From Darkness to Light
How We’re Showing God’s Love to Trafficked Women and Girls in South Africa
David and Shelly Meyer (left) with Hand of Hope's Africa Outreach director Brad Senekal and eXpose Hope directors.
Our Project GRL outreach is designed to guide, restore. and love women and girls around the world. And one of our goals is to not only rescue women from slavery but also provide help and hope to those yet to be rescued.
Right now, we’re so grateful to partner with eXpose Hope in South Africa, where we visit and provide meals to 300 women each week who are trapped in the sex-trafficking industry. It breaks our hearts to see the abuse they endure, and our goal is to offer spiritual and emotional support. We want to help these women find freedom in Christ…and freedom from trafficking.
Sophie is one of many you are reaching. “Life is so hard on the streets,” she told us. “And the time you take to talk to me, to remind me that I am still a person, that God loves and has not forgotten me…some days it is what helps me carry on.”
You’re also helping women like Blue to escape this difficult life for good. “Thanks to eXpose Hope, I’m no longer on the streets,” she told us. “They have helped me set up my own home and find secure employment. From the life I lived to this, it is just a miracle…God has never given up on me.”
This is what it’s all about. God never gives up on those who are hurting, and neither will we. Even though we say it a lot, we literally could NOT do these things without you, our partners. All over the world, your love, prayers, and donations are making a greater impact than you can even imagine.
Through your support, we will continue to seek out and rescue women and girls who are lost, cast aside, mistreated, and marginalized. And together, we will show them who they really are—loved and valued daughters of God.
