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Saturday, October 23, 2010

Hope In The Darkness

Some day, you got to get up...look around and fight the good fight.



In 2005, Don and Bridgette Brewster sold their house, belongings, and left their kids and grandchildren to aid in the fight against child sex trafficking. They moved to Phnom Penh, Cambodia "a pedophiles paradise", to started a center for girls who have been rescued from the trafficking industry.

The Agape Restoration Center specializes in not just restoring physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual health, but re-integrating the girls back into the society to make a positive impact on the culture. In the process of re-integration, a small village named Svay Pak (or "K-11") was found to be the epicenter of child sex slavery in Cambodia.

Without a sure hope of re-interation back into Svay Pak, it became clear that girls weren't the only ones who needed rescuing, but communities as well. The only way to make a dent in trafficking in Cambodia is the changes communities as well as lives, and the transformation process is identical... from the inside out.

"Hope in the Darkness"
Coming 2011

3 comments:

Wai Jia said...

Thanks for sharing the video! It was great. Keep us updated on what happens in 2011 :)

sheanerd said...

hey Cliff,

any info on how to get involved in this project? i would love to go on a trip and be part of it. i have been to thailand missions trip many times and cambodia once, all with my church.

cheers,
Adel

Cliff said...

Adel,

You can find more info at http://agapewebsite.org/.

I notice there are a lot of similar ministries as Ratanak (which I am involve in a bit here in Canada).

Thanks,
Cliff