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Wonderful right?
Showing posts with label campaign 1:17. Show all posts
Showing posts with label campaign 1:17. Show all posts
Wednesday, April 2, 2014
Wednesday, March 26, 2014
BREAKING NEWS FROM IJM (International Justice Mission): NAIROBI KENYA
Late last week, these innocent men were set free from a Nairobi prison.
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The young men—Anthony and Silas—had been living a nightmare for more than two years. They were languishing in a high-security prison, on trial for a violent robbery they never committed. Their only connection to the crime was the fact that they worked nearby. That’s it.
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Terrified in jail, Anthony heard about an IJM lawyer from another prisoner. When we heard his story, we knew that he and Silas were innocent. And though the truth seemed so clear, we knew we had a fight ahead of us.
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That fight for the truth ended last week, two years after we began. Anthony’s parents were in the room when the judge declared both men innocent.
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Silence filled the tiny room, as everyone tried to find words to express their joy and relief. Anthony’s father spoke first: “Today, you have returned my son.” {source}
What an amazing story of freedom! I am so glad to share this with you! May there be even more stories like this in the future. Read more here.
Blessings,
Grace
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Wednesday, March 12, 2014
'Braiduary' Total!!!
The complete total that was raised during Braiding for Freedom is...
263.50
Isn't that awesome? Through the support of friends, family and our Lord Jesus Christ, all of the 'Braiduary girls' {Grace [14], Sara [7], Izzy [15], Samantha, Savannah [14], Sophie [11], and Sadie [7]} were able to raise so much more than any of us could have done on our own. Please don't forget Campaign 1:17 in your prayers, and also remember to pray for those in bonds.
Though the braiding is over, it's not to late to give.
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| Show up on time. |
Thursday, February 27, 2014
END IT MOVEMENT: Shine a Light on Slavery Day
Today is Shine a Light on Slavery Day, organized by End It Movement, and to raise awareness my family and I drew red X's on our hands.
See my previous post to learn more:
Me, Grace (14 yrs.)
SLAVERY STILL EXIST.
Sara, (7 yrs.)
END IT!
My little sister, Holly's (3 yrs.) hand. :)
No mater how small you are, you can still make a difference.
Josh (9 yrs.)
SHINE A LIGHT ON SLAVERY.
Hope (5 yrs.)
WE NEED TO FIGHT FOR FREEDOM... TODAY!
Pray for those in bonds.
"Every minute two children are sold into slavery."
END IT.
Friday, January 24, 2014
Braiding for Freedom - January 24th
Braids for the twenty-fourth!!!
Tauriel hair
Star hairstyle :)
(I even dressed up in the Tauriel costume I made because I did this hair style... I'm such a geek...)
Okay, so I'm gonna be a little nerdy today and do some comparing of "The Hobbit" to the real world. In the new movie The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, the elves are fierce fighters who protect their lands and the forest from evil things; but sometimes they are blind to the evil, just as we are sometimes blind to ways that we need to be helping the people who need it most. Just as the elves protect their land and people, we need to protect the "least of these" and, if we can, help them receive justice. Please read the story of Nasimiyu below:
But, on this day, a man who worked at the school as a guard saw the little girl waiting alone. He sent her to collect something from a storage closet, then followed her inside, locked the door and raped her. After the attack, he disappeared from town.
After this Nasimiyu's family was devastated, for they had no where else to turn.
But IJM proved that justice is possible.
For more than a year, IJM attorneys stood up for Nasimiyu in court and supported the state prosecutor in the case against her attacker. IJM social workers supported her family and made sure the little girl was offered all the support she needed to heal from the abuse. They also helped her prepare to share the truth about what happened in court.
On January 16, 2014, the judge found the man who assaulted Nasimiyu guilty and sentenced him to 20 years in prison.
Nasimiyu, now 11 years old, is studying safely at a boarding school with lots of support from her parents. Read the whole story here.
IJM has helped Nasimiyu receive justice. But there are still many others trapped in the grip of injustice.
Children need a defender. Will you stand up for them?
We are braiding our hair differently every day in January to raise funds and awareness of modern-day slavery.
Want to join us?
Go here to read more about 'a month of braids'. Sponsor and pray! Donate to Campaign 1:17. [sponsoring amount ideas: fifty cents a braid, one dollar a braid, etc...] Donate here. Then, pray for us this month so we can continue to stay strong in our challenge and continue to stand with those who stand alone. You can also see all the 'freedom braids' on Pinterest."When did we let evil become stronger than us?"
-Tauriel, (The Hobbit: The desolation of Smaug)
Something to ponder...
-Blessings-
Grace
Thursday, January 23, 2014
Braiding for Freedom - January 23rd
Braids for the twenty-third!!!
Elsa's and Anna's coronation hairstyles from Disney's Frozen.
Elsa's...
...and Anna's. : )
We are braiding our hair differently every day in January to raise funds and awareness of modern-day slavery.
Want to join the fun?
Go here to read more about 'a month of braids'. Please sponsor and pray! Donate to Campaign 1:17. [sponsoring amount ideas: fifty cents a braid, one dollar a braid, etc...] Donate here. Then, pray for us this month so we can continue to stay strong in our challenge and continue to stand with those who stand alone. You can also see all the 'freedom braids' on Pinterest.Braiding for Freedom - January 22nd
January twenty-second's braids!!!
Left: French four stranded braid. Right: Side braid ponytail.
We are braiding our hair differently every day in January to raise funds and awareness of modern-day slavery.
Want to join the fun?
Go here to read more about 'a month of braids'. Sponsor and pray! Donate to Campaign 1:17. [sponsoring amount ideas: fifty cents a braid, one dollar a braid, etc...] Donate here. Then, pray for us this month so we can continue to stay strong in our challenge and continue to stand with those who stand alone. You can also see all the 'freedom braids' on Pinterest.Braiding for Freedom - January 21st
Braids for the twenty-first!!!!
Tauriel's hair from the Hobbit
Elven hairstyle
Hello there! Sorry I haven't posted in a while! The past few days have been pretty busy around my house. : ) (But I have been at least been taking pictures of our braids everyday.) Keep an eye out today for the braids you haven't seen yet!
January is Human Trafficking awareness month. Join us this month and raise awareness and funds to help fight modern-day slavery.
:Helpful Ideas:
-Sponsor and pray! Donate to Campaign 1:17. [sponsoring amount ideas: fifty cents a braid, one dollar a braid, etc...] Donate here. Then, pray for us this month so we can continue to stay strong in our challenge and continue to stand with those who stand alone. Go here to read more about 'a month of braids'.
-You can also see all the 'freedom braids' on Pinterest
Monday, January 20, 2014
Braiding for Freedom - January 20th
Here are the braids for January twentieth!!!
(Three waterfall braids)
(Braided updo)
Here is a picture of the sunset at our house... so beautiful... :)
We are braiding our hair every day for girls and boys like us, who are trapped in modern-day slavery.
Join us.
In the words of Dr. King, “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, help keep kids safe in Guatemala.
January is Human Trafficking awareness month. Join us this month and raise awareness and funds to help fight modern-day slavery.
Don't miss a single braid!
January 1st, January 2nd, January 3rd, January 4th, January 5th, January 6th, January 7th, January 8th, January 9th, January 10th, January 11th, January 12th, January 13th, January 14th., January 15th, January 16th, January 17th, January 18th, January 19th.
Braiding for Freedom - January 19th
January nineteenth!!!
(From left to right: Sara, Grace, Savannah, Sophie, and Sadie. Izzy and Sam not pictured.)
Braiding our hair to bring awareness of modern-day slavery, and to stand up for those who have no voice, those who desperately need a defender.
Some girls can come safely home from church. But not Griselda. Why not? Here is her story.
Griselda was 13 years old when this happened to her, I am 13 and I can't even imagine how she felt. But thanks to the support of people like you, IJM was able to stand up for Griselda and help her in the fight for justice. Then they were able to give her the aftercare she needed and now she is able to live without fear. Thank you so much to those of you who have already given!
We are braiding our hair differently every day for girls like us.
Join us.
January is Human Trafficking awareness month. Join us this month and raise awareness and funds to help fight modern-day slavery.
Don't miss a single braid!
January 1st, January 2nd, January 3rd, January 4th, January 5th, January 6th, January 7th, January 8th, January 9th, January 10th, January 11th, January 12th, January 13th, January 14th., January 15th, January 16th, January 17th, January 18th.
Saturday, January 18, 2014
Braiding for Freedom - January 17th
(Elven hairstyle)
(single braid)
We are braiding our hair every day for girls and boys like us, who are trapped in modern-day slavery.
Join us.
January is Human Trafficking awareness month. Join us this month and raise awareness and funds to help fight modern-day slavery.
Don't miss a single braid!
The answer to yesterdays braid count is...
*drumroll please*
Seventy braids!!!
See the picture and read the post here, also see the picture here.
Braiding for Freedom - January 18th
Braids for the eighteenth!
(Crown braid with bun)
(Three French braids put into one)
CHENNAI, INDIA – In the last weeks of 2013, rescue finally came to families who had been forced to live and work as slaves for up to three years chopping trees. Children as young as eight years old were forced to work alongside their parents, and one child said they were not only barred them from going to school, but beaten by the owner if they even asked.
The families said that the man who owned the wood-cutting operation—and controlled their entire lives—leased plots of land that they would clear, chopping and collecting wood that would be sold to local factories and small businesses as firewood for boilers. They moved from site to site frequently. Sometimes there was a shed where they could store their belongings, but they often slept outside in the same forests where they worked, with no defense from the elements, snakes or other wild animals. It took about a week of exhausting physical labor to fill one truck with the minimum load—about ten tons of wood.
IJM was able to bring rescue to the families who were working at this abusive wood-cutting operation, you can read the whole story of the rescue here.
January is Human Trafficking awareness month. Join us this month and raise awareness and funds to help fight modern-day slavery.
Don't miss a single braid!
Monday, January 13, 2014
Braiding for Fredom - January 12th
Today I am posting a picture of the young ladies who are Braiding for Freedom!
My family and I were finally able to go to church on Sunday. :) (It has been snowing quite a lot where I live so we haven't been able to get out much. I was very excited that the snow was finally melting so we could go listen to a great service and spend time with our church family.)
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| Top row left to right: Sophie, Savannah, Grace, Izzy. (And Sam. Not pictured) Bottom row left to right: Sadie, Sara. |
We are fighting slavery together. I'm so glad that I have such wonderful sisters in Christ!
Slavery is real. And it's wrong. But if we fight together, it can and will end.
- Braid your hair differently everyday for freedom! Go here to read more about 'a month of braids'. Then comment below and leave a link to where you'll be posting your braids so I can see them too!
- Sponsor and pray! Donate to Campaign 1:17. [sponsoring amount ideas: fifty cents a braid, one dollar a braid, etc...] Donate here. Then, pray for us this month so we can continue to stay strong in our challenge and continue to stand with those who stand alone.
- You can also see all the 'freedom braids' on Pinterest
Braiding for Freedom - January 11th
Braid number eleven!
Elf hair... (again. :)
January is Human Trafficking awareness month. Join us this month and raise awareness and funds to help fight modern-day slavery.
It's not to late to join the fun!
- Braid your hair differently everyday for freedom! Go here to read more about 'a month of braids'. Then comment below and leave a link to where you'll be posting your braids so I can see them too!
- Sponsor and pray! Donate to Campaign 1:17. [sponsoring amount ideas: fifty cents a braid, one dollar a braid, etc...] Donate here. Then, pray for us this month so we can continue to stay strong in our challenge and continue to stand with those who stand alone.
- You can also see all the 'freedom braids' on Pinterest
Friday, January 10, 2014
Braiding for Freedom - January 10th
Braiding for freedom!
January is Human Trafficking awareness month. Join us this month and raise awareness and funds to help fight modern-day slavery.
It's not to late to join the fun!
- Braid your hair differently everyday for freedom! Go here to read more about 'a month of braids'. Then comment below and leave a link to where you'll be posting your braids so I can see them too!
- Sponsor and pray! Donate to Campaign 1:17. [sponsoring amount ideas: fifty cents a braid, one dollar a braid, etc...] Donate here. Then, pray for us this month so we can continue to stay strong in our challenge and continue to stand with those who stand alone.
- You can also see all the 'freedom braids' on Pinterest
Tuesday, January 7, 2014
Braiding for Freedom - January 7th
Braided hairstyle number seven!
{elven braids}
Guess what?!?! My sisters have decided to braid for freedom too!
I'm so excited!!! Aren't they cute!
"But let justice roll on like a river, righteousness like a never failing stream."
Amos 5:24
We are braiding our hair differently every day this month to raise funds and awareness of modern-day slavery.
It's not to late to join the fun!
- Braid your hair differently everyday for freedom! Go here to read more about 'a month of braids'. Then comment below and leave a link to where you'll be posting your braids so I can see them too!
- Sponsor and pray! Donate to Campaign 1:17. [sponsoring amount ideas: fifty cents a braid, one dollar a braid, etc...] Donate here. Then, pray for us this month so we can continue to stay strong in our challenge and continue stand with those who stand alone.
- You can also see all the braids on Pinterest!
Sunday, January 5, 2014
Braiding for Freedom - January 5th
Braid number five!!!
"Learn to do well, seek justice, rescue the oppressed,
defend the fatherless, and plead for the widow."
Isaiah 1:17
"Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this,
To visit the fatherless and the widows in their affliction,
and to keep himself unspotted from the world."
James 1:27
[I must admit this style was a little harder than I thought it would be, but it was still fun to do!]
I am braiding my hair differently every day during the month of January to raise funds and awareness of modern-day slavery.
31 braids for 27 million in chains
Want to join the fun?
- Braid your hair differently everyday with me! Go here to read more about 'month of braids'. Then comment below and leave a link to where you'll be posting your braids so I can see them too!
- Sponsor and pray! Donate to Campaign 1:17 to support me, [sponsoring amount ideas: fifty cents a braid, one dollar a braid, etc...] Donate here. Then, pray for me this month so I can continue to stay strong in my challenge and continue stand with those who stand alone.
- You can also see all of my braids on Pinterest!
{ Thanks to Sam, Savannah, Sophie, and Sadie for standing with me this month and braiding for freedom! }
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