Do you have a story that brings hope?
 
I thought about this question when I heard it recently and it reminded me of our mission of Pure. Our purpose is to equip young people to have hope for the best possible future. We don’t tell them what to do or how to do it. We instill hope.
 
How we do this is by educating them with facts and data and sharing stories, both positive and negative, as learning opportunities. Sometimes those stories come from our own volunteer instructors and other times from videos or stories of friends.
 
The way they are shared doesn’t matter, it’s the power that they are shared. The all offer hope to the students. We want students to be informed to make healthy decisions rather than being blindsided and later have regrets because they didn’t know. Many of you know that I spent eight years mentoring young ladies and couples in a pregnancy resource center who told me they didn’t know; they didn’t know they could make another choice. This was where my passion grew. Right there in that office I saw so many young people lose hope of their goals and dreams because no one had shared a story with them.
 
We all have stories in our lives that can be used to share hope and shape futures. What’s your story, and are you using it to impact others? Whether your story aligns with Pure’s mission or another group’s, you have opportunity to share hope with someone.
 
We now have programs on Abuse Prevention, Puberty, and Discipleship as well as our original Sexual Risk Avoidance Program. If you’d like to be a part of any of these programs give me a call and we can see where you might join us in our mission.
 
Without hope our young people will not flourish. We need to invest in their lives and give them the best future possible.
 
Be blessed,


Shari McCutcheon
Director, Pure Education

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