Happy Easter

Easter is the Holiest Day in the Christian religion.

The lessons and message of the Holy week give us the direction and opportunity to practice our faith with purpose. It reflects the story of pain, betrayal, and sorrow, followed by forgiveness, redemption and new beginnings—a message we strive to remember, embrace and embody in our actions as the indelible spirit of A Safe Haven.

As God taught us in his own journey, one of the most important lessons in his own life was that it is in the darkest hours that our faith is tested. It is how we ourselves, our loved ones, and society react to those challenges that will define us all and create the world in which we ultimately all reside and bequeath our children.

Those of us who Believe know that we are not alone. After what appears to be darkness, chaos, and destruction everywhere in the world and in our own lives we are required to remain encouraged and not lose our way.  It is in those times of uncertainty that we must be still—keep the faith, love our neighbor, and keep on doing good.

Because of you, A Safe Haven serves as beacon of hope and opportunity for those who are caught in the throes of crisis, poverty, and homelessness. At A Safe Haven we are Blessed to have our doors open for anyone who is ready to walk through, and embark on a path that will help them to overcome challenges, to receive compassion and understanding, to pursue redemption, and to achieve hope, love, happiness and success.

This Easter we gratefully take a moment to celebrate a life without sin and a time of renewal with our friends and family.

Let’s be sure to take the time to consider that God did not hesitate to love us.

He acted decisively, with love in his heart.  He sent us his Son to show us the way and to make the ultimate sacrifice to prove his complete love for us, so that we may learn how to follow his word and his example of how to live and love all humanity, in spite of the negative forces that try to hurt, divide or distract us- as He DID!

This Easter, in His honor and in His spirit, we will continue to do our best to renew our commitment to you and to Him, to live up to His commandments and to serve those in crisis at a time when they don’t need our judgement, but simply need someone to believe, to pray, to shelter, to feed, and to show them how to rebuild their lives and to pay it forward– long term.

The Bible clearly states:

(a variation of this same Golden Rule exists in every faith)

“The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’  – Matthew 25:40

From our family to yours, thank you from the bottom of our hearts for supporting A Safe Haven, for uniting with us as a Community and for allowing us to serve as a trusted vehicle and scalable system that for over 22 years has been dedicated to the single mission of helping to transform lives from poverty and homelessness to independence and self-sufficiency.  We could not do it without the help of all of you.

Finally, although we acknowledge that individually none of us is perfect, let’s humbly consider that together we are a Huge collective and albeit imperfect Movement that seeks to be guided by a positive and powerful spiritual Force beginning with Him thousands of years ago: A movement for Humanity. A movement that is empowered to do everything possible to accomplish the seemingly impossible and to achieve the elusive goal to make this a better world for all, one person at a time. The path we choose to follow will create our reality of tomorrow.

We are grateful for the opportunity to share with you stories of redemption and success throughout the year. Together, we will continue to grow and brighten our reflection of His hope that we may serve and help each other in times of need— to Be as God intended us all to BE.

Let’s Celebrate Easter Joyously Today, God loves us!

Neli Vazquez Rowland
President and Co-Founder of
A Safe Haven Foundation