I don’t even know where to begin, but I guess I can start by saying God is sovereign. Today I had planned a coffee date with a woman named Mary. I met Mary at a worship event “randomly.” Come to find out Mary works full time at a ministry called Hope Ranch; this ministry is dedicated to woman who are being sex trafficking. I shared my vision with Mary and we planned a coffee date. Well, I invited Leah to join and Mary invited the founder of Hope Ranch, Diana, to join and our coffee date turned into a meeting at the current location for Hope Ranch.
Leah and I shared our hearts with Diana and Mary. They shared with us that they have been praying for committed woman to help with the ministry. I will try to not make this too wordy, so basically Leah and I have been invited to intern at Hope Ranch doing ministry in sex trafficking. This will include speech engagements to raise awareness and working with girls who have been rescued out of the life and so much more. Being involved in this “internship” is going to take a lot of time and a fair amount of money, but it will prepare us and train us in ways (that we will not learn otherwise) if we want to be in the sex trafficking ministry long term.
We have already been so blessed to go to The Justice Conference last weekend. Our church New Hope Eugene and our school paid $80 each for Leah and I to attend this. This Saturday Leah and I will be attending our first Task Force Training with local FBI agent. We are required to go to as many task force training as possible and it cost $70 for unlimited trainings. There are only 2 FBI agents in all of the US that specialize and exclusively deal, with human trafficking and one of the two lives her in Eugene! What a God thing!
Prayer Requests: Please pray for me and Leah as we pray for God to direct us. Our hearts are to do the internship, which would be a short term commitment lasting through the summer, but we care more about seeking God’s will. Also, pray for us as we pour out our resources (finances, time, and emotions) that we are filled again. Please pray a hedge of protection over our lives as we enter into a spiritual warfare zone of a dark evil.
I am so excited to see God work out the details! Every moment I have spent here in Eugene has been so divine I know God is about to do great things!
Be Blessed,
Samantha
