Giving Tuesday: New Hope Collaboration
I have been thinking a lot about this wonderful platform God has given me through Creative Faith to share and encourage women in their walks with the Lord. One thing He has placed on my heart recently is to use Creative Faith to not just share about Bible journaling. God put it on my heart to share about other things that really matter to Him. He cares about those afflicted, those who need HOPE, those who need love. God calls us to serve those around us and show His love to those who need it. Giving Tuesday is a wonderful time to specially highlight a group that is making a difference in the Dominican Republic. It’s a group pouring into the lives of girls and women, giving them HOPE when there was none.
My Connection
Joy, me, and Rosa when I visited September 2016
Back in 2014 I hopped on an airplane after graduating college and headed to the Dominican Republic. Through circumstances only God could orchestrate, I signed up to home school three middle school boys. Two families came together to hire me to teach their children. One of the families is a Dominican family, while the other family is a missionary family in the Dominican Republic.
The missionary family started an organization called New Hope, with the goal of creating a refuge and restoring the lives of girls in the Dominican Republic. As I was living there, I got many opportunities to go to New Hope and visit.
I would bring games and crafts to do with the girls. One day our home school group got to go paint the building that would become the new home for the girls. I’ve had the opportunity to even teach Bible journaling classes to the girls.
Their stories broke my hearts. Several of my friends worked at New Hope and we would spend hours praying over the girls and the caretakers. My heart broke for their home lives; oftentimes their own families putting them in unsafe situations in order to earn money. I saw light and love in the middle of darkness through serving with New Hope.
As I began to pray about Giving Tuesday and what God wanted me to do to use Creative Faith to serve Him more, He very clearly put New Hope on my heart. I am excited to introduce you all to New Hope and the girls and their stories.
Learn More
I will be interviewing Joy Reyes, my old boss, and the founder of New Hope on Tuesday, November 27th at 5:00 pm PST, 8:00 pm EST on Instagram live. We are going to be talking about how New Hope got started, hear some amazing stories of God’s faithfulness and where He has brought them now.
I will have a fun giveaway during the Instagram live, as well as a giveaway happening over on my Instagram feed HERE.
Find New Hope on their website HERE.
Find New Hope on Facebook HERE.
Find New Hope on Instagram HERE.
Shop New Hope bags and products HERE. (My personal favorites are the clutches, which you can find HERE, and the pencil pouches which you can find HERE.)
Bible Journaling Freebie
As I was praying over this collaboration, I thought a fun FREEBIE was in order to celebrate all God is doing in and through New Hope. I wanted to give you all a space to journal prayers for New Hope, and I included a verse card with their key scripture: 1 Peter 2:9
For you are a chosen people.
You are royal priests, a holy
nation, God’s very own possession.
As a result, you can show others
the goodness of God, for He called
you out of the darkness into
His wonderful light.
1 Peter 2:9
Download the freebie HERE.
I cannot wait to see what God is going to do as I share more about New Hope with you all. I urge you to think about how you can support either New Hope or another ministry on Giving Tuesday. Please write a prayer in the comments below for Joy and her family and all they are doing in and through New Hope.