# @wassermancollective on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CmcJySdPh_C
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/22442603-wassermancollective-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2022-12-21T18:22:41.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Wasserman Collective (@wassermancollective) — https://gondola.cc/wassermancollective

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𝙎𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙮, 𝘽𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙩𝙣𝙚𝙮 𝙂𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙧 #42

After receiving thousands of emails and hundreds of handwritten letters, brittneyyevettegriner wrote her own “Thank You” in return, which included a call to send letters to Paul Whelan. Her hand-written letter reads as follows:

“Thanks to the efforts of many, including you, I am home after nearly 10 months. You took time to show me you cared and I want to personally take the time to write to you and say that your effort mattered. Your letters helped me to not lose hope during a time where I was full of regret and vulnerable in ways I could have never imagined. Thank you, from the bottom of my heart. Because of you, I never lost hope. 

Your letters were also bigger than uplifting me. It showed me the power of collective hands. Together, we can do hard things. I’m living proof of that. My family’s whole and now, thanks to you, we are fortunate to get to spend the holidays together. However, there remain too many families with loved ones wrongfully detained.

Those families stood alongside you and all who supported the WeAreBG Campaign to bring me home, and it’s our turn to support them. I hope you’ll join me in writing Paul Whelan and continuing to advocate for other Americans to be rescued and returned to their families. 

Thank you again from the bottom of my heart. I hope your holiday season is full of joy and love.

Sincerely, 
Brittney Griner #42

Paul N Whelan
C/o American Citizen
Services Unit Consular Section
5430 Moscow Place
Department of State
Washington, DC 20521-5430”

#WeAreTheCollective | #WeAreBG

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