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Nadia’s Journey: Beyond Fear, Toward Dignity

Nadia’s Journey: Beyond Fear, Toward Dignity

After leaving exploitation, she worked tirelessly to build a new life. With courage and determination, she started her own small business making handmade vests and even saved enough to buy her own sewing machine. It was a step toward independence, dignity and hope. But her journey has been anything but easy.

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Casa Esperanza

Casa Esperanza

In my years of knowing Jesus—which are not few—I’ve had the chance to serve in all kinds of circumstances and settings. I’ve seen death, sickness, hunger and poverty up close. I’ve met people imprisoned both physically and spiritually. I’ve ministered in loss and defeat. I’ve consoled the abandoned and shared encouragement with the rejected. But what I had never seen so closely is…

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Marlene's* family story

Marlene's* family story

For years, Marlene was trapped in sexual exploitation far from home. Fear overtook her when a friend from the brothel was murdered. Bolivia has one of the highest femicide rates in the world; every three days a woman is murdered, and women in prostitution face an even higher risk.

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Free Indeed!

Free Indeed!

I have lived in El Alto, Bolivia almost all my life. My parents worked in the copper mines, and 30 years ago moved to the city where they raised my four sisters, my brother and me. I have watched the city limits explode, reaching out further and further. I’ve seen up close how difficult it is for migrants to learn a whole new way of life, to navigate intense poverty, limited options and racism…

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