Rescue Stories
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Jan-23-2022 | StoriesJosh
Violence breaks families. Six-year-old Josh knew that all too well. Fighting had erupted in a neighboring village. Gunfire was ringing in their ears, Josh and his family fled the region, walking for a week to cross the border of a nearby country in the Upper Mekong Region.
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Jan-23-2022 | StoriesJake
“I will never leave you nor forsake you.” Jake sat on the ship, reading the words in Hebrews 13, unsure of his destination but comforted by God’s promise. Jake had been a young student at a university in the Philippines. He had also been a drug courier and professional assassin.
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Jan-23-2022 | StoriesHenda
Henda is the fourth of five sisters born in a small town in the Upper Mekong Region filled with drug trafficking, tribal feuds, and much hatred and corruption. Because Henda’s family was prohibited from trafficking drugs due to local interests, the family had no other choice except to live in poverty.
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Jan-23-2022 | StoriesTina
One of the first things you notice about Tina is her smile – it lights up the room – which makes it hard to imagine that only ten years ago she was an orphan about to be sold to another person. “My parents died when I was four years old, and somebody tried to sell me for 15 dollars,” she shared with us.
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Jan-13-2022 | StoriesYeksi
Tears flowed down Yeksi’s cheeks as she knelt before God in prayer. She recalled the difficulties in her childhood – her mom entrusting her four younger siblings to her at the age of 7, her family’s financial struggles when her father underwent surgery, the harsh chaos in her home.
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Jan-31-2021 | StoriesYamon’s Story
A child at risk of being recruited for child soldiering? In 2020? How could this be possible? There are three main factors that contribute to these types of situations…
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Aug-16-2020 | MJY StrategiesOscar’s Story
When we met Oscar we could see his heart to help his community: his desire to educate, to keep children out of militant groups, to improve the quality of life in their remote village. We could see it so clearly was because he was already doing it—and without pay.
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Jul-09-2018 | Project-AK47Surrounded by Drugs and Darkness: Gerardo’s Story of Hope
There truly aren't words strong enough to describe the darkness Gerardo experienced growing up the son of a drug cartel's hitman.
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Jun-25-2018 | Sports MissionsAdolfo’s Story: ‘I wasn’t alone any more’
Growing up in a small town in Central Mexico, Adolfo was no stranger to the two biggest problems plaguing his hometown: poverty and drugs.
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May-04-2018 | StoriesAli and Dallah’s Journey Part 2
To attend school, Ali and Dallah both had to sacrifice a great deal. Ali and Dallah had to move away from their family and friends to be close to school, into an area with a diverse cultural makeup. These new changes presented significant obstacles for Ali and Dallah.
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Apr-20-2018 | StoriesAli and Dallah’s Journey Part 1
There is a great need in the remote areas of the Philippines for child education. The sheer distance makes it impossible for most children to attend school, so parents are forced to rely upon teaching what is necessary for survival—weapons training.
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Aug-24-2017 | StoriesMeet The Boy Who Escaped
“I regret everything,” whispered Karim.
In 2009, a group of men offered young Karim roughly 300 US dollars a month for what he thought was military training. After three months he was released and instructed to go home and wait. He returned to his normal life and didn’t hear anything for more than 8 years.
