#FridayNightOutreach Be praying for outreach tonight! Continue to pray for safety over the women and our team. Pray the Lord leads our team to all who need to hear from him and be comforted by him tonight. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #untilthelastlockbreaks #prayforLA #prayforthetrack #streetoutreach #outreachministry #stopexploitation #endhumantrafficking #notforsale #seekjustice #servethecity #endit

#Didyouknow In 2018, 760 cases of human trafficking in California were reported to the National Human Trafficking Hotline, the most cases reported by state in the United States that year.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Some of those calls may have come from people who knew what to look for or saw something suspicious. After Hours’s online training is a great resource if you want to learn how to spot trafficking happening in your neighborhood and what you can do to fight it. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Click the link in the bio to take the training today! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ P.s. It’s on sale 😉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Information cred: https://humantraffickinghotline.org/state/california ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #untilthelastlockbreaks #knowthefacts #educate #raiseawareness #endsextrafficking #supportacause #fightforhope #fightforfreedom #streetoutreach #stopexploitation #disruptdemand #prayforLA #endit #seekjustice #servethecity

Wherever the Lord has you in this season, his light is shining through you, bringing hope and life to the darkness. Let his love sustain you and his power strengthen you to shine bright. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #midweekencouragement #shinebright #youareloved #youareworthy #untilthelastlockbreaks #streetoutreach #stopexploitation #disruptdemand #sextraffickingawareness #endsextrafficking #supportacause #prayforLA #prayforthetrack #seekjustice #servethecity #endit

#StoriesfromtheTrack We saw more familiar faces last Friday night than usual. It’s always good to see them; it answers some of the questions that linger when we haven’t seen some of them in a while—were they moved to a different track? Did they get out of the game? But when we do see them, it’s hard to not feel conflicted. On one hand, it’s a comfort to greet a friend and catch up; but on the other, our hearts ache because we long for our friends to know freedom and restoration. Regardless, we’re thankful to run into the women who know us and trust us. We get to pray for them and remind them to reach out, which encourages those who might be unsure of us to trust us. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Please pray that God will protect the trust we’ve built with these precious women and that it will grow stronger and lead them to seek our help to leave the game. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #untilthelastlockbreaks #streetoutreach #stopexploitation #disruptdemand #sextraffickingawareness #endsextrafficking #supportacause #prayforLA #prayforthetrack #seekjustice #servethecity #endit

#FridayNightOutreach Pray for our outreach team heading out tonight, for safety and for the conversations. Pray the light would shine brightly through them 🙏 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #untilthelastlockbreaks #prayforLA #prayforthetrack #streetoutreach #outreachministry #stopexploitation #endhumantrafficking #notforsale #seekjustice #servethecity #endit

#Didyouknow 60% of child sex trafficking victims have a history in the foster care system. Traffickers prey on the vulnerable like runaways from foster homes, which puts foster youth at a greater risk of being trafficked. Improving the foster care system will help keep kids off the streets and out of prostitution. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #untilthelastlockbreaks #knowthefacts #educate #fostercareawarenessmonth #endsextrafficking #supportacause #fightforhope #fightforfreedom #streetoutreach #stopexploitation #disruptdemand #prayforLA #endit #seekjustice #servethecity

In case you need to be reminded, you are so worth loving 🥰❤️⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ PC: @soworthloving⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #midweekencouragement #soworthloving #untilthelastlockbreaks #supportacause #fightforhope #fightforfreedom #streetoutreach #stopexploitation #endsextrafficking #disruptdemand #prayforLA #endit #seekjustice #servethecity

Wow, we are blown away! In 21 days, you bought 56 shirts and raised $847.79 for After Hours Ministry through the campaign on @bonfire. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Your support of this ministry is inspiring and a huge blessing. We could not have done this without you. Thank you so, so much ❤️⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Look for your shirts starting May 16th! Let us know when you get them. Can’t wait see you looking cool in your swag 😎 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #thankyou #campaign #fundraise #supportacause #fightforhope #fightforfreedom #buyashirt #streetoutreach #prayforLA #untilthelastlockbreaks

This is it! The last day of the shirt campaign; your last chance to buy a rad shirt and support AHM. The campaign ends TONIGHT at 9 pm (PST). Don’t miss your chance to buy a shirt! Tell everyone you know to buy one, too! All proceeds will benefit outreach to and after care for those sexually exploited in LA. Your support means the world ❤️ Link’s in the bio!! #campaign #fundraise #supportacause #fightforhope #fightforfreedom #buyashirt #streetoutreach #prayforLA #untilthelastlockbreaks

#StoriesfromtheTrack PART 2 // *Harmony rode in the front seat with the window down; the cold air made her skin feel better. She kept saying things like, “Why did this happen to me?” and “I’m so frustrated!” She shared she’d been a similar situation before—“This is not the first time I’ve met the devil.” ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Amanda started asking her questions: “Do you have a boyfriend? What’s keeping you in the game? Do you want to get out?” She works alone and needs quick cash to care for her baby. “Everyone would leave if they could.” Amanda told her After Hours has resources to help her get out and find a regular job.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ We talked about her baby, tattoos, the places she’s been. As we kept talking with each other, *Harmony became more positive. “I was supposed to meet you.” We knew it, too. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ We got to her motel, she called someone to get her milk (for the pepper spray). I heard a man’s voice on the phone. She’d asked Shannon to call her best friend earlier and thought that’s who it was. We prayed for her. She gave Amanda her number to check on her. Then she asked if we could take her to get food and water. While Amanda and Shannon were shopping for her in 7-Eleven, she asked me and Ashley why we’re part of After Hours. We shared that God called us to help people and the city.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ There was a man waiting for her at the motel. He looked older, ordinary. I handed him a bag of ice she wanted, said goodbye to *Harmony, and watched them go into her room as we drove away. We were on the track for another hour, handing out gift bags and warning the women about the guy pepper-spraying girls. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ We’ve since heard from *Harmony. We’re taking her to dinner this week! I’m reminded again that there’s always hope. God always brings beauty from ashes; he brought us to her when she needed safe people. Praise him and pray for this time with *Harmony, for the seeds planted in her to take root, that she knows the Lord deeply loves her. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ *Pseudonym used for protection.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #untilthelastlockbreaks #endit