Never once did I think when I was 9 years old that my calling would not be to become a lawyer.
But instead I would be called to full time missions.
It all started about 4 years ago, when I went on a missions trip with my church to Moldova. In Moldova we held a summer camp for homeless individuals or families.
But instead of the people we were holding the for camp affecting my life, the 3 girls that came along with the pastor's wives affected me in many ways.
When I went on this mission's trip I was around 16, and had never heard much about what was going on around the world.
But 4 years ago this problem was very small and not many people knew about it.
The 3 girls that attended this camp were surviving victims of sex trafficking.
Here I was 16 years old, in a country I had never heard of before, hearing about an issue that I could not even believe was happening.
SEX TRAFFICKING?!
People selling, kidnapping or tricking girl into "well paid" jobs. And then trafficking them to another country or city where they were to sell their body and get no money in return.
These 4 girls literally broke my heart. They were all close in age, but they also were the same age as me.
I remember thinking they are not older than me, what if this happened to ME?
Their stories torn my heart to pieces. They were hurt, they were broken, and they trusted nobody.
At the end of the camp these are the girls that I cried because I was leaving them. These are the girls that stayed on my heart for weeks. These girls were sent to me from God to show me what I'm suppose to do with my life.
Since that trip to Moldova, I have realized that God's calling on my life is to do full time missions working with victims and surviving victims of Human Trafficking. Also since that trip I have became more aware of Trafficking and also went on another trip working with Trafficking.
This summer I went to Bangkok Thailand for the month of June.
This was the first trip after Moldova that I would be again coming in contact with victims of trafficking. Both surviving victims as well as victims still in bondage.
While in Thailand, we lived in a safe house and did afternoon and evening outreach into the bars of the red-light district (which was such a dark place).
Our main ministry in the bars were to build relationship with the girls working and at the end of the trip we would buy them (like a customer would) but would take them to the safe house for a party and present them with the gospel as well as a place of safety where they could leave the sex industry and start a happy life.
The girls i met in Thailand also affect my life in many ways. I looked up to them for the strength they had. I looked up to them for the dedication they had to their family.
But it also killed me seeing these girls with bruises, burn marks, and being bought by different men each day. These girls thought of themselves as if they were worth nothing. These girls had such low confidence, and were told day after day that they were worthless and ugly.
These are the experiences where I knew what I was called to do. I know that when I was 9 or 13 all I wanted to do in life was to become a lawyer. But at the age of 16, 17, and 20 years old I now know that I am going to help as many girl I can get the confidence to leave the sex trafficking business in order to rebuild their life in order to glorify God.
Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?" And I said, "Here I am. Send me!" Isaiah 5:28
My life is in the hands of God and I know where ever he wants to send me I will be ready to go. That is why I'm very excited on the opportunity to go on the World Race. I feel like God has laid this trip on my heart, and told me that this is the chapter in my life story.
If you haven't heard this song before I encourage you to listen to it. This is my song for the girls in Moldova, Thailand, all the girls are are currently stuck in Sex Trafficking.
