IMPACTED Story
Anavay Taffe • VICTORIES The word that Yahweh spoke loudly into my spirit when I was in prayer about writing this article was imprinted. From birth, we have been imprinted and impacted by the people around us and the events in our lives, which ultimately shape us into who we become as children and adults. That doesn’t mean that we have to stay in that mold. At the tender age of 15, I met a man on the streets of Portland, Oregon, who pimped me out to men for money, and by the time he was arrested, I was too far gone mentally to try and straighten out my life. It wasn’t until I gave my life to King Yahshua in 2018 at the age of 32 that my life started turning around. Upon my spiritual rebirth and healing journey, Yahweh showed me who I am in Him and revealed to me what my purpose is. It was then I realized His imprint had been upon me before I was even born. God, who set me apart from my mother’s womb and called me by His grace, was pleased (Galatians 1:15 NIV). In 2022, I went to a human trafficking event in West Palm Beach, Florida. It was there that I met Tina Kadolph, who is a survivor of human trafficking. The event had more of an impact on me than I wanted it to. I became angry because I broke down and felt sorry for myself for what had happened to me. That’s when the Holy Spirit told me I was still playing the victim. This revelation was just a piece of the missing puzzle to my healing journey. The other piece was in the form of a book called Victories: Claiming Freedom in Christ.
Miss Kadolph gave me the book, but it wasn’t until the following year that I finally decided to read it. The impact that Victories had on me was enlightening and spiritually jarring. Other women like me had gone through the depths of despair and experienced incomprehensible hardships, only to come out strong and shed their victim mindset into one of a survivor and warrior. The disconnect I had toward women all of my life vanished as another area of healing began. Through that incredible book, I met Miss Kimberly Hobbs, who has been an amazing mentor and friend, encouraging me through the ups and downs I still go through. Fast forward to now, I am living out my Elohim-designed purpose and growing more into who Yahweh says I am. He revealed to me years ago that I would be a published author and that I would be traveling all over to share my story and pray with men and women who are impacted by my testimony. The autobiography that I started writing when I was in my early twenties, Warrior Among Wolves: Trafficking Victim to Victory in Christ is finally being published at the end of the year. This past May, I also wrote a chapter in the book Hope Alive: Debilitated to Exhilarated with God, in addition to one of my many testimonies for the 13th edition of Voice of Truth. It is my prayer and hope that I’ve provided some encouragement for you to lean unto Yahweh for all understanding and trust that tomorrow is a better day and that His plans for us are worth uncovering and pursuing.
Love, Anavay 42
