Helping Young Women Turn Their Lives Around

" You so why is it free. You know. It's free for two reasons well well what race and that's what got put on my heart he showed me that these girls a lot of them have been so abused and so landed. And even been through treatment program swear by saying we love you we want to help you but its citizens insurance front Saturday campaigning or bike bike but I put them out and they're still assignment. So trust is a major issue that need to trust that that our heart that our motives are pure we're not trying to make money off their problem but also the majority of girls that come to us. For help. Would not be able to pay. So. What the -- about that I was 26 years later. We have over a thousand young ladies -- partners with us to talk about pay it forward you know there. Gloves are turning around and and and their husbands are supporting us that they don't want to be made after I graduate mercy and so their families -- grandparents aunts and locals people from their their churches you know see the change and that's really cool so."

" And and that's what -- in people cause you know anybody's giving we're going to show wrongdoing deny. Given his liking meals for money -- want to see some bang for your book you'll see some results."

" Absolutely not I would encourage people to look into what they give to because if that's not change our lives and what supported but this is actually transforming lives and not only are we. See girls you know they stay with us an average of six months it costs. A lot of money but it's worth every bit of that we just stuff we've had so many people that have invested. In this next generation coming up because they say the lots transformed and we just in fact opened a brand new. Forty bed facility near Sacramento so that's another place where we have to have a huge staff and but it's making -- difference in lives and it's affecting not only that young lady but her family her future of children and a we we actually had a number of girls of graduate from college shouldn't and now and all the homes. In this country and other countries girl sort of come back to be apart our staff actually."

" What's amazing me is how far they com. Who you know in a fairly short period of time really because we're going to deal with somebody who has a mild. Case of the flu if I mean we're there was someone who's been crushed -- through every possible. Card in the deck a life was stacked against them. They've been they've been literally pounded. And their spirits are just destroyed. I mean are emotional and a wreck psychologically a wreck financially Iraq. And how far they come in six months is pretty amazing to me a couple of examples we saw a couple in this package but talk about a couple of other ones."

" Well you know we're not only equipment spiritually but also we're equip them with what you take to even leisure and Beijing you don't like the stuff that was your your dvds and so we're trying to equip them every area but. One young lady. Actually can the TARP program about twelve years ago and she was living on the streets have been sexually abused. Had been -- blew it and she ran from another state and ended up on the streets of Nashville. Nor -- I went to the rescue mission for help. They did some medical tests on -- found out she has like we're treating her and discovered she was pregnant so I called us and said the show like he does not belong here she has no support no family. She actually came into the program. And she gave birth to her child we actually have a along with working with the eating disorders you know and all the other issues. Addictions and and -- and and all those things we actually have an. An adoption agency for girls who wanted to place him for girls who want to parent will help prepare famine. She she cried about it really felt like she was a surprise for adoption. So she goes through the program and it and she fulfills a couple strain that could have a child. And -- us that I just really felt like god lived on May just say that you know Venus what is your drink. She said my dream is to graduate from college -- never. No in my family has ever. Done that it's so we actually were able to get a scholarship money together -- go to school. She graduated from college she end up coming back and working on our staff and she is. As far as all the girls she's probably one of our most faithful -- of the graduates of program given must play and just happy full of joy it's just unbelievable and gotten steadily. Kill her heart."

" It's pretty amazing to complete turnaround episodes it's like human life salvaged. Is really what it comes down to and you know this is an amazing thing is is there's not a program. I mean there's not some kind of system where some bureaucrats sounds off on something that causes that kind of thing happen. It's people getting involved like you where you've had displayed on your -- and you took -- around -- and you run hard for a lot of years on watchers schedule it's as bad as mine. You get the airline miles up -- yeah and and you know running a staffs -- staffs and multiple cities around. And really it's a full time job keeping the money flowing in to make sure that all these folks the staff is there -- that he bill is paid in. The food is on the table form you know it is running a non profit is being paid strengthening you know I don't you. That's a real part of it but it's not draining in the sense that that you get to watch these lives -- about time we get tired I'll get is made between us right."

" That's that's that inspires me every guy and like us that we had you know one of the young ladies of Ericsson aren't -- department. Actually you know kind of -- her life was so broken and then she. Get to live together goes back and -- a college degree and now she's on the phone with girls who call them every day and and it's the thing that keeps us going and you know. We need talk about investment. You want to invest in something that's going to pay great dividends and I can't think of any greater dividend than a changed heart and a change life."

" How can folks involved tourism ministry after watching a church and individual somebody wants to get involved and help how they do that well what."

" people need to understand this week we do not get taken government funding at all because we need the freedom to share about the message of new beginnings. And that the Christian message you know where they can have the shame and guilt and condemnation lifted and so. People can go to our website mercy ministries dot com or mercy ministries dot org. We were 70% of our support comes from individuals who decide to become monthly partners with us but also civic groups sought charges. Businesses support us you've been what a great supporter or not this will fight you for that."

" One thank you. We're honored to partner with futures real stuff I really really is changing lodge with mercy ministries dot org or mercy ministries dot com right on both -- up -- good girl good job. All right folks what we're doing is we're giving an example of some people around America around the world. That are changing lives Nancy certainly want to have mercy ministries is a great example of that. Nancy good to have you pick at -- event like this so."