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How to Help Combat Child Trafficking
Unfortunately, child trafficking is an issue that is worldwide. There are many ways you can help combat child trafficking yourself, and the first is to educate yourself on the specifics of child trafficking. From there, start spreading the word and looking into how you can help in your local community....
Read moreShe didn’t trust anyone…
We want to share the incredible story of “Bella,” a young woman who endured horrific trauma as a small child living in Cambodia. She found hope, healing and restoration through the love of Jesus Christ at All Things Possible Ministries’ House of Refuge, thanks to ATP's gracious supporters! Read Bella’s story...
Read moreCounter Trafficking in Iraq and Kurdistan (Part 3)
“Are we really going out into the city tomorrow?” asked a participant during week two of All Things Possible’s counter-sex trafficking training in Northern Iraq. “Are we going to actually conduct a training operation to recover a girl and track down a trafficker?” “Yes,” I replied. “We believe that our...
Read moreCounter Trafficking in Iraq and Kurdistan (Part 2)
To understand sex trafficking, you must first understand prostitution. Our team has spent a considerable amount of time researching and experiencing the landscape that is prostitution in the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG). This prostitution leads directly to sex trafficking and the sexual abuse of minors. One report found that 65 percent of...
Read moreCounter Trafficking in Iraq and Kurdistan (Part 1)
Over an end-of-Ramadan Iftar feast at Col. Dara’s home, we engaged in a candid discussion about fighting trafficking in Kurdistan. “Some will understand it, and some will not,” explained Dara. “This is the best next step for training here in Kurdistan.” Dara Farouk Najar is the Director of the Combating...
Read moreAll Things Possible 2022 Annual Report
We are just in awe... 2022 was an incredible year for All Things Possible Ministries — thanks to your faithful financial partnership and prayers — and we can’t wait to share it with you in your ATP annual report! There are also some important updates, strategic leader-shifts, and heartfelt testimonies to God's faithfulness and power...
Read moreA Conversation With Samantha Summers-Rivas, Founder of Rubies LV – Part 2
Previously, we shared the back story on our friend Samantha Summers-Rivas, who survived a dangerous life of trafficking. We continue the story where we left off, with Samantha transitioning from victim to survivor and leader of nonprofit Rubies LV. When asked how to get involved and help in the Rubies...
Read moreA Conversation With Samantha Summers-Rivas, Founder of Rubies LV – Part 1
Samantha Summers-Rivas is the founder of a faith-based nonprofit that serves victims of trafficking and their families. As a born again Christian with her own trafficking story, she is perfectly suited and extremely effective at helping others in the industry. Her Las Vegas-based organization is called Rubies LV. As Samantha...
Read moreTrafficking Rescue in Southeast Asia
We identified an at-risk 16-year-old girl, whom we will call “V,” from a small village in Southeast Asia. “V” met a young man her age on Facebook, and after some interaction with him online, the man swiftly became her “boyfriend.” As we’ve shared in the Daily Intelligence Brief before, social...
Read moreSocial Media and Escort Ads Lead to Trafficking Victim
Our team recently identified a potential California trafficking victim we will call “K.” "K" attended a local Christian High School and even made the basketball team as a freshman. Early social media pictures showed a happy, young and healthy girl surrounded by her friends. But then her outlook changed. Fast...
Read moreATP’s Samantha Weekend Proves Life-Changing for Trafficking Victim
Below is a firsthand account from a trafficking survivor who recently participated in one of our Samantha Weekends. Here's what she said: Prior to participating in Samantha Weekend at the ATP Leadership Training Center, I felt powerless. I was lost and without any tools to dig my way out. I was...
Read moreFrom Rubbish to Roses: Watching the Healing Transformation of a Young Victim in Southeast Asia
Our team and our regional partner in Southeast Asia recently had a counseling breakthrough with a teen we will call “Abi.” During an initial counseling session, Abi was shown a lot of pictures and asked to pick the drawings that represented her. Abi chose images of poop, a broom and...
Read moreTrafficking Victim Turned Recruiter
Next up in our trafficking series, we want to share the story of a young girl on the tragic path from innocent teen to trafficking victim to controller of a pimp's “stable” to online recruiter and groomer of innocent young girls. The female predator, pimpstress or madame is not a...
Read moreStanford University: ATP and RubiesLV Help Change Minds
ATP partnered with Stanford University earlier this year to educate some of the world’s future leaders on the realities behind exploitation. ATP, along with our close friend Samantha Summers-Rivas from RubiesLV, spent a few days at Stanford teaching two courses related to the topic. The workshop course was titled A...
Read moreATP Counter-Trafficking Work In Action
With each passing year, every child has rites of passage they look forward to. Birthdays are a gateway to enjoying a new adult privilege or responsibility. At 16, teens learn to drive. At 18, young adults have their first opportunity to voice their opinion at the polls. When a young...
Read moreFamily Trafficking Legacies: Following in Her Footsteps
Over the last several weeks, we have been sharing a peek behind the curtain to show readers what our counter-trafficking team is encountering in searching for victims. Here is another example of the complicated types of trafficking cases we uncover. Most of us are proud of our family's background, heritage...
Read morePimp My Ride: Time for Pop Culture to Stop Glorifying Pimps
In an economically privileged society, many of us enjoy showing off our hard-earned possessions, perhaps putting a unique signature on them so people know they are ours. Whether it’s wearing designer clothing or engraving our technology, customizing our vehicles or monogramming our towels, we like putting our mark on things. ...
Read moreThe Darkest “Family” Tradition
At one time or another, every kid is asked what they want to be when they grow up. Some kids follow in their family's footsteps, perhaps upholding and celebrating a long-standing tradition. The sex trafficking world also has its own family traditions in which kids are not given an opportunity...
Read moreFrom Trafficking Victim to Advocate for Survivors: Sarah-Jane Vegas (Part 2)
Sarah-Jane Vegas is a former trafficking victim who found her calling in helping people by creating a refuge for women in trafficking situations. Her organization is called Stand4Justice. Last week in Part 1 of Sarah-Jane’s story, we left off at a point where she had been brought into the sex...
Read moreFrom Trafficking Victim to Advocate for Survivors: Sarah-Jane Vegas (Part 1)
A couple of months ago on the Victor Marx Show, Victor had the opportunity to interview a fascinating woman who has gone from sex trafficking victim to the founder of the nonprofit Stand4Justice. This organization exists to inspire and lead a movement of committed people around he world who will...
Read moreOne Woman’s Journey From Trafficking Victim to Pimp Hunter
Recently, a former sex trafficking victim who has joined us as an intelligence analyst for our counter human trafficking program called “Skull Games” shared her trafficking story with us. We want to share this incredible journey with our readers. We’ve left out some details to guard her privacy. I’m a...
Read moreCounter Trafficking: A Glimpse at Some of the Cases We are Addressing
ATP’s Counter Trafficking Team often comes across escort ads highlighting girls we believe are either in the early stages of being trafficked or if over 18, possibly experimenting with prostitution on their own. Recently, we located a young 18-19 year old Ohio woman we will call “J.” We believe “J”...
Read moreWhat You Need To Know About Iran’s Nuclear Deals
Recently, Iran launched nearly a dozen Fateh-110 ballistic missiles at targets in Erbil, northern Iraq, close to the United States Consulate compound and a few dozen meters away from where we met with U.S. troops. The attack injured at least two people and caused significant damage to several cars and...
Read moreThe Forces Fighting For Good
In our last report on what’s really happening in the Middle East, I shared with you the current threat of ISIS and how they are STILL a global threat that our current U.S. administration has been avoiding and pushing to the side. But while most of the conflicts happening in the...
Read moreThe ISIS Threat: A Global Challenge
As I mentioned in the first part of this report, there are a number of dangers our troops and allies are currently facing in Iraq, including rocket and missile attacks from Iran. As of now, our administration here in the U.S. has done nothing to stop this. In fact, they have done less than...
Read moreThe Mounting Conflict in Iraq the Media Won’t Show You
As you may know, our All Things Possible team just completed another trip to Iraq and the Middle East. Because of you and your generosity, we were able to accomplish a great amount. In the coming days, I'd like to report on the results of our time there and share...
Read moreI’m Glad We Packed Bubbles
Come with me to Mosul, a major city in Northern Iraq. That’s where we first met Demouah. She’s an incredible young girl who has experienced a lot of trauma because of war and violence in her city. Yet, because of your love and support of All Things Possible Ministries, she's...
Read morePrincess Maryam
We recently got to see Maryam again. If you remember, a few years back, she lost the use of her legs and lost her father during the war in Iraq. Because of your incredible generosity, we were able to get her a new wheelchair that allowed her to become more...
Read moreJannat’s Story
When ISIS demanded a father abandon his home, he refused. They opened fire, striking his young daughter, Jannat. Thankfully, she survived the shooting, but the doctors were unable to save her leg from amputation. Watch our short video story about this brave little girl and see how All Things Possible...
Read moreAwareness, Assessment, Avoidance, Action: Analysis of a Riot (Part 2)
Through all the unrest, Old Glory continued to wave above the Federal Courthouse. Flags getting burned and desecrated on the ground were ok with me as long as we still had one flying proudly. Photo Credit: iStock/Daniel Augustine. It’s been interesting to see some of the responses and reactions to...
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