#FridayNightOutreach Please be praying for our time on the track tonight. Pray that our words would be encouraging and uplifting ❤️ #untilthelastlockbreaks #prayforLA #prayforthetrack #streetoutreach #outreachministry #stopexploitation #endhumantrafficking #notforsale #seekjustice #servethecity #endit

#Didyouknow Traffickers/pimps often use psychological tactics on their victims to sexually exploit them, like tricking, defrauding, manipulating and/or threatening them. Some pimps also groom their victims by forming strong emotional bonds to get them to trust and depend on the pimps before then manipulating them into prostitution. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #untilthelastlockbreaks #knowthefacts #educate #raiseawareness #endsextrafficking #supportacause #fightforhope #fightforfreedom #streetoutreach #stopexploitation #disruptdemand #prayforLA #endit #seekjustice #servethecity

Love this beautiful reminder from writer and artist, Morgan Harper Nichols to have grace with ourselves when we have bad days. We’re all still growing, and hard times are part of the journey, so take a beat. Watch your favorite show, read a book, go for a hike, whatever gives you rest ❤️⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Words/Art Cred: @morganharpernichols⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #midweekencouragement #havegrace #Godisforyou #Godiswithyou #youareloved #youareworthy #youarenotalone #untilthelastlockbreaks #streetoutreach #stopexploitation #disruptdemand #sextraffickingawareness #endsextrafficking #supportacause #prayforLA #prayforthetrack #seekjustice #servethecity #endit

Are you and your small group looking for a summer service project? How about making gift bags for After Hours’s outreach ministry! We go through gift bags quickly and are always in need of more to give to the women we meet during outreach. Making gift bags is a super fun thing to do with friends! Shoot us a DM, and we’ll send you a list of items needed for the bags! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #untilthelastlockbreaks #giftbags #outreachministry #serviceproject #summerservice #supportacouse #celebratefreedom #fightforhope #streetoutreach #stopexploitation #disruptdemand #prayforLA #endit #seekjustice #servethecity

#FridayNightOutreach Prayer warriors, please be praying for outreach tonight. Pray for discernment for our team. Pray against obstacles that would keep them from the women God wants to speak to tonight. Pray for safety 🙏 #untilthelastlockbreaks #prayforLA #prayforthetrack #streetoutreach #outreachministry #stopexploitation #endhumantrafficking #notforsale #seekjustice #servethecity #endit

Another part of After Hours Ministry is after care. We place a card with the number to our hotline in each gift bag we hand out during outreach. When we give a woman a gift bag, we tell her about the card and that she can call our hotline at anytime for any reason. As we’re consistently receiving calls, please pray for wisdom for our after care team to know how to provide the best care and support to those who call our hotline. #untilthelastlockbreaks #aftercare #hotline #supportacouse #celebratefreedom #fightforhope #streetoutreach #stopexploitation #disruptdemand #prayforLA #endit #seekjustice #servethecity

“... we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.” - Romans 5:3-5⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Keep your hope high! God is using whatever you’re going through to make your faith stronger. He loves you and is always with you ❤️⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #midweekencouragement #havehope #hopehigh #Godisforyou #Godiswithyou #youareloved #youareworthy #untilthelastlockbreaks #streetoutreach #stopexploitation #disruptdemand #sextraffickingawareness #endsextrafficking #supportacause #prayforLA #prayforthetrack #seekjustice #servethecity #endit

#StoriesfromtheTrack comes from Roxy, our Outreach Director:⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Last Friday night on the track, a lot of crime had broken out in the neighborhood. The girls were being monitored heavily by pimps, and things felt more uneasy than usual.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Conversations weren’t long and the night was short. John jams were more packed than we had seen in awhile. We didn’t get to connect the way we wished we could’ve. The summer announced its arrival as the warmer weather was bringing more people out.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ As we walked up to one girl, we could tell she was in a hurry. She speed-walked past us, smiling at us, and told us to “be careful!” That made me smile—that she was thinking of us in that moment! But I wasn’t concerned about my safety as much as I was hers! I knew I wouldn’t face what she had to tonight. - @sheextra⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #untilthelastlockbreaks #streetoutreach #stopexploitation #disruptdemand #sextraffickingawareness #endsextrafficking #supportacause #prayforLA #prayforthetrack #seekjustice #servethecity #endit

#FridayNightOutreach Send up those prayers for tonight’s outreach! Prayer is vital to this ministry. Thank you for praying for outreaches so fiercely. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #untilthelastlockbreaks #prayforLA #prayforthetrack #streetoutreach #outreachministry #stopexploitation #endhumantrafficking #notforsale #seekjustice #servethecity #endit

Do you have a birthday? (Duh 😉) A fun way to celebrate your birthday could be to donate it to After Hours and ask your friends and family to celebrate it by giving to your birthday fundraiser. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Facebook has an easy fundraising platform with Network for Good where you can donate your birthday to After Hours. If you’re interested in donating your next birthday, please let us know!!⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #birthdayfundraisers #supportacouse #celebratefreedom #fightforhope #fightforfreedom #streetoutreach #stopexploitation #disruptdemand #prayforLA #endit #seekjustice #servethecity