{"id":2118,"date":"2011-12-20T10:37:24","date_gmt":"2011-12-20T15:37:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/redletters\/?p=2118"},"modified":"2011-12-20T10:37:24","modified_gmt":"2011-12-20T15:37:24","slug":"what-does-hope-look-like","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/redletters\/2011\/12\/what-does-hope-look-like.html","title":{"rendered":"What does hope look like?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I want you to meet three special girls: Zinhle from Swaziland, Sasha from Russia, and Tulsi from India. You can read more about their stories <a href=\"http:\/\/hopechest.org\/cts\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n<table style=\"text-align: center\" border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4383 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.hopechest.org\/2011\/12\/zinhle_email.jpg\" alt=\"zinhle_email\" width=\"200\" \/><\/td>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4382\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hopechest.org\/2011\/12\/sasha_email.jpg\" alt=\"sasha_email\" width=\"200\" \/><\/td>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4381\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hopechest.org\/2011\/12\/tulsi_email.jpg\" alt=\"tulsi_email\" width=\"200\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>For the past several months, we&#8217;ve shared the stories of these girls. With over 163 million orphans and vulnerable children in the world, it is sometimes easy to lose track of the individual faces and stories.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Worse, we can start to believe that the problem is so big, and we are so small, that our contributions don&#8217;t matter. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>They matter.<\/p>\n<p>They matter not just because I think they do. But because small gifts from people like you have actually changed lives forever. As we approach Christmas,<strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hopechest.org\/cts\/\">I invite you to read more about Zinhle, Sasha, and Tulsi. <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Each of these girls faced horrifying circumstances that no child should face.<\/p>\n<p><strong>But because someone like you decided to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">act<\/span> their lives are now changed forever.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hopechest.org\/cts\/\">Read more about Zinhle, Sasha, and Tulsi<\/a><\/strong>, and consider how you and your family can change a story with a gift this Christmas.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/secure3.convio.net\/chc\/site\/Donation2?1760.donation=form1&amp;idb=681204845&amp;df_id=1760\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/donate.hopechest.org\/images\/content\/pagebuilder\/870436716.orig.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"275\" height=\"70\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I want you to meet three special girls: Zinhle from Swaziland, Sasha from Russia, and Tulsi from India. 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