Giving Day - Freedom House Van
Tax deductible
Today is giving day!
In fact, the whole month of December is giving day at Face of Justice.
Over this month we will be sharing all the exciting new things happening here in Costa Rica with the Freedom House and our other ministries.
The Freedom House girls need a van. We have outgrown the one we have.
The following is a message from our director:
I am Elizabeth Gilroy. I am a daughter of God Almighty, Creator of the universe and all we know and see. I have been called unto his purposes. He has heard the cry of the orphan and is calling His children to rescue them from slavery. His heart of Justice seeks to right the wrong brought upon vulnerable populations by those stronger and more powerful than they.
I am an abolitionist. I have been called to defend, protect, love and heal the victims of what we call today modern day slavery.
For the past 9 years I have lived in a small country, situated in a small region of the world operating a small organization with a small group of passionate people doing very big things. Though mostly unknown we are engaging frontline a very known enemy. Our random acts of love and kindness are strategic and premeditated, born out of our faith in Jesus Christ, our compassion for mankind and our passion for Justice.
We believe Hope is tenacious as it seeks out those who cannot see a future and do not believe they are lovable in the darkest, ugliest, most forsaken places on earth.
We join the songwriter King David as he cried out...Lord, you know the hope of the helpless. Surely you will hear their cries and comfort them. You will bring Justice to the orphans and the oppressed, so merer people can terrify them no more.
For we know that like Daniel, the interpreter of dreams, that God reveals deep and mysterious thing and He knows what lies hidden in the darkness though He is surrounded by light.
Human trafficking is perhaps the cruelest and darkest evil of our day. Governments and military forces seek to subdue it, without success.
What is human trafficking exactly? What does it look like? This I know.
Human trafficking is not pretty.
It is not vogue.
It is not a cool conference to attend over the weekend.
It is not an impressive collective walk through a city.
It is not a big red X on the back of your hand.
It is not a political agenda to push.
It is not a stylish t-shirt to wear.
It is not even a nice tidy law that has been broken.
It is….
- picking up the broken pieces of a precious life that may be forever be crippled by trauma.
- Scars on arm and legs from cutting that brings relief from crushing emotional pain.
- The caregiver holding a teenage girl as she relives being raped by her father at the age of 3 then sold to men in the coffee fields down the street from her childhood home.
- The 15-year-old girl who does not know how to read yet because the only time her mother paid her any attention was to throw her in her bedroom when the men came to the front door of their home.
- Small boys on fishing boats in the Indonesian seas.
- Fathers and mothers working off a debt in a brick factory with no relief.
- 14-year-old boy turned trans, confusing love and acceptance for sex bought by gringo men bearing full pockets but empty souls.
So with this great adversary in our backyards, roaming our neighborhoods, invading our cities, mocking our borders, and out-smarting our nations, we must ask ourselves “What can we do, small us, against such a darkness as this?”
One of my favorite authors said it best through one of his most beloved characters Gandalf the Gray.
“Some believe it is only great power that can hold evil in check, but that is not what I have found. It is the small everyday deeds of ordinary folk that keep the darkness at bay, small acts of kindness and love.”
Our work in Costa Rica is founded on this truth.
We work with men, women and children that have fallen prey to human trafficking and the demoralizing and dehumanizing practice of prostitution. We go into the darkest parts of the city of San Jose and into communities throughout the country, bringing light and hope to those who believe no one is hearing their cries.
In fact, the whole month of December is giving day at Face of Justice.
Over this month we will be sharing all the exciting new things happening here in Costa Rica with the Freedom House and our other ministries.
The Freedom House girls need a van. We have outgrown the one we have.
The following is a message from our director:
I am Elizabeth Gilroy. I am a daughter of God Almighty, Creator of the universe and all we know and see. I have been called unto his purposes. He has heard the cry of the orphan and is calling His children to rescue them from slavery. His heart of Justice seeks to right the wrong brought upon vulnerable populations by those stronger and more powerful than they.
I am an abolitionist. I have been called to defend, protect, love and heal the victims of what we call today modern day slavery.
For the past 9 years I have lived in a small country, situated in a small region of the world operating a small organization with a small group of passionate people doing very big things. Though mostly unknown we are engaging frontline a very known enemy. Our random acts of love and kindness are strategic and premeditated, born out of our faith in Jesus Christ, our compassion for mankind and our passion for Justice.
We believe Hope is tenacious as it seeks out those who cannot see a future and do not believe they are lovable in the darkest, ugliest, most forsaken places on earth.
We join the songwriter King David as he cried out...Lord, you know the hope of the helpless. Surely you will hear their cries and comfort them. You will bring Justice to the orphans and the oppressed, so merer people can terrify them no more.
For we know that like Daniel, the interpreter of dreams, that God reveals deep and mysterious thing and He knows what lies hidden in the darkness though He is surrounded by light.
Human trafficking is perhaps the cruelest and darkest evil of our day. Governments and military forces seek to subdue it, without success.
What is human trafficking exactly? What does it look like? This I know.
Human trafficking is not pretty.
It is not vogue.
It is not a cool conference to attend over the weekend.
It is not an impressive collective walk through a city.
It is not a big red X on the back of your hand.
It is not a political agenda to push.
It is not a stylish t-shirt to wear.
It is not even a nice tidy law that has been broken.
It is….
- picking up the broken pieces of a precious life that may be forever be crippled by trauma.
- Scars on arm and legs from cutting that brings relief from crushing emotional pain.
- The caregiver holding a teenage girl as she relives being raped by her father at the age of 3 then sold to men in the coffee fields down the street from her childhood home.
- The 15-year-old girl who does not know how to read yet because the only time her mother paid her any attention was to throw her in her bedroom when the men came to the front door of their home.
- Small boys on fishing boats in the Indonesian seas.
- Fathers and mothers working off a debt in a brick factory with no relief.
- 14-year-old boy turned trans, confusing love and acceptance for sex bought by gringo men bearing full pockets but empty souls.
So with this great adversary in our backyards, roaming our neighborhoods, invading our cities, mocking our borders, and out-smarting our nations, we must ask ourselves “What can we do, small us, against such a darkness as this?”
One of my favorite authors said it best through one of his most beloved characters Gandalf the Gray.
“Some believe it is only great power that can hold evil in check, but that is not what I have found. It is the small everyday deeds of ordinary folk that keep the darkness at bay, small acts of kindness and love.”
Our work in Costa Rica is founded on this truth.
We work with men, women and children that have fallen prey to human trafficking and the demoralizing and dehumanizing practice of prostitution. We go into the darkest parts of the city of San Jose and into communities throughout the country, bringing light and hope to those who believe no one is hearing their cries.
Organizer
Elizabeth Reisdorph Gilroy
Organizer
Lopez Island, WA
Lopez Island Community Church
Registered nonprofit
Donations are typically 100% tax deductible in the US.
