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Volunteer Friends Experience Healing While Helping
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| Volume 5, Number 29 |
OCTOBER 4, 2011
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 See, I am doing a new thing!
(Isaiah 43:19)
One-quarter of American adults have volunteered some of their free time to help a nonprofit.
 When asked, volunteers offer several reasons for giving their time to a cause: they want to make a positive difference, try new things, meet people, share their knowledge and experiences, and feel needed.
At Birthmothers, God works through volunteers in another powerful way. Being a Friend transforms volunteers and heals past hurts they’ve experienced while they help someone else. Many volunteer Friends have themselves experienced an unplanned pregnancy, abortion, infertility, or adoption. In training to become a Friend and in walking with a woman or man who faces an unplanned pregnancy they find closure and peace. “I am learning to forgive myself,” one volunteer Friend said at a recent training session.
Rather than being merely transactional (providing services to those facing an unplanned pregnancy), being a volunteer Friend is transformational for both the volunteer and the one served.
Those serving as a Friend, as well as those who faced an unplanned pregnancy, find new life and hope, too.
 Lord of life,
Work in the hearts and minds of volunteer Friends to find healing as they serve women and men who face an unplanned pregnancy.
In Jesus’ name, Amen.
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For God to raise up more Birthmother Friends
Learn more about becoming a volunteer Birthmothers Friend when you attend Friends Certification Training on October 12 & 19, 2011 at the Birthmothers office.
Nearly half (49%) of America’s volunteers invest their time in either faith-based organization or social services.
Your tax-deductible gift helps us walk one-on-one with more women and men who face an unplanned pregnancy. Donate here .
Please forward Friends4Life to people who care about women, children and families.
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© 2011 Birthmother Ministries, Inc.
Birthmothers® A Friend Loves At All Times™
Our mission: we spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ by offering unconditional, one-on-one support and life-affirming, adoption-informing resources to any woman who faces an unplanned pregnancy.
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Our Toll-free helpline: 1-(877) 77-BIRTH | 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
Please encourage pregnant women, their partners and their families to visit www.birthmothers.org for support and information.
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