The ancient Persian queen Esther stood in the gap to save the Jews from sure annihilation. What if a group of modern-day Esthers could come together on Yom Kippur, October 12th, to cry out for America in humility, fasting, and prayer on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.? Lou Engle and Jenny Donovan of Her […]
What’s your rate? Gracie: 80hh, 180h that work for u? That’ll work. Ok, where should I meet you? Gracie: I’m close to the city park, that ok with u? Yes. That’s good. Are the pictures really you? Gracie: Yes, baby those are me. You like what you see;) You’ve just been privy to a
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They never thought it would touch them. Hurricanes typically don’t bother this tiny island, a jewel of the Caribbean that is home to some 350 people. But when it did come, it was a true terror, unlike anything they might have imagined. Everyone I talked with referred to the storm as “she,” and many sensed
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Today we’re opening up the odds ’n’ ends drawer to pull out some updates and news in the anti-trafficking world. Let’s take a look together. Up, Up, and Away Survivors often don’t have decent access to safe transport when leaving trafficking. Agencies helping them also find it difficult to find efficient and safe transport. Our
“He brought me up out of the pit of destruction, out of the miry clay, And He set my feet upon a rock making my foot steps firm.” Psalm 40:2 NASB David’s inspired words echo true to those once enslaved, now set free to progress in their own stories of redemption. Recently, I came across
In my childhood my parents only had to worry about my falling out of the hayloft, getting stung by bees, or bucked off a horse, but nary a thought about harm from a handheld device or screen. In those days a mouse lived in a barn and a keyboard was part of a typewriter. Today’s
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As a young girl, her father gave her strong words of encouragement: “You can do anything you want to if you want to do it bad enough.” Taking those words to heart, Leanna learned to fly a plane at nine years of age, helped her parents build houses, and became an accomplished horse woman. When
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(Note:This picture was taken before renovations started at Casa Esperanza or House of Hope.) It had been a while since the group of youthful faces had received a visitor, yet here my husband and I sat among 25 children delighted to host us. In the courtyard/play area, three plastic chairs were arranged. I sat
In a community setting when a child goes missing, often search and rescue dogs are called in to sniff an article of clothing to help find the child. In a trafficking situation, the child’s location could be many miles away, and scent may be of little or no help for a timely rescue. What is
Can one word change your life? That’s been true for me. If you stop and think about it, I imagine it’s been true in your life as well. It may have been the name of a profession, like nursing or teaching. It may have been a place where you headed in a new direction because