Lily’s Second Chance: Priscilla Center Reaches the Down-and-Out in Northeast India

This is the fifth in a series of articles as part of the WorldCraftssm Set1Free campaign. This campaign highlights WorldCrafts artisan groups working to end sexual exploitation and human trafficking among the world’s poor. For Lily, life was grim. Married for four brief years to an alcoholic, she too became

She’s Not for Sale: A Fair-Trade Business Connects with India’s Poor

 This is the fourth in a series of articles as part of the WorldCraftssm Set1Free campaign. This campaign highlights WorldCrafts artisan groups working to end sexual exploitation and human trafficking among the world’s poor.  In cities such as Kolkata (Calcutta), India, many young girls and women, like Puja, are forced into

“Old Jo Has Died”: A Young Thai Woman Finds New Life at The Well

This is the third in a series of articles as part of the WorldCraftssm Set1Free campaign. This campaign highlights WorldCrafts artisan groups working to end sexual exploitation and human trafficking among the world’s poor.  A perfect storm of greed, gossip, adultery, and addiction plunged Jo, a young Thai woman, into

From Dance Bars to Higher Ground: Two Nepalese Women Find Freedom Making Jewelry

This is the second in a series of articles as part of the WorldCraftssm Set1Free campaign. This campaign highlights WorldCrafts artisan groups working to end sexual exploitation and human trafficking among the world’s poor.  When Sara and Cara first heard about Higher Ground Crafts (Nepal), they were teenagers working as

What is He calling you to?

Stepping out in faith. Following through in what He’s called us to. Obeying even when it seems crazy. This is the journey I am on. Aren’t we all? All my studies on obedience, faith, and how He does not waste any experience(s). All of these lessons that are being pounded

Radical Change Comes to Kolkata: Freeset Offers Hope Amidst India’s Sex Industry

This is the first in a series of monthly articles as part of the WorldCrafts Set1Free campaign. This campaign highlights WorldCrafts artisan groups working to end sexual exploitation and human trafficking among the world’s poor. Human trafficking and poverty feed India’s sex trade, where women and children forced into prostitution

Is presence really important?

This is the question I have been pondering for several days. We are going through the life and times of Jesus in the New Testament at church, and one thing I see over and over again is His presence with the disciples and those He ministers to. He also promises

Grey’s Anatomy, Sleep-overs, and the Slow Fade

What do Grey’s Anatomy, raising children, birth order, sex before marriage, and Desparate Housewives all have in common? They were the topic of conversation tonight with our adopted college student. She is a junior now and is faced with many friends who now feel it is ok to sleep over

Witnessing Growth

Have you been blessed to witness growth? I mean real, spiritual growth? I have been blessed to see God move and mature lives, spiritual walks, and families. What an amazing thing to witness: pruning, budding, blooming, then blossoming into more of what God has called them to be. The blessing

Champions and Challenges

In Capetown, South Africa, resides a godly girl named Meg. She is a champion. Glossy straight hair brushes her stunning complexion, sprinkled with endearing freckles. While Meg is a photographer and designer by trade, has a special place in her heart for the impoverished women of the Capetown townships. Through