Must we help the whole world? YES!

Many of you know that the clothes we collect that we cannot use are now sold at poundage and sent to third world countries around the globe. This includes clothing that is out of season, stained or overstock. I was telling a friend about this new part of our program, excited at the chance to generate some funding for us while helping others. She looked at me, tilted her head and asked me the following:

"Gayle, do you have to help the whole world?"

Without hesitating I answered "Yes." To which she replied "Good!", gave me a bear hug and then went home to clean out her closets.

I laughed but it got me to thinking... When I started to realize all the ways we help I was very humbled.

We have the online support groups for survivors, family and partners and spouses of survivors. Via the internet we reach globally. Survivors often turn to us because of a lack of local services. This seems to be just as true for the person in their living room in Australia or South Africa as it is for the person down the street from the office. As of this writing, there are over 3000 members in just one of our Yahoo Groups.

But we've also been written about in international publications. The latest has been The Flyer which is distributed globally by the United Methodist Church via the Commission on the Status and Role of Women (COSROW for short.) This offers hope to victims everywhere that it is possible to heal and to overcome. Mostly, if offers the reinforcement that no matter what is done to you God will not abandon you.

One of my books, Does God Still Love Me? is also available globally via Amazon.Com, Lulu.Com and other bookstores. It offers many of the most frequently asked questions by survivors.

And now, Hope for Healing.Org has the opportunity to reach worldwide through clothing efforts. We take the clothing that is donated to us and sort it. We keep all we can use. What we can't is sold for distribution as outlined above. Some of it goes to missions and some is eventually resold at a profit for the reseller. It all helps.

Thinking of this makes me wonder...

Years ago, before I even knew who he was I adopted a motto from John Wesley to "do all the good I can for all I can as I can".

It makes me wonder what we could all accomplish if we tried to live by that. I'd love to see us try!