Your chest hurts, your heart wants to explode. But, you know what that symbol means—you are headed in the right direction. There are people waiting who can help you.
Imagine a different scenario. You are sitting in your small home, your children playing on the floor close by. Your chest hurts. Your heart wants to explode. But, it’s not the physical pains that mean a heart attack is happening. It’s much deeper than that. It’s an ache inside your heart, a loneliness that will not pass, a pain that seems to grow bigger by the day. Last week, a woman came to the house and left a piece of paper. She said there is a God who can heal the deepest hurts inside our hearts. You listened, but you weren’t sure what to think. You pick up the paper. You wish you could remember everything the woman had said. But, reading the paper is beyond your reach. The symbols mean nothing. You cannot read them.
For over two hundred and fifty million women in Asia, that is reality. Put yourself in their place. You know you need help, know there is something more, but you cannot decipher the symbols that tell you the answers.
Celebrate World Literacy Day, September 8th by taking a moment to listen the story of what it meant to a woman in Asia when she finally learned to read, after a lifetime at staring at meaningless squiggles and symbols. You’ll find it at: http://www.gfa.org/women/over-250-million-women-in-asia-are-illiterate.
And, if you’d like to help start your own campaign to help more women in Asia learn to read, this site will show you how: https://www.mygfa.org/p/help-her-read.
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