abortion at just 15 years old.

This episode doesn’t shy away from hard truths. Kelly walks us through:

• Her personal abortion story and the trauma that followed

• What really happens behind the scenes inside abortion clinics

• The manipulation and silence women experience during and after abortions

• How shame kept her trapped—and how God met her there

• Why abortion is never just a “simple choice”

• How God can redeem even the most broken stories

Kelly now serves as a client advocate with LoveLine Ministries, Director of Outreach for And Then There Were None and Pro-Love Ministries, helping women who are coming out of abortion clinics and walking them toward healing, freedom, and hope. Her story is a living testimony that no one is too far gone for God.

This reshare feels especially important right now. These conversations matter—because they lead to conversations we have to be willing to have.

⚠️ Content Note: This episode covers sensitive topics including abortion, sexual abuse, violence, and trauma. Please listen with care.

🎧 This is a hard episode—but it’s a hope-filled one.

Bio:Kelly’s story is one that covers so many difficult and painful topics in our world today. Child molestation, raped as a teen, several abortions, drug dealing, eating disorders, homosexuality, pornography, prostitution, and even working in the clinic where she had her first abortion. But beauty triumphs from the ashes, and Kelly is a testament to how God can clean all the dirty parts of a painful life story and make it brand new.Now a wife and mother of six children, Kelly loves to share her story to give hope to the most desperate situations proving that God can save anybody. She is currently a client advocate for LoveLine Ministries, Director of Outreach for And Then There Were None and Pro-Love Ministries, and a board member for Village Ansanm: Living Stones Ministries.Anchor Verse:Isaiah 61Esther 4:14Connect with Kelly:Email: kelly@prolove.comFB: https://www.facebook.com/kellylesterforlife/Speaker Page: https://www.ambassadorspeakers.com/speakers/unique/kelly-lesterAnd Then There Were None: https://abortionworker.comPro-Life Ministries: https://loveline.comWe Discussed:Unplanned Movie: https://www.unplannedfilm.com****This podcast is a proud member of the Spark Network! It is a network of Christian podcasts that cover so many different topics! Head over to: https://www.sparkmedia.ventures/spark-network#/ to find more amazing podcasts!!****