Is what you wear more than just a garment?
There is more to what you wear than just how you look. The garments you wear have a story to tell. The story of the garments received this Christmas include a story of a life changed – either into slavery or into freedom. We see many lives changing. The garments made by our work teams are the handiwork of a victim of human trafficking, often a recovering sex trafficking victim. Our garments are a piece of their rescue, recovery and introduction to Christ.
Debbie and I find the work we engage in is a cause focused effort seeking to provide hope and restoration to those victims of trafficking. We engage in education initiatives, job training for victims so that they can overcome their past and move into a hopeful future. A future they could not imagine without help. The garments made in one of our village development enterprises is made by the hands of a victims and their families who are being assisted in ending a life of abuse that has surrounded them. Your garment gives them hope for better tomorrows. Your garment is a piece of their restoration.
We are now working with village craftsmen making garments, beautiful hand crafted jewelry, and items native to their community. We then work to develop export opportunities so that the profit they make provides a sustainable, non-weather dependent income. Your garment is a piece of their reintegration. |