Giving Strength
One of my favorite organizations is Sevenly, a for profit business that partners with non-profits to bring about social change. Several years ago, Sevenly partnered with an organization fighting trafficking as well as another for profit business, The Giving Keys. The Giving Keys works towards social change while also empowering people. People buy keys that have words stamped into them, a word that the person feels like they need in their life. Once that person feels like they have that attribute in their life they are supposed to pass the key on to someone else who needs that attribute more.… Read more >>
Because You're Special
The women who come to café/drop in center live a hard life. Many of them don’t eat well and sometimes don’t even have a place to sleep. They’re always being required to provide services for others but rarely have anything nice done for them (and if they do, it normally has strings attached). Therefore, we hosted a wellness day for the women! We invited a handful of women to come and be pampered for the afternoon. We did their nails, gave them facials and neck massages, and washed their feet. We had fruit and chocolate for the women to eat and spent time just being with each other, it was… Read more >>
God's Reaffirming Call
The other weekend I was privileged to travel to Bucharest for conference regarding Anti-Trafficking. First, let me state how happy I am that my organization and team value continued education. Second, God used this conference to reignite my passion for this issue. It was great being in a room with other people working in this area of justice and to hear their stories. It was also great to have them reaffirm me and my calling after I shared my story. We spent the day talking about issues regarding trafficking and how we can be most effective. As we talked I was reminded about how much I do… Read more >>