Cambodia Trip Day 6

Tuesday | Sept 29th
What a full day of info. We met so many different, important people that are so integral in the rescuing of the victims of sex trafficking. I cannot go into details, but we sat with some very high ranking officials who greeted us like old friends. It is cool to see that God is really connecting the right people, in the right place.

Tonight we are meeting a couple that has an aftercare home for girls. I look forward to meeting them and encouraging them. We have met a few others, and these are extremely special people that have left their lives behind to live here and pour into such horrific situations. What these girls have gone through is the worst thing you can imagine. And for others to start a ministry or program that takes them in, counsels them, educates them, even pays for them to have there babies, etc. is amazing. We heard one story where a girl was rescued, and she was pregnant. The aftercare hosts took her to the hospital to have the baby, and the doctors asked them to do most of the work. Even help give her an IV....incredible! They said at one time the doctor came into the room with the pregnant girl, and said "I cannot promise this baby will live." Can you imagine being a teenager, already been raped many times, now finding yourself in a hospital with strange people saying they want to care for you, and a doctor telling you that! They also told us that some of these girls fear going into the aftercare programs because their pimps told them that they will be beaten, and put in jail. So there takes a lot of trust.

Other than that....last night we got one hour foot massages...for $8 bucks! That was nice. But also, weird. It seemed like it was set up like a brothel type influence. But an IJM staffer told us it was a legit, respectable place. Will we go again tonight....probably!

Please pray for the many girls that will be raped, or sexually abused tonight. The time zone here is exactly 12 hours from the time zone in Texas. So while you are eating lunch everyday at 12pm, here it is 12am, and there are many, many girls being picked up, and driven to a dark, scary place to be assaulted.