Later in her life, Ruth longed to be under a stronger protection – the protection of a good husband. She went and slept at the feet of a man called Boaz, and when he woke up and found her there, he was, naturally, surprised. But she said to him, "I am Ruth, your maiden; take me under your protecting wing.”
That’s the other function of Ruth House, to be a strong protection for the broken women, a place of long term security and safety. We cannot hope to provide long term help yet, but Ruth House will continue to hold out a “protecting wing” to those women that God sends. Short term and long term, we will be there. Perhaps in the future we will have to build a long term place of safety for those women who, despite our every effort, can find no rest.
Our longing is that the women of England will pay for this
project, as a way of saying to black Ghanaian women,
"We understand, and we want to help." This will mean
everything to the broken women, and, I hope, give them
courage, in time, to take a stronger stand against violence.
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