Human Trafficking Panel

Last night StopSIS was invited by @nicolemysmith to be on a panel for Dignity Defense Initiative. https://www.dignitydefense.org/

It was an incredible evening with education and awareness around human trafficking as well as testimonies and a call to action for the church.

I continue to be amazed at the open doors, open stages, and open hearts that God places before us in this ministry. It was powerful to hear another heartbreaking trafficking story from a survivor who was in the life for 26 years. She is one tough woman. But the best part of her story was when she met Jesus while in solitary confinement in prison. Talk about absolutely incredible 😭 You couldn’t get this woman to stop talking about Jesus if you tried. She is ON FIRE for the Lord. And doing incredible work for the Anti-Human Trafficking world.

There was also two other women on the stage who were survivors of other things in life, one being that she was raised in the sex industry and has been the only one in her family to get out, to choose a different life, and to find Jesus. She is now serving as a counselor to many survivors of trafficking and making a huge difference.

The other woman was a leader of Nashville Anti-Human Trafficking (NAHT) @nahtcoalition https://www.nahtcoalition.org and shared her beautiful encounter with Jesus and how He gave her a love for trafficked women. You could see her beaming as she talked about the transformation she has seen in so many survivors through the work that God is doing through her.

To say the least, it was an incredible panel to be a part of.

From all that I learned last night I would highly recommend a Defending Dignity event and connecting with NAHT if you’re interested in being a part of this important fight against trafficking.