Below are just a few of the many testimonies we receive about lives being impacted and transformed by the Human Trafficking & Slavery Ministry of Heaven’s Family.
Greetings from Guatemala! After visiting with our second ministry partner in this country, we were overjoyed to see firsthand the quality of love and care shown to children who have suffered unspeakable pain. Below is Maria's story, as told by our partner:
Hua Lin used to live in a small, cramped apartment in Vietnam, where she worked at a factory job. But one morning, she found the factory padlocked when she showed up for work. One thousand workers were laid off with no advance notice and left to fend for themselves because of COVID-19.
Thandar Oo's belly lurched with hunger as she held the feet of her children in place. One foot at a time, her fingers coiled rope around little ankles to secure them to the bamboo floor of her tiny hut. It was her only way to make sure her three children didn't run off while she "worked."
A widow with four children, Hnin Nu was completely alone. She had no family, no job, and a pile of debt. Her oldest child was only three years old when a "friend" tricked her into prostitution, where she was trapped and enslaved for two years.
Life in Myanmar was difficult for Ei Zin. Her parents divorced when she was 16, and her mother's severe heart condition resulted in insurmountable debt from medical bills. Ei Zin found herself financially responsible for her mother and herself, so she began working in a factory where she could earn just enough money for food and rent.
Carla was among the most vulnerable people in her Guatemalan community. She had both physical and intellectual disabilities and absolutely no one to protect her. Unbelievably, the people who were supposed to be caring for her at the institution where she was living tied her to a gurney and sold her for sex!
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