How We Do It
Thursday Gatherings
What started as sitting on the side of the road just getting to know the women morphed into a weekly meeting in a nearby KFC, affectionately called "Chicken and Church." A couple years later, we grew and bgean to rent a space from a local non-profit and hold church times there several Thursdays a month. We have several hours with the women that encompasses sharing some food and coffee, building relationships through games and activities and conversations, and then going through Scripture together. Our primary objective at these Thursday gatherings is to build relationships with the women and share the gospel with them. This time will also also individual conversations with women who are interested in exiting the lifestyle to help them discern what the next steps could be.
Exiting Journey Assistance
Once a woman has committed to the exiting journey, an opportunity that could be available to her is called Journey of Hope, which is run by a partner organisation called Straatwerk. Straatwerk has been working with ladies on the street for decades, and their Journey of Hope programme is comprehensive, biblical, holistic, and meant to prepare the women to exit prostitution in a healthy and sustainable way. Throughout this time, the ladies volunteer, receive occupational therapy and trauma counseling, get involved in a church, do some entrepreneurship, and receive discipleship. Within Journey of Hope as well as afterwards, the ladies are assisted in finding a job skills training programme and eventually work to sustain them. We support each woman with a small stipend throughout this exiting process.