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What Happens to Victims of Trafficking When They Find Faith — in Their Own Simple, Powerful Words

Operation Underground Railroad
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By Operation Underground Railroad
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February 22, 2018

This is a picture of a wall in one of the aftercare centers I visit as a volunteer for Operation Underground Railroad and it happens to be one of my favorite things to look at. As survivors are brought into the center after being rescued they are asked to think about some of the words that they feel describe them. The words are then painted on the wall in black.

Some of the words painted on this wall in Spanish include: garbage, orphan, dirty, victim, a nobody, fearful, abused. These are hard words to see someone use to describe themselves.

Over time these victims receive training, support, love, and counseling with the aftercare center. They are taught about God and they are taught job skills, social skills, and most importantly they are taught they have worth.

Later the survivors are invited to write a new word that describes themselves. They paint over the black words and the new words are added to the wall in red.

The words in red include: saved, loved, peace, adopted, chosen, blessed, clean, accepted.

Operation Underground Railroad rescues children from trafficking in countries all over the world. After the rescues we work hand in hand with quality aftercare centers to help these victims change the direction of their lives. They are taught skills and most importantly they move towards healing.

I love this wall. It is a simple testament to what Operation Underground Railroad works for. We want to help victims escape their horrific situations, and then we want to work to help them see themselves in a different light and be given a new chance at life

—

Mike Johnson

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