COFFEE CHATS Human Trafficking Awareness Month BY TINA KADOLPH
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anuary is Human Trafficking Awareness Month, allowing us, in the United States, a platform to bring much-needed attention to this horrible crime. But as we move past January, it is essential that we keep our awareness of and resolve to eradicate human trafficking alive. We need to talk about it and know how to be safe and what to look for all year long. So, let’s use our Coffee and Chat time this month to teach some important information and statistics. Human trafficking is personal for me. I am a survivor of human trafficking, having been trafficked by my mom at four years old. (You can read more about my story in Victories: Claiming Freedom in Christ, available at www. worldpublishingandproductions.com.) Coming from that life, I felt hopeless and that I would never have a chance to become an adult, much less have a beautiful future. But God changed all that. Now, Jesus has equipped me to use what the enemy meant for my death to bring hope and life through Christ to others who have been through similar circumstances.
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I’m blessed, through Love Missions Global, to give human trafficking awareness trainings in our public schools, churches, women’s clubs, and businesses; to medical staff, law enforcement, and more. I live my life to help others and keep them and our young people safe from traffickers and predators. Love Missions has a safe house in South America that currently serves five children rescued from the horrors of sex trafficking. I love having a front-row seat to watch the miraculous healing of those who felt they had no hope when God, who is always with us, intervened in their trauma.
NOW, JESUS HAS EQUIPPED ME TO USE WHAT THE ENEMY MEANT FOR MY DEATH TO BRING HOPE AND LIFE THROUGH CHRIST TO OTHERS WHO HAVE BEEN THROUGH SIMILAR CIRCUMSTANCES.
