Faith-Based Ministries Transforming Lives Across America

Rest Stop Ministries: Hope for Sex Trafficking Survivors

• 💡 Rest Stop Ministries in Tennessee provides long-term trauma recovery, education, and job training for women rescued from sex trafficking.
• 💔 Galia Aava Miera shared her harrowing experience of abuse from age three and subsequent exploitation, highlighting the deep scars left by trafficking.
• 🏥 The ministry offers a holistic approach with trauma-focused therapists and case managers to create comprehensive healing plans, aiming for rehabilitation in Christ.
• 🎓 A 9-month curriculum, Good Hope Farms, equips survivors with job skills and boosts self-esteem, preparing them for independent living.
• ✨ Over 8.5 years, the ministry has helped 57 women, many of whom are now living independently for the first time, experiencing life transformations like receiving dental care and a new smile.

Women of Welcome: Faith in Immigration Ministry

• 🤝 Women of Welcome approaches immigration from a biblical perspective, emphasizing the dignity and sanctity of every human life.
• 🌍 Director Bri Strins connects the pro-life conviction to the broader scope of life, advocating for both pre-borns and immigrants.
• ✝️ The ministry ministers to both Border Patrol agents and migrants, praying for agents and fellowshipping with migrants to show God's love and welcome.
• 🕊️ Strins encourages Christians to use their voices to advocate for compassionate immigration policies and get involved locally with immigrant congregations and shelters.

Our Calling: Dallas Ministry for the Homeless

• 🏠 Our Calling in Dallas is a zero-barrier ministry offering comprehensive services to the homeless, including medical care, housing assistance, and veteran support.
• 🙏 Founder Wayne Walker, inspired by his parents' foster care experience, provides spiritual support, discipleship, and evangelism to those on the streets.
• 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 The ministry welcomes everyone, regardless of background, including families, domestic violence victims, sex trafficking survivors, single adults, and those with criminal records.
• 🎓 They offer life-changing programs, such as helping a teenager earn her high school diploma, and are building a tiny home community for the sick and elderly.
• ❤️ Services are faith-based but voluntary, focusing on inviting people to experience God's love and truth.

Skiers and Snowboarders for Christ: Gospel on the Slopes

• 🏂 Skiers and Snowboarders for Christ (SFC) is a global movement using snowboarding and skiing as a platform to share the gospel.
• 🏔️ Youth minister Josh Nipple uses his passion for the mountains to build relationships and share faith, seeing the slopes as a mission field.
• 🍩 Nipple's approach includes offering donuts to strangers on the mountain as a way to break the ice and build connections.
• 🌍 SFC operates in seven countries, aiming to point people to Jesus and bridge them to local churches for continued spiritual growth.
• 🤝 The ministry emphasizes building personal relationships, understanding that true freedom is found in a life transformed by faith.