Be part of saving lives and rescuing young people in crisis!
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Dear Not the Bee Reader,
You probably know someone who's struggling right now — more and more people do.
Depression, anxiety, abuse, loneliness, suicide ... they're all on the rise.
Teens and young adults especially are on the brink —- A tragically high percentage of them are suicidal. Suffering. Severely depressed.
- Suicide is the leading cause of death among America's youth.
- A third of all teen girls in America have seriously considered suicide.
- Students and young adults are struggling more now than in prior generations.
- Teen suicide and anxiety has been declared a national health crisis.
For them, I invite you to give a gift today that topples every stronghold of despair to reveal a brighter future ... the life-saving gift of God's transforming love!
Founded by the late Dawson McAllister, TheHopeLine has been effectively ministering the hope of Jesus Christ to troubled 13- to 29-year-olds for 33 years. We are the only Christian-based 24/7 crisis chat line in the nation. We are gospel-focused and are not funded by the government.
Our Hope Coaches are highly trained, deeply committed individuals who respond to every type of crisis imaginable ...- Suicide
- Abuse
- Addiction
- Loneliness
- Fear
- Self-mutilation
- And so much more
... and share the life-changing hope of Christ.
Last year alone, TheHopeLine took 20,350 chats — up dramatically, more than double, from the prior year.
2,325 of these were suicide interventions.
But tragically there were more than 11,000 chats that went unanswered.
1,100 of them were likely suicide-related.
Each one of these chats matters. They're not just a number — but a real person, facing a real crisis ... a real life in need of rescue and restoration!
It happened for a teen I'll call Liana (not her real name) ...
"I was just a kid trying to survive," as she puts it. Her parents didn't seem to care much about her. "We barely saw each other, even while we all lived in the same house."
Liana went to a party. Didn't like it. Started walking home. Two men jumped her. She can still remember the cold ground under her. And the men's snide laughter.
Her parents were so tuned out, they never noticed the black eye, the busted lip, the cuts and bruises. At school, Liana made up a story.
She never told the truth to a single soul. She retreated into herself. Into depression. Into heavy drugs. And she began wrestling with the urge to kill herself.
But then, by the grace of God, and through the support of friends like you — Liana found TheHopeLine.com. She reached out to us online — nervously, skeptically at first — and that chat conversation rescued her.
Our highly trained Hope Coach listened, and asked gentle questions, and offered amazingly good news: There is a God. He loves you. He can heal you.
"You're serious about all this," Liana typed, "that God would want anything to do with me?...Even with all the mistakes I've made? With the scars and track marks?"
"As you are," the Hope Coach replied. "You don't have to fix yourself up to come to Him. He loves the 'right now' version of you."
Liana gave herself completely to Jesus Christ that night.
By God's grace, friends like you rescued Liana from Satan's deceptions.
This is the kind of impact you can make today as you stand with us: reaching and rescuing young people like Liana from suicide and restoring their lives through Christ.
Just $28 from you right now will reach 15 students and young adults via TheHopeLine. $56 reaches 30. $112 will reach 60.
How many young people can you impact today?
Today, you can meet the urgent need to reach them — answer more chats, save more lives ... share the transforming love of God with a young person on the brink.
And as you give, you can take great joy in knowing you have made an eternal difference, by God's transforming power, in the life of someone who is struggling.
Thank you in advance for what you can do today. May God richly bless you for sharing Jesus with young people in crisis!
Gratefully yours,
Tim Altman
President and CEO
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