The Heart of the Generous

I'm trying to figure out how to write this post but I'm at a loss. So maybe I'll just write and you'll have to forgive me for not being more 'on'.

I just got off the phone with a woman who has an etsy shop. She's had it for years but only recently has it begun to take off. She has been donating a portion of her earnings to a local camp but yesterday starting thinking about Open Hand and what we are trying to accomplish in providing loans to woman so they can take care of themselves and their children. She said to me that since she has been blessed with her etsy shop and she is a woman entrepreneur that she can't help but want to make a difference in the life of a woman in Haiti. She told me she usually gives at the end of each year but she feels she wants to give right now. Not to wait. She says, "well... it's not much. It's only $100 right now." Que my silent tears b.c that is exactly how much we are anticipating one loan is going to cost in Haiti. And that one loan is going to impact immediately on average, 5 people and once the loan gets paid back another 5 and another..... and you get the idea :)

And this is exactly what we need. We need people who are generous, who hear what we are doing and want to jump in and help us make a difference. So thank you, generous giver. Your donation is going to change hundreds of lives.

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