From now until June 10 we are doing a gift card drive in order to furnish a newly renovated home at Kendleton Farms. We are partnering with Southern Farmhouse Designs to transform what we are naming The Booth Home into a beautiful space that will house up to 8 survivors. We have chosen specific furniture vendors...Read More
Photo by Leanna Cox, Light Inspired Portraits Written By Vanessa Forbes Motherhood is amazing, exhausting, daunting, precious, tireless, often underappreciated and overburdened and one of the most important roles we play in life. We have a crucial responsibility in how our children understand concepts like empathy, joy, forgiveness, respect, and love. We struggle to balance...Read More
Today we were present in the Oval Office as the President of the United States signed FOSTA/SESTA legislation into law. Kathy McGibbon, Program Director for Elijah Rising commented on her reaction to FOSTA/SESTA: “Though the residue of my past still lingers online due to images I was forced to take, today I have hope. The passing...Read More
On Friday, April 6, 2018, FBI Phoenix confirmed they raided the home of Michael Lacey co-founder of the website Backpage. The site was seized and shut down by the Department of Justice. The Senate recently passed FOSTA, a bill that enables prosecutors to go after sites such as Backpage. FOSTA is in the process of...Read More
Tomorrow, the House of Representatives will be voting on important legislation. H.R. 1865 also known as FOSTA-SESTA, and the amendment to the CDA230 which will enable websites such as Backpage to be held accountable for knowingly facilitating sex trafficking. Since this bill is going for a vote tomorrow we are urging our constituency to take...Read More
The Sweet 16 Agreement It was the day before Thanksgiving, Nov. 27, 2013, when the city of Houston signed a confidential settlement with 16 strip clubs in exchange for their funding of $1,000,000+ to a Human Trafficking HPD Vice Squad. When this deal was announced in 2013, we were outraged and vocal about our thoughts...Read More
It was the Friday before Christmas, the last Fourth Friday Intervention of the year. It was 6:00 pm as we were preparing to go out to the brothels, cantinas, and Bissonnet Street. Suddenly, the weather dropped to a freezing temperature in the 30’s. The women being prostituted on Bissonnet were completely caught off guard by...Read More
There is, without question, a tsunami of perversion sweeping through our society. The facts supporting this statement are for another post which I will gladly and hopefully soon write. This wave of absolute perversion is carried upon a current of misogyny and sexism which is beneath the dignity of the species called man, and certainly...Read More
I have the incredible privilege to be part of a family in which virtually all are believers. We have different flavors and personalities and expressions, but our hearts all can agree on behalf of the pursuit of Christ and that is a beautiful thing. During no other time have I been more aware of the...Read More
We know that one large reason people back away from our ministry is because they fear for their family’s safety and their children’s innocence (makes sense). Sex trafficking isn’t necessarily a picture that you want to paint for your children’s view of the world. It is important to know that the fight against injustice and...Read More
