I recently returned from a trip to Southeast Asia with LIFE Outreach and am overwhelmed with gratitude for all the Lord is doing through our warrior mission partners in the fight to end human trafficking. I had the profound privilege of sitting in sacred spaces with those who have been rescued, those being restored, those clinging fiercely to hope and those walking the road to healing.

This journey was emotionally challenging. Every day, I listened to story after story of how human trafficking had stolen innocence and joy from so many precious lives. One night, while walking through the red-light district, I stopped, overwhelmed by the weight of it all. I stood outside a place called Bar Lucifer, and it felt like I was right in the thick of a battle between light and darkness. My spirit would NOT back down. I could feel the fight within me to stand for those who belong to Jesus, to be their voice and to fight for them every single day!