Education can build physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being that is integral to reforming more susceptible communities. According to Olivia Giovetti from Concern Worldwide, children who receive a primary education are more likely to develop social, emotional, cognitive, and communications skills at a higher level which can be used to generate higher incomes. If primary education can reach the hands of impoverished communities at early ages, the risk of trafficking within future generations will decrease substantially…

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Although human trafficking is a commonly discussed subject, individuals often do not know the magnitude of the growing number of children sold into this form modern-day slavery. Global Renewal is a nonprofit organization that works to bring awareness to the worldwide issue of human trafficking by rescuing child victims of human slavery and giving them a safe house (our Selah Safe Houses) as a place to rehabilitate rescued children through medical care, emotional assistance, and the power and healing of God’s love.

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“A” was 12 when she was sold to a brothel. In the first few weeks, they used her to wash and clean and serve clients—soon the clients were allowed to rape her. In her own words, “I lived with fear and hopelessness… but when I start my life living at the safe house I felt very happy and stop crying because I feel loved and hope, especially when I pray and sing to the Lord I feel real joy from inside of my heart.“ Hatred can be erased and FREEDOM can come…

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What this ministry has been doing for the past 20+ years is creating an army of leaders and change-makers who will with absolutely, with no doubt, eradicate this kind of darkness and abuse from their nations. Global Renewal creates leaders everywhere they go. They call out the gold in individual hearts and lives. They’re raising up an army all over the world—an army of people that I believe will actually see the change we all want to see: The end of human trafficking in our world…

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In the spring of 2017, David and Liney Chacko invited me to go with Liney to serve in Southeast Asia. I had never felt a call to go to Asia, but after much prayer, the Lord made it clear that He wanted me to go on this trip. I spent several weeks preparing my heart to minister to the children at the safe houses and seeking God on messages to share with pastors during the training sessions. As a member of the western American church, I felt I had something to impart to believers in third world countries. The Lord had a bigger plan…

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