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We have so many breathtaking stories coming your way… but we decided to take this moment and tell you one that so many of you have been a part of. In just a little over the first 2 weeks of this month, you have raised over $21,000 of our $25,000 June Match goal!
Of all the years we have been able to do a summer match, this is one of the quickest progressions we have ever seen, and it is happening because of your decision to see lives and hearts changed for the glory of Christ!
The beauty of this Summer Match is that it is both active and diverse in its impact. When people think of “Helping the Homeless,” often the first two things that enter their minds are meals and shelter. While these are things your support is providing for, there is so much more that goes on behind our walls.
Each person we serve might face similar struggles, but they all have a vastly different story that led them here. Some were cast out by family, others escaped domestic violence. Some have spent decades in a successful career while nursing a high-functioning addiction, others simply fell behind on their rent. Some experienced an unexpected death, military PTSD, car accident, or other catastrophe that led them to substances to cope. Some expected something of this nature to happen to them eventually, others were completely blinded by their reality until it washed up on their doorstep.
All of these individuals require resources such as food, shelter, and counseling, but beyond the basics, there lie specific needs that they desperately require. A woman fleeing domestic violence with her children will require partnership with childcare resources, parenting courses, a career to support her family, and housing with a high level of safety for her and her children. A man suffering from an addiction brought on by prescription of pain pills will need attentive primary care, introspective addiction counseling, and regular accountability from a sobriety community.
These specifics are what you are investing in. The stories here might all be different, but you are giving them the same hope. A new re-write to their stories. You are allowing the light of Christ to shine in their lives, many for the first time ever, and teaching them that they don’t need to find themselves at the bottom of a bottle or pill jar or smoke vapor, they don’t need to cope with abuse, they don’t deserve to live in a tent, and so much more.
On behalf of all the stories that just got better, thank you.
Blessings,
The Western Carolina Rescue Ministries Team
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