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“Gracia Burnham has eaten the bread of affliction through the kidnapping ordeal she endured with her late husband, Martin,” said Marli Spieker, Project Hannah Founder and Global Ministry Director. “But God does not waste our pain or our tears. He has turned Gracia’s into trophies of grace and glory.”

     You no doubt know of Gracia Burnham’s yearlong nightmare as a hostage in the Philippine jungle, and how her faith enabled her to endure that hardship and the loss of her husband. Sadly, millions of women around the world suffer unimaginable physical horrors and are ensnared in spiritual bondage. They struggle to reconcile their dreams with the seemingly unending hopelessness of their present reality, unable to see the grace beyond their tears because they do not know God’s love.

     When Gracia learned about Project Hannah, she wanted to help. After a speaking engagement in Boston, a woman asked Gracia how her prayer group could uplift her in prayer. Gracia replied that she had a burden for women whose worldview is shaped by a dominant religion. “I don’t know what to do about it,” she told the woman.

     “Have you heard of Project Hannah?” the woman asked Gracia, and then told her to look up the ministry on the Internet. Gracia did so. “[I read] about how you address heart issues as well as other issues that women would be interested in,” she said. “And you tell them about Jesus.” Intrigued, Gracia called TWR and asked about how her foundation could sponsor a year of broadcasts into the area where she was held hostage.

Project Hannah is a lifeline to countless women, and their testimonies echo Gracia’s own story—because of God’s grace and power, they can release their burdens and, regardless of their daily circumstances, soar on wings of hope. Of course, writing, translating, hosting, and broadcasting are costly and are funded by people just like you. Once again, the Martin and Gracia Burnham Foundation will generously match giving dollar for dollar up to $20,000 this fall and the resulting $40,000 will pay for Women of Hope in in Burmese and Vietnamese reaching women across Myanmar and Vietnam. Your gift by November 13 will provide life-saving, hope filled messages with hurting women across Vietnam and Myanmar. No gift is too small to help! Please consider you can be a part through giving.

Watch this 3 minute video of Gracia recounting how God called her to be involved with Project Hannah and why.

Because of Gracia’s ongoing support over the last ten years, women in the Philippines, Indonesia, Central Asia, Turkey, Myanmar, Vietnam and beyond have had the opportunity to hear about Christ in their heart languages through Project Hannah's weekly Women of Hope programs.