Coffee, Tea and Justice
Question: How can fresh coffee, tea, fresh fruit juice, grilled sandwiches, quesadillas, jams, jewelry and, of course, lots of yummy cakes and muffins, fight human trafficking?
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.
Question: How can fresh coffee, tea, fresh fruit juice, grilled sandwiches, quesadillas, jams, jewelry and, of course, lots of yummy cakes and muffins, fight human trafficking?
"They had no women," Mark told me and my wife Karin, to our disbelief. "Majuwa Village was so poor they sold their women and children to sex traffickers," he explained further. As directors of the Human Trafficking & Slavery Ministry, Karin and I were learning much about how young women become victims here in Nepal, a small Asian nation sandwiched between India and China.
In January, each of Heaven's Family's 21 Focused Ministry Directors gave a short, 10-minute presentation about their accomplishments in 2015 and their upcoming goals for 2016. We're excited about what the Lord has done, and what He has in store for the remainder of this year!
The life God dreamed about for 11-year-old Ana included a safe, nurturing family and some friends to play with after a day of learning at school. It included a generous portion of giggles and smiles, too.
Cambodia is a nation with a dark past, but a bright future. We're hearing this optimism repeated over and over these two weeks as we visit many of the projects you are involved with here through the Human Trafficking & Slavery Ministry. But this hopefulness doesn't come from the nation's political process, which is awash in corruption. Instead, it comes from poor, marginalized people who are working hard to make something of their lives—and they're finding opportunities like never before, thanks to Heaven's Family and many other organizations working in concert to end human trafficking and slavery in this Southeast Asian country.