Katie’s Story

Katie’s Story

BEFORE: At 18 years old, Katie is living on the streets, trying to find answers to the life she has experienced. Having lived through familial pimping and being drugged up and pimped out by her parents since she was 11, she has finally escaped that past. However, the memories still haunt her. She trusts no one, yet still knows of only one way for her to have a warm bed and meal for the night, and that is to sell her body.

NOW: Katie is finding hope and healing in our four bedroom residential home. She sleeps through the night with only occasional night terrors from her past. She is learning how to take care of herself, has a part-time job, is learning how to manage her finances, is receiving counseling to walk through the evil of her past and is finding freedom and peace at the end of the darkness.

It is a very slow and painstaking process, often times with two steps forward and one back, understandably so. Some women caught in trafficking are raped 20, 30, to 40 times a day.

We believe that men and women have been created in God’s image. Every human being is an image bearer of the Creator of the universe. We all have intrinsic value as creations of God… so much so that Jesus gave His life to restore every relationship with Him. Human trafficking though, seeks to obliterate that value. It is a vile crime against humanity and against God. It treats a human life as if it were only a commodity rather than a treasure to be cherished.

In 2020, there was a 98% increase in online attempts by sex traffickers trying to recruit children. (National Center for Missing and Exploited Children 2020)