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Posted on December 10, 2016December 9, 2016 by greaterportlandfamilypromise

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It's move in day! We celebrate another family moving into their own apartment. Thank you to everyone who helped today with the move and everyone who donated items to send them off well. It's such a joy to see it all come together and to watch a family who has experienced homelessness be welcomed to the neighborhood by their new neighbors. ❤️❤️❤️ (This is the 11th family we have housed since opening last July.)

Family Promise is about crossing the divides that separate us and connecting in meaningful ways with strangers. Today, Christians remember the story of Pentecost when people understood each other even though they didn't speak the same language. Those gathered together that Pentecost day understood the miracle of connecting with strangers and foreigners across barriers they believed they couldn't overcome. To all who celebrate Pentecost today, blessings. To all who connect with strangers in meaningful ways, blessings.

“We are new here and don't know our way around or anybody. Having someone advise; feeding and providing shelter for you, it's insane! You guys did that for me and my family, thank you. This is really more than a home for those of us who don't have any. Thank you.” —New GPFP Guest

From Executive Director. Sara Ewing: Over these past 10 months, since we welcomed our first families at Greater Portland Family Promise, I have been continually impressed by the fierceness of the determination of parents to care for their children even as they go through the experience of being without a place to call home as a family. On this Mother's Day, I am grateful for the 15 mothers who have entered our program and for the ways a community of love and care has enabled these mothers to support their children. What a gift it is to see mothers (and families) moving to a sustainable life with their children! Mothers are fierce protectors. Mothers are loving providers even when they have difficulty providing all that their children need. I am grateful for Family Promise and for the way that this community has supported mothers through some of the most challenging times of their lives and also for the way these mothers have shown all of us how to love our children. I hope on this Mother's Day you will join me in supporting mothers and families through Greater Portland Family Promise. Your contribution will make an impact, whether you donate $5 or $500. Every little bit helps. Thank you for your support. Click on the link on our Instagram profile to donate to our Mother’s Day Fundraiser.

An Evening with Emilia and Friends. So much fun and talent. GPFP is grateful for this fun fundraiser to support our program.

Associate Director, Courtney Tabor-Abbott: Motherhood is love. It is sheer joy, persistent worry, heartache, exhaustion, tenacity, uninhibited laughter, pride, and a fierceness that rises up in the heart. In a different language, these feelings are the same; in a different country, these feelings are the same. Motherhood is still motherhood even when a mother doesn’t know where her babies will be able to sleep at night, or is unsure where their next meal will come from. GPFP reminds me daily of the deeply-rooted strength of women and mothers, the unending promise of love and care even in the most challenging of circumstances. I am honored to work with them every day. By supporting GPFP, you are supporting mothers and families by providing them with shelter, food, and all of their basic needs while they work to establish sustainable living situations. Every gift counts. Click on the link on our profile to donate to our Mother’s Day Fundraiser.

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