Love Never Fails: "A Trafficked Woman’s Gratitude"

"The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death a light has dawned.” Isaiah 9:2

Annie Dieselberg, founder and CEO, heads the staff at NightLight, a ministry in urban Bangkok, Thailand, that reaches out to women and children working in the bar areas of the Nana-Sukhumvit district. Located in a neighborhood with a growing sex trade, Nightlight’s vision is to share the Light of the world in both word and deed to those who live in darkness, and to combat the sexual exploitation of women and children, both Thai and foreign.

One of the means Annie uses to share her observations and experiences is her "Love Never Fails" blog, a document of Annie's mission to see women and children freed from the sexual exploitation of prostitution and trafficking, and to see the global church and community working together to free, heal, and restore all who have been broken and wounded through the sex trade.

A Trafficked Woman’s Gratitude

“Thank you for everything!” ... I have heard these words many times this year spoken by the precious Ugandan women who have been given a way out of their trafficking situations and a way into new lives of hope.

We recently had a goodbye party for four of the women who have been staying in NightLight’s shelter. The shelter is an amazing place! Anya, the shelter manager, and her assistant, Kim, have made the place a refuge of love and joy. I love visiting and seeing the women relaxed and at home. The shelter atmosphere is peaceful and removed from the stress and noise of the city. There will be challenges waiting for the women when they return home, but, for now, they can be still and rest in safety. Since the shelter opened just recently, not all the trafficked women we have assisted this year have been able to come into the shelter. When we visited the women who live outside the shelter, we enjoyed their company, as well, but the women outside carry more stress and face more pressures. A few of them dropped off the waiting list because the pressures they faced from the outside pulled them back into prostitution. The shelter removes them from those pressures and allows them to dream again in safety.

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