Here I was trained with a master’s degree in counseling yet in that moment felt quite helpless.

All I could do was be with her.

I held her and cried with her.

I empathized with her saying, “You’re right. It’s so difficult.”

For my whole life I have shuddered at the tales of sex trafficking. I used to cover my ears and leave the room when someone would retell a horror story they heard about a girl being stolen and forced into prostitution. Now I find myself in the middle of it all - and I am strong and brave.

The change of heart came when God called me to the streets of Tijuana and said,

“ …He said, ‘Now is the time I want you to go.’ God sees what we don’t see and His timing is perfect. He told me, ‘Now is the time that I can use you to reach those vulnerable little ones with My Love and Care.’…”

How odd to have the tables turned in such a way, for the missionary to become the mission.