I was assignment to read Renting Lacy for a class on human trafficking at my university. Renting Lacy was a required book for the course. Though it was a quick read, it was notably substantive. Renting Lacy is a fictional, yet reality-based story founded upon the biographies of the unfortunate lives that are involved in […]
You Don’t Always Get to See the Seed Sprout
By Butch and Jean Fitzpatrick As Ambassadors of Hope, we spend time proactively communicating, giving out resources, sharing about DMST and the work of Shared Hope International, and make ourselves available for prevention and awareness but we don’t always get to see the seeds we plant sprout into action. In September 2018 we spent time […]
Hope for a New Life in the New Year
Terry’s House, a partnership between Shared Hope and The Coffee Oasis, is a transitional living home for young women who have survived sexual exploitation and seek a supportive path to self sufficiency. There is room for you or your client with us! Hope for a New Life in the New Year She is calling. Hope […]
The Value of Our Foundation
When I first became involved with Shared Hope one thing that truly affected me was the faith of its founders, Vern and Linda Smith. I knew these were like-minded believers who put their confidence in an Almighty God to change this nation. I understood that only through Christ would lasting restoration come to the lives of […]
Sex Trafficking: “A Supply Answer to a Demand Problem”
By Geoffrey Rogers The United Nations’ estimate of nearly 27 million people around the world held in slavery through human trafficking is a statistic too mammoth for my mind to fully contemplate, so I’ll consider children…children in our own country. I have been engaged with efforts to alert Christians to this day’s pressing social issues […]
