{"id":91,"date":"2009-12-29T11:28:59","date_gmt":"2009-12-29T11:28:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/redletters\/2009\/12\/a-way-to-change-a-life-before-the-end-of-the-year.html"},"modified":"2009-12-29T11:28:59","modified_gmt":"2009-12-29T11:28:59","slug":"a-way-to-change-a-life-before-the-end-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/redletters\/2009\/12\/a-way-to-change-a-life-before-the-end-of-the-year.html","title":{"rendered":"A Way to Change a Life Before the End of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;font: 13.0px Verdana\">I&#039;ve just received some amazing news.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;font: 16.0px Times\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;font: 13.0px Verdana\"><strong>A generous ministry partner has awarded HopeChest a $20,000 grant to stop sex trafficking in Russia and challenged us to match it by midnight, December 31. &#160;<span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;font-weight: normal;line-height: 15px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hopechestpartners.org\/russia.asp\">Click Here to Give<\/a> <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;font: 16.0px Times\">&#160;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;font: 13.0px Verdana\">Your gift supports programs that have rescued many girls from forced prostitution. These programs saved Katya, and may have saved her best friend Nadya. Sadly, Nadya&#039;s life ended while working as a prostitute at a truck stop. <span style=\"color: #2500cf\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hopechestpartners.org\/russia.asp\">Read more about their stories and make a gift today.<\/a><\/strong><\/span><a>&#160;<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;font: 13.0px Verdana\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;font: 16.0px Times\">&#160;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;font: 13.0px Verdana\">If we meet this challenge, we can release <strong>$40,000 <\/strong>to support programs that protect girls from forced prostitution in Russia.&#160;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;font: 16.0px Times\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;font: 16.0px Verdana\"><strong>Take the Challenge Today!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;font: 16.0px Times\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;font: 16.0px Times\">&#160;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;font: 13.0px Verdana\">Your gift supports our Ministry Centers, Family Centers, Independent Living Centers, and other specialized outreaches that <strong>protect <\/strong>orphans. Through caring relationships and proven program models, we can help <strong>transform<\/strong> them into beautiful and healthy young adults.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;font: 13.0px Verdana\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;font: 16.0px Times\">&#160;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;font: 13.0px Verdana\">When you give, you are helping stop sex trafficking in Russia before it starts. You&#039;re helping HopeChest stay <strong>ahead of the prostitution rings<\/strong> that are targeting vulnerable orphans.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;font: 16.0px Times\">&#160;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;font: 13.0px Verdana\">Imagine the horror of sex trafficking for a moment. A young girl leaves behind the rough orphanage life only to find herself tricked and trapped in sexual slavery&#8211;the worst of fates.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;font: 16.0px Times\">&#160;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;font: 16.0px Verdana\"><strong>Stop Sex Trafficking Before it Starts<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;font: 16.0px Times\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;font: 16.0px Times\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;font: 16.0px Times\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;font: 13.0px Verdana\">Our community centers and living programs in Russia offer not only a safe haven, but Christian role models to show the way. This network of people and places needs your support, and I urge you to help us meet this challenge and raise $40,000 for the children of Russia.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;font: 13.0px Verdana\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;font: 16.0px Times\">&#160;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;font: 13.0px Verdana\">We can create these pockets of light in the darkness. Together, we can take back what the enemy has slated for destruction. The future of many young girls is at stake. They need your help today.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;font: 16.0px Times\">&#160;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;font: 13.0px Verdana\">For the Fatherless,<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;font: 16.0px Times\">&#160;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;font: 16.0px Verdana\"><strong><em>Tom<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;font: 13.0px Verdana\">Tom Davis<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;font: 13.0px Verdana\">CEO, HopeChest<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;font: 16.0px Times\">&#160;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;font: 13.0px Verdana\">P.S. Please consider a gift to HopeChest to meet this year end challenge and raise $40,000 to prevent sex-trafficking in Russia. 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