{"id":63192,"date":"2015-05-04T23:54:14","date_gmt":"2015-05-05T03:54:14","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=63192"},"modified":"2015-05-06T17:25:36","modified_gmt":"2015-05-06T21:25:36","slug":"life-of-the-week-couple-plans-to-open-haven-of-hope-for-pregnant-mothers-in-cambodia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/life-of-the-week-couple-plans-to-open-haven-of-hope-for-pregnant-mothers-in-cambodia\/","title":{"rendered":"Life of the Week: Couple plans to open Haven of Hope for pregnant mothers in Cambodia"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Wilma and Jerry Mishler<\/a> have been Christian missionaries to Cambodia for the last thirteen years. The ministry they oversee includes an orphanage and a children’s home, and it has 4,700 church groups that reach over 55,000 adults weekly, as well as more than 3,000 kids’ Bible clubs that serve over 50,000 children – many from remote villages – every week.<\/p>\n

While the Mishlers remain hard at work in this ministry, Wilma has a new vision on her heart: serving the pregnant mothers of Cambodia. As a mother and grandmother herself, Wilma has cared about preborn children and their mothers for years. Now she sees a way that she can help them find care in Cambodia.<\/p>\n

She explains that “this intense feeling for a safe place for young women to come to be able to carry their pregnancy full term is just screaming at me.”<\/p>\n

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Wilma wants to name this safe place “Haven of Hope.” And much like pregnancy care centers<\/a> here in<\/a> the United States<\/a>, Haven of Hope will provide much-needed resources to pregnant mothers. The staff and volunteers will seek to meet the mothers’ physical, medical, emotional, and spiritual needs.<\/p>\n

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Some of the children served by the Mishlers’ ministry<\/p><\/div>\n

The Mishlers’ vision highlights a special – and all-too-often hidden – part of the pro-life movement. Pro-lifers all around the world care about the well-being of women, specifically desiring to aid those who are poor or who may have other support needs. Contrary to what many abortions advocates claim<\/a>, pro-lifers believe in caring for babies after birth, too, and also in caring for their mothers. A whole-life view is always best.<\/p>\n

And this is exactly the view that the Mishlers want to bring to Cambodia. They desire to provide practical, on-the-ground support to women who need resources and who want to give life to their babies. Wilma explained “the main points of our goal for these precious young women:”<\/p>\n