ANNOUNCER: THE FOLLOWING PROGRAM IS PAID FOR
BY THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
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JOYCE: WELL, IT'S A HUMAN TRAGEDY BEYOND OUR IMAGINATION.
EVERY 30 SECONDS SOMEONE BECOMES A VICTIM OF MODERN DAY SLAVERY
WITH AN ESTIMATED 27 MILLION PEOPLE IN BONDAGE
TO EITHER FORCED LABOR OR SEX TRAFFICKING.
IT AFFECTS WOMEN, CHILDREN, AND MEN ACROSS THE GLOBE.
MY PASSION IS TO RESCUE AS MANY OF THESE VICTIMS AS POSSIBLE.
THAT'S WHY WE'VE PARTNERED WITH CHRISTINE CAINE
AND HER A21 PROGRAM WHICH IS WORKING TO PREVENT TRAFFICKING
AND TO RESTORE THE LIVES OF THOSE CAUGHT IN THIS
UNBELIEVABLE DARKNESS.
WELL, CHRIS, THIS IS NOT A VERY PLEASANT SUBJECT BUT THANKS
FOR COMING AND TALKING TO US ABOUT IT TODAY.
CHRISTINE: THANKS, JOYCE.
YES, IT NEEDS TO BE TALKED ABOUT FOR SURE.
JOYCE: SO TELL US ABOUT A21.
CHRISTINE: YOU KNOW WE STARTED 8 YEARS AGO.
I WAS IN AN AIRPORT IN THESSALONIKI, GREECE
AND I SAW ALL OF THESE POSTERS OF THESE YOUNG WOMEN
AND CHILDREN.
DOZENS.
THAT SAID, "MISSING, MISSING, MISSING, MISSING."
AND I WAS ASTOUNDED.
I WENT ON TO FIND OUT THAT THEY WERE THE ALLEGED VICTIMS
OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
WHICH I HAVE TO ADMIT, I DIDN'T KNOW IT STILL EXISTED
ON THE EARTH TODAY.
LIKE, PEOPLE LITERALLY SOLD INTO SEX TRAFFICKING OR FORCED LABOR
TRAFFICKING AND I KNEW THAT WE CAN'T DO EVERYTHING
BUT WE HAD TO DO SOMETHING.
ONCE YOU SEE, YOU CAN'T UNSEE.
AND ONCE YOU KNOW YOU CAN'T UNKNOW.
AND SO, I THOUGHT WE GOTTA START SOMEWHERE.
OUT OF THAT I HAD AN EXTENSIVE CONVERSATION WITH DAVID AND,
YOU KNOW, BOTH OF US WERE LIKE, "WE DON'T REALLY KNOW
MUCH ABOUT THIS, BUT LET'S START."
JOYCE: DAVID, OUR SON, AND THE HEAD OF OUR MISSIONS
PROGRAM.
CHRISTINE: YES, THAT'S RIGHT, AT HAND OF HOPE
AND SO RIGHT FROM THE BEGINNING WE DECIDED WE WERE GOING TO
START.
SO THEN WE BEGAN AN EXTENSIVE PROGRAM WHICH HAS BECOME
A GLOBAL NETWORK NOW, HELPING TO RESCUE YOUNG CHILDREN
AND WOMEN FROM SEX TRAFFICKING AND TO PUT TRAFFICKERS IN JAIL,
TO PROSECUTE.
SO WE'RE INVOLVED RIGHT FROM INVESTIGATION, PROSECUTION,
TO RESTORATION.
AND SO, IT'S BEEN POWERFUL.
JOYCE: THAT'S GOOD.
YOU KNOW, THE BIBLE TALKS ABOUT BRINGING DELIVERANCE
TO THE OPPRESSED AND BRINGING JUDGEMENT TO THE OPPRESSOR.
AND I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT'S GREAT TO DELIVER
A GIRL THAT'S BEEN HURT BUT IT'S EVEN BETTER IF YOU TAKE
THE ONE THAT'S HURT HER, GET THEM OUT OF THE PICTURE
WHERE THEY NO LONGER CAN HURT OTHER PEOPLE.
CHRISTINE: OH, WELL, TOTALLY.
AND WHEN YOU TAKE THE TRAFFICKER OUT OF THE NETWORK,
YOU'VE PROBABLY SAVED ANOTHER 250 GIRLS THAT HAVE COME UNDER
THAT.
AND, YOU KNOW JOYCE, IT'S ONE THING TO BE AN
AMBULANCE, AND WE ALWAYS WILL BE, AT THE BOTTOM OF THE CLIFF
CLEANING UP THE MESS, BUT IF YOU CAN PUT SOME NETS
AT THE TOP SO THAT MEANS HELP TO CHANGE LEGISLATION,
HELP TO EDUCATE.
I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE, A NATION LIKE GREECE.
THIS IS THE GOVERNMENT STATISTICS, 71% OF ALL THE MEN
USE PROSTITUTES.
PROSTITUTION IS LEGAL.
IN FACT A RITE OF PASSAGE OFTEN FOR A 13-YEAR-OLD BOY IS THAT
HIS GRANDMOTHER WOULD TAKE HIM TO A BROTHEL.
SO IT'S A SUPPLY-AND-DEMAND ISSUE.
IF YOU LOOK AT IT ECONOMICALLY, I MEAN, IT IS INCOMPREHENSIBLE
TO US THAT THIS ACTUALLY EXISTS BUT IN MANY NATIONS
OF THE EARTH.
AND SO, WHAT WE HAVE TO SHOW IS THAT THESE GIRLS ARE NOT
CHOOSING TO DO THIS.
YOU KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE GO, "WELL, THAT'S JUST WHAT THEY
WANT TO DO."
THERE ARE SYSTEMS OF OPPRESSION WHERE GIRLS
ARE LIED TO, THEY ARE LITERALLY FORCIBLY TAKEN AND THEN SOLD
INTO BROTHELS AND THEY'VE GOT NO WAY OF ESCAPE.
AND OFTENTIMES, IN SOME OF THE COUNTRIES IF WE'RE NOT THERE TO
CHANGE THE LAW, IF A GIRL GOES TO LAW ENFORCEMENT TO TRY TO
GET HELP, SHE'S THEN DEPORTED AS AN ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT
AS IF SHE'S A CRIMINAL RATHER THAN A VICTIM.
SO YOU'VE GOT A SYSTEMICALLY DEAL WITH THIS.
YOU'VE GOT TO CHANGE LAWS.
YOU'VE GOT TO CHANGE THE THOUGHT PROCESS OF KIDS IN SCHOOL WHO
THINK, "WHEN I'M 13 I'M GOING TO GO VISIT A PROSTITUTE
BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT YOU DO."
TO TEACHING PEOPLE THAT HUMAN BEINGS ARE NOT COMMODITIES
TO BE BOUGHT AND SOLD.
JOYCE: TELL US A LITTLE MORE ABOUT THAT BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT
A CURRICULUM NOW THAT'S BEING ACCEPTED IN SCHOOLS WIDELY
EVERYWHERE THAT'S TEACHING THAT.
CHRISTINE: YEAH, DEFINITELY AND A LOT OF, YOU KNOW COUNTRIES
LIKE THE UKRAINE AND GREECE AND BULGARIA WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS
FOR MANY YEARS AND AUSTRALIA AND NOW ALL OVER AMERICA.
SO WE HAVE A SCHOOL'S PROGRAM CALLED "BODIES ARE NOT
COMMODITIES."
AND I LOVE THAT WHOLE THING, AND YOU KNOW, THANK GOD FOR YOUR
MINISTRY THAT IT'S HELPED US PUT THIS TOGETHER.
IT'S BEEN A LOT OF YEARS IN PROCESS TO BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE
THAT IT FITS ALL THE STANDARDS FOR THE DIFFERENT CURRICULUMS
AROUND THE WORLD.
BUT IT TEACHES PEOPLE WHO OTHERWISE WOULD NOT THINK THIS.
IT IS AMAZING AND I THINK PART OF THAT IS YOU CAN BE
SHOPPING IN A SUPERMARKET AND YOU'RE LOOKING AT A MAGAZINE
AND YOU'RE TREATING BODIES LIKE COMMODITIES.
I MEAN, YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A TRAFFIC VICTIM IN ANOTHER
COUNTRY.
SOMETIMES I SIT THERE AND I HAVE TO EXPLAIN TO MY
DAUGHTERS, "THESE GIRLS ARE BEING EXPLOITED."
THEY'VE GOT BARELY ANY CLOTHES ON.
IT'S LIKE THEIR BODIES ARE A COMMODITY TO BE LUSTED AFTER
AND BOUGHT AND SOLD.
SO IT'S TEACHING PEOPLE THAT FUNDAMENTALLY WE'RE CREATING
IN THE IMAGE OF GOD.
A LOT OF THAT DRIVES TRAFFICKING.
OBVIOUSLY THE PORNOGRAPHY INDUSTRY.
IT'S A SUPPLY-AND-DEMAND INDUSTRY.
A GIRL--THE TRAFFICKERS WE DEAL WITH, THE GIRL IS WORTH ABOUT
250,000 EUROS A YEAR TO THE TRAFFICKER.
NOW HERE'S THE HORRIFIC THING, AND OBVIOUSLY RIGHT NOW
ON THE EARTH THERE'S THE LARGEST REFUGEE CRISIS IN MODERN
HISTORY.
SO NOT VERY FAR FROM EVEN WHERE SOME OF OUR OFFICES ARE, OUR
STAFF HAVE--BECAUSE NOBODY'S LOOKING FOR REFUGEES,
NOBODY KNOWS THEY'RE GONE.
SO NEAR THE BORDERS THEY HAVE FOUND BODIES THAT HAVE WHAT
ARE CALLED SURGICAL CUTS.
SO SURGEONS HAVE CUT THEM, TAKEN THEIR ORGANS OUT,
TAKEN THEIR EYES OUT AND THEN YOU TRAFFIC THEM
ON THE BLACK MARKET.
IT'S A FORM OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
AND BECAUSE I'VE ALREADY--I MEAN, I CAN CRY BECAUSE NOBODY'S
LOOKING FOR THESE WOMEN, THESE CHILDREN, THESE MEN.
THIS IS A TIME--YOU KNOW, JOYCE WHENEVER THERE'S GREAT DARKNESS
AND GREAT EVIL, WHEREVER THERE'S DARKNESS, IF THE LIGHT DOESN'T
STEP IN, SOMEBODY'S GOING TO STEP IN.
IF WE'RE NOT THERE, A TRAFFICKER IS GOING TO BE
THERE, A DRUG DEALER'S GOING TO, SOMEONE'S GOING TO BE THERE.
JOYCE: WELL, AND AS FAR AS OUR PART WITH YOU, I'D LIKE
OUR PARTNERS TO KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING TO HELP YOU.
BECAUSE WHAT WE DO IS WE HELP PROVIDE FINANCES FOR YOU AS WELL
AS TEACHING MATERIALS TO SOME OF THESE HOMES.
CHRISTINE: MASSIVE.
OBVIOUSLY IN THE RESTORATION PROCESS, ONCE THE GIRLS COME
THROUGH.
I MEAN THERE'S A LOT OF POST TRAUMATIC STRESS THAT
IS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS.
WE HAVE TO TAKE THEM THROUGH SPIRITUAL, EMOTIONAL, PHYSICAL
AND PSYCHOLOGICAL HELP.
ALL YOUR TEACHING, YOU KNOW THERE IS SUCH A POWERFUL
CONNECTION WHEN A GIRL THAT HAS BEEN SO VICTIMIZED SEES YOU
AND YOU KNOW, YOUR STORY IN IT'S OWN LIGHT QUITE, YOU KNOW,
VERY DRAMATIC AND THE FACT THAT JESUS COULD COME IN AND HEAL
AND RESTORE YOU.
THE POWER OF TESTIMONY, IS I SEE IT, I JUST SEE THE HOPE
IT GIVES TO GIRLS LIKE, "DO YOU THINK HE COULD DO THAT FOR ME?
DO YOU THINK THAT COULD HAPPEN?" AND IF THEY WALK THROUGH THE
PROGRAM--WE SEE MIRACULOUS-- WE HAVE HAD TOP PSYCHOLOGISTS
AND MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS SAY TO US,
"THEY WILL NEVER RECOVER."
BECAUSE SOME OF THE STORIES ARE PARTICULARLY, VERY HORRIFIC
OF WHAT IS DONE TO THESE YOUNG WOMEN.
BUT TO WATCH THE LORD, WITH ALL THE WISDOM
AND THE COUNSELING BUT THE LORD DO MIRACLES.
YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT A CASE RIGHT AT THE MOMENT, A GIRL CAME IN
THROUGH THE PROGRAM 3 YEARS AGO AND IT WAS HER DREAM TO GO
TO UNIVERSITY AND SHE CAME INTO ONE OF THESE COUNTRIES UNDER
THE GUISE OF, THEY SAID, "WE'LL HELP YOU TO DO THAT."
ANYWAYS, SHE WAS TAKEN, BRUTALLY RAPED AND ABUSED.
WELL, SHE WENT THROUGH THE 2-YEAR PROGRAM
AND SHE'S NOW HERE IN AMERICA IN UNIVERSITY AND PAYING FOR HER
EDUCATION TO DO THAT.
I COULD GIVE YOU NUMEROUS EXAMPLES OF GIRLS LIKE THAT
THAT ARE NOW EITHER STARTING THEIR OWN SMALL BUSINESS
BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES, JOYCE, ESPECIALLY IN SOME OF THESE
NATIONS IF THEY GO BACK THEY'RE EITHER RE-TRAFFICKED
OR THEY'RE OSTRACIZED FROM THEIR FAMILY AS IF IT WAS THEIR FAULT.
SO WE HELP TO SET THEM UP.
THIS IS WHERE REALLY THE PARTNER MONEY GOES,
IN A SMALL SELF-SUFFICIENT BUSINESS WHERE THEY CAN
BAKE BREAD AND THINGS THAT BECOME SELF SUSTAINING
AND EMPLOY THEIR FAMILIES, ALL OF THAT.
IT GIVES THEM DIGNITY AND IT GIVES THEM VALUE AND STOPS
THE CYCLE OF BEING RE-TRAFFICKED IN THIER FAMILIES.
SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE AFTER-CARE PROGRAM,
YOU LOOK AT ALL THE LEGAL COSTS, CURRENTLY, YOU KNOW,
IT'S VERY MAJOR.
THOSE THAT ARE MOST VULNERABLE AND AT-RISK OF BEING TRAFFICKED
ARE THE REFUGEES.
YOU KNOW, 1 HOUR AWAY, AS ONLY THE LORD WOULD DO,
WHEN WE STARTED IN THESSALONIKI 8 YEARS AGO, ALL THE EXPERTS
SAID TO US IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE.
AND I MEAN, WE HAD SECULAR EXPERTS DO THE STUDIES,
FEASIBILITY STUDIES, THEY SAID IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE
BECAUSE OF THE CORRUPTION IN THE GOVERNMENT,
BECAUSE OF THE POVERTY, BECAUSE THERE ARE NO LAWS
PROTECTING THE--THIS IS NOT A CRIME IN GREECE, SO YOU'RE NOT
GOING TO BE ABLE TO PROSECUTE ANYONE.
AND IT IS VERY DARK.
IT IS OBVIOUSLY-- THE UNITED NATIONS CALLS IT
THE PARKING STATION OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING
BECAUSE IT LEADS OUT OF THE MIDDLE EAST,
INTO WESTERN EUROPE, DOWN TO AFRICA.
SO IN THE MIDST OF ALL OF THAT, ONLY GOD WOULD HAVE KNOWN
THAT 8 YEARS LATER 85% OF ALL THE SYRIAN REFUGEES
WOULD BE CROSSING THE BORDER 1 HOUR--I MEAN, I'M GOING TO
BE THERE IN A FEW DAYS.
I'M GOING TO GET IN THE CAR, DRIVE 1 HOUR FROM MY OFFICE,
AND THERE THEY ARE.
AND THESE PEOPLE WERE DYING EN MASSE AND JUST HAD NOTHING.
SO REALLY WHAT OUR PARTNERSHIP SUPPORT HERE HAS DONE
AND WHAT YOU'RE GENEROUS PARTNERS HAVE DONE,
IT'S MIRACULOUS.
HAVE ENABLED US TO PUT DOWN FOUNDATIONS OF SIMPLE THING
LIKE GRAVEL SO THAT WE COULD PITCH TENTS FOR THE U.N.
AND FOR THE RED CROSS.
AND WE COULD THEN, WHAT YOU HAVE DONE IS PROVIDED UNBELIEVABLE
WATER CONTAINERS.
OVER 300,000 PEOPLE HAVE JUST USED 1 OF THESE.
I MEAN, THE U.N. HAS JUST ORDERED 50 MORE
AND IT'S QUITE POWERFUL.
A SIMPLE IDEA OF CONVERTING A CONTAINER, HAVING TAPS SO
PEOPLE COULD HAVE THE DIGNITY OF WASHING THEMSELVES,
COMING OFF THE BOATS, HAVING A SHOWER.
WE'VE GOT ONES WITH SHOWERS.
AND TOILETS.
THAT SIMPLE, SMALL THING.
AND I JUST KEEP THINKING, WHEN JESUS SAYS,
"IF YOU GIVE THEM A CUP OF WATER IN MY NAME.
IF YOU GIVE THEM--" I FEEL THAT WHAT WILL HAPPEN,
5 YEARS FROM NOW, THESE REFUGEES, THEY'RE
GOING TO SAY, "WE WERE THIRSTY AND THE CHRISTIANS WERE THERE
AND THEY GAVE US SOMETHING TO DRINK.
WE WERE HUNGRY AND THE CHRISTIANS WERE THERE AND THEY
GAVE US--" THEY'LL NEVER FORGET THAT SO THAT'S REALLY WHAT
IT'S DOING.
JOYCE: YOU KNOW THE POWER OF PARTNERSHIP IS REALLY AMAZING
TO ME.
AND WE PARTNER WITH YOUR MINISTRY AS WELL AS HUNDREDS
OF OTHERS AROUND THE EARTH AND AS WELL AS WE HAVE SEVERAL
OF THESE HOMES OURSELF THAT WE HAVE STARTED
AND FULLY SUPPORT.
AND, YOU KNOW, ALONE WE CAN ONLY DO A CERTAIN AMOUNT.
AND SO I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WATCHING, THIS SOUNDS
SO TRAGIC TO YOU AND IT'S ALMOST OVERWHELMING SO YOU HEAR IT
AND IT DOESN'T EVEN OCCUR TO YOU THAT YOU CAN MAYBE DO SOMETHING
ABOUT IT.
BUT YOUR REGULAR PARTNERSHIP WITH US AND--OR IF YOU
PARTNERSHIP WITH CHRIS'S MINISTRY--THAT'S WHAT MAKES
THE DIFFERENCE.
IT'S HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF REGULAR PEOPLE DOING SOMETHING
AND YOU KNOW WE HAVE TO COME TO THE POINT WHERE THE LAST
THING THAT WE'RE WILLING TO DO IS NOTHING.
THAT NO MATTER WHAT LITTLE BIT WE CAN DO, WE'RE GOING TO DO
THAT LITTLE BIT THAT WE CAN.
BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO NOTHING.
AND, YOU KNOW, GOD RAISES UP PEOPLE AND ANOINTS
THEM TO DO THINGS LIKE WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
AND I DON'T HAVE MY OWN BOOTS ON THE GROUND THAT ARE DOING
THAT.
I GO ON MISSIONS TRIPS BUT I DO OTHER THINGS.
OUR MINISTRY HAS SEVERAL OF THESE HOMES,
BUT I'VE LEARNED THAT PLACES WHERE GOD IS NOT CALLING ME
TO PHYSICALLY WORK IN THAT FIELD THAT I CAN STILL WORK IN THAT
FIELD THROUGH OUR MINISTRY HELPING THEM AND IN ORDER FOR US
TO DO THAT THEN OUR PARTNERS HAVE TO HELP US.
AND SO WE'RE GRATEFUL TO BE PARTNERS WITH YOU AND WE'VE BEEN
WITH YOU IN THIS A21 THING FROM THE VERY BEGINNING AND HAVE
CONTRIBUTED LARGELY TO OPENING SOME OF THE HOMES AND WE WILL
CERTAINLY CONTINUE TO SUPPORT YOU BECAUSE I REALLY STRONGLY
BELIEVE IN WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
CHRISTINE: THANK YOU.
WE COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT YOU AND I'M EXCITED BECAUSE YOU CAN
BE OVERWHELMED BY THE STATISTICS AND LOSE SIGHT OF THE ONE.
REALLY, WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT.
THAT EVERY LIFE THAT IS TRANSFORMED AND I THINK
OF THE LITTLE BOY WITH THE FISH AND LOAVES.
YOU KNOW, WHEN THE DISCIPLES WENT AROUND AND ASKED THAT
HUGE CROWD, "WHAT HAVE YOU GOT?" EVERYONE KEPT THINKING,
"I CAN'T DO EVERYTHING."
BECAUSE I CAN'T DO EVERYTHING, THEY END UP DOING NOTHING.
IT'S JUST THE ONE THING.
AND THE LITTLE BOY GOES, "A COUPLE OF PIECES OF FISH,
A LITTLE BIT OF BREAD."
AND JESUS SAID, "AWESOME, THAT'S ALL I ASKED."
WHAT HAVE YOU GOT?
WHAT DO YOU HAVE?
THAT'S ALL HE ASKS FOR.
AND I HAVE SEEN A WHOLE LOT OF THAT, YOUR PARTNERSHIP,
WE COULDN'T HAVE DREAMT OF THE INFLUENCE THAT WE HAVE
GLOBALLY IN TERMS OF THE GOVERNMENT INFLUENCE,
THE LEGAL INFLUENCE.
SEEING THE GIRLS RESTORED, THE CHILDREN RESTORED.
PUTTING IN CHECKS AND BALANCE IN PLACE TO STOP IT HAPPENING
IN CERTAIN PLACES AND THAT CAN ONLY HAPPEN
BY ALL OF US DOING IT TOGETHER.
JOYCE: THAT'S RIGHT, I'M GLAD WE'RE WORKING TOGETHER.
WELL THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US TODAY.
IT'S BEEN GREAT AND I KNOW THAT PEOPLE'S HEARTS HAVE
BEEN TOUCHED.
STAY WITH ME AND I'LL BE RIGHT BACK AFTER THIS.
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GINGER: THIS IS IDOMENI REFUGEE CAMP
ON THE NORTHERN BORDER OF GREECE.
YOU SEE THIS SEA OF TENTS.
THEY'RE FULL OF FAMILIES.
TO MY LEFT THERE IS A FOOD LINE THAT JUST GOES AS FAR AS YOU
CAN SEE.
PEOPLE WAITING FOR HOURS.
THERE'S ALSO SOMETHING HERE THAT'S QUITE WONDERFUL.
SHIPPING CONTAINERS THAT HAVE BEEN CHANGED INTO A PLACE FOR
PEOPLE TO GET CLEAN, FRESH WATER.
THEY CAN PREPARE FOOD, THEY CAN DRINK THE WATER,
THEY CAN EVEN SHOWER.
SO WE WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT IN THIS DESPERATE SITUATION, YOU
ARE HERE MAKING A DIFFERENCE.
YOU'RE SHARING THE LOVE OF CHRIST
IN A VERY TANGIBLE WAY.
CALL THE NUMBER THAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN RIGHT NOW,
GO TO THE WEBSITE, AND STAND WITH US
AS WE HELP NOT ONLY HERE BUT ALL OVER THE WORLD.
ANNOUNCER: FOR YOUR DONATION TODAY OF ANY AMOUNT,
WE'D LIKE TO SEND YOU JOYCE'S AUDIO DEVOTIONAL,
"BETTER YOUR DAY BY WHAT YOU THINK AND SAY."
CONTACT US RIGHT NOW...
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ANNOUNCER: THE CIVIL WAR IN SYRIA IS THE WORST
HUMANITARIAN CRISIS OF OUR TIME, RESULTING IN A MASS EXODUS
OF REFUGEES.
MANY OF THEM END UP IN REFUGEE CAMPS LIKE THIS ONE,
1 HOUR NORTH OF THESSALONIKI, GREECE.
THIS CITY IS A MAIN ENTRY INTO WESTERN EUROPE
AND HAS BECOME A MAJOR HUB OF SEX TRAFFICKING.
ANNIE: MANY OF THE REFUGEES THAT ARE COMING INTO GREECE
ARE DESPERATE.
THEY'RE LOOKING FOR A NEW LIFE.
THEY'RE LOOKING FOR THIS HOPE, THIS ESCAPE FROM, GOSH,
ABSOLUTE TERROR IN THEIR COUNTRY BACK HOME.
GINGER: AND LOOKING FOR SOMEONE, ANYONE TO HELP THEM.
ANNIE: EXACTLY, EXACTLY SO SOMEBODY COMES UP AND SAYS,
"I CAN HELP GET YOU IN.
I CAN HELP GET YOUR ACROSS THE BORDER.
YOU CAN TRUST ME."
IT'S LIKE A PERFECT STORM FOR TRAFFICKING SITUATION.
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ANNIE: AS THE DYNAMICS WITHIN THIS WHOLE CRISIS KEEP SHIFTING
AND CHANGING, WE ARE CONSTANTLY REALIZING WE HAVE EVOLVE AND
STAY ONE STEP AHEAD OF THE GAME SO THAT WE CAN REALLY TRY
AND HEAD OFF THESE SCENARIOS.
GINGER: CAN I ASK YOU REAL QUICK, JUST SO EVERYONE'S CLEAR,
DEFINE HUMAN TRAFFICKING FOR US.
ANNIE: HUMAN TRAFFICKING IS BASICALLY THE ILLEGAL
EXPLOITATION OF PEOPLE THROUGH FORCE, FRAUD, OR COERCION.
AND IT IS--IT'S BASICALLY HUMAN SLAVERY.
AND IT CAN TAKE ON MANY DIFFERENT FORMS.
FOR SEX TRAFFICKING, LABOR TRAFFICKING, THERE'S ILLEGAL
TRADE AND SELLING OF ORGANS, EVEN CHILD SOLDIERS.
ANNOUNCER: THE REFUGEE CRISIS HAS CREATED A NEW MISSION
FOR A21, ONE THAT GOES FAR BEYOND ANYTHING THEY'VE BEEN
INVOLVED WITH BEFORE.
PHILIP: WE CAME HERE IN AUGUST/SEPTEMBER LAST YEAR
AND WE WALKED IN AND WE JUST SAW ABSOLUTE HOPELESSNESS.
IT WAS JUST A MODEST FIELD, FARMLAND, THERE WAS NOTHING
HERE.
THERE WAS NO WATER, NO ELECTRICITY,
THERE WAS NO TENTS OR CAMPS OR BATHROOM FACILITIES,
ANYTHING, SO-- GINGER: JUST A LOT OF PEOPLE.
PHILIP: THERE WERE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HERE.
THERE WAS, LIKE, 6,000 PEOPLE BASICALLY SITTING UNDER THESE
TREES, AROUND--SITTING IN THE BUSHES TRYING TO MAKE
LITTLE CAMP FIRES.
AND SO, IT WAS REAL PRACTICAL, ACTUALLY THE REAL FIRST NEED
WAS GRAVEL.
AND SO, WE SAT DOWN WITH THE MAYOR AND WITHIN
3 DAYS WE HAD TRUCKS OF OVER 400 TONS OF GRAVEL
ACTUALLY COME IN HERE AND JUST BE SPREAD OUT.
GINGER: SO THE PEOPLE WEREN'T JUST LIVING IN MUD.
PHILIP: YEAH.
AND THE SECOND STEP WAS WE NEEDED WATER.
I MEAN, IT'S JUST A LIFE ESSENTIAL.
AND SO, THERE WAS NO WATER IN THIS CAMP.
AND WE JUST NOTICED THIS SHIPPING CONTAINER SITTING THERE
AS A STORAGE UNIT FOR SOMEONE AND WE'RE LIKE, "WELL WHAT IF
WE BUILD IT INSIDE A SHIPPING CONTAINER?"
WITHIN 3 DAYS WE HAD COMPLETED BASICALLY WHAT YOU SEE BEHIND US
HERE.
GINGER: WHICH IS PERFECT BECAUSE IT HAD TO BE MOBILE.
YOU WERE ABLE TO BUILD IT SOMEWHERE ELSE AND DROP IT HERE.
PHILIP: WE BROUGHT IN THE WATER FOR THE ENTIRE CAMP
AND IT'S BEING USED NOW FOR MANY DIFFERENT THINGS.
WHICH IS GREAT, IT'S JUST A BLESSING TO THE CAMP.
YOU KNOW, ORIGINALLY THERE WAS NO ELECTRICITY IN THIS CAMP.
SO WE'RE ACTUALLY THE FIRST PLACE WHERE THERE WAS
ELECTRICITY AND WATER.
AND LIGHTS.
SO WE HAD SOLAR PANELS INSTALLED AND WE WERE ABLE TO ACTUALLY
HAVE A SAFE PLACE 24/7.
WE PROVIDE A SHOWER SOLUTION THAT BASICALLY ALSO BUILT
INSIDE A SHIPPING CONTAINER.
AND IT FITS SIX SHOWERS WITH HOT WATER.
YOU KNOW, JOYCE MEYER MINISTRY HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN PART
OF SPONSORING SEVERAL OF THESE CONTAINERS AND THEY'RE
BEAUTIFUL.
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PHILIP: WHAT IT'S ALSO DONE FOR US IS PROVIDE A PLATFORM
FOR US TO ACTUALLY BRING THIS PREVENTION MEDICINE.
SO, INSIDE OUR CONTAINERS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE MIRRORS
THAT YOU CAN OBVIOUSLY SEE YOURSELF.
BUT ON THESE MIRRORS THERE'S ALSO A MESSAGE THAT'S
ACTUALLY A WARNING ABOUT THE DANGERS
OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
WARNING ABOUT THE DANGERS OF SMUGGLERS WHO MAY HAVE
A HIDDEN AGENDA.
BRINGING THAT IN THEIR NATIVE LANGUAGE AND EXPLAINING IT
IN VERY PRACTICAL TERMS TO THEM HAS BEEN VERY, VERY EFFECTIVE.
GINGER: TELL ME ABOUT THE ESTIMATES OF HOW MANY CHILDREN
ARE MISSING FROM SITUATIONS LIKE THIS.
PHILIP: WELL, IT'S A VERY-- IT'S A HIGHLY DANGEROUS
SITUATION.
I MEAN, EUROPOL HAS JUST PRODUCED A REPORT
THAT ESTIMATES THAT AROUND 10,000 CHILDREN HAS GONE MISSING
IN THE LAST YEAR OR SO.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S 10,000 CHILDREN THAT WE JUST DON'T KNOW
WHERE THEY ARE.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED.
BUT THEY'RE GONE FROM THE REFUGEE CRISIS.
AND THEY ARE JUST PRIME TARGETS FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKERS BECAUSE
THEY'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR THE MOST VULNERABLE AND THOSE
THAT ARE NOT GOING TO BE MISSED.
GINGER: THIS IS IDOMENI REFUGEE CAMP
ON THE NORTHERN BORDER OF GREECE.
AND HERE TODAY THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 10,000 PEOPLE.
THAT NUMBER FLUCTUATES ALL THE TIME WITH THIS CONSTANTLY
CHANGING CRISIS.
YOU SEE THE SEA OF TENTS, THEY'RE FULL OF FAMILIES
FROM MANY DIFFERENT NATIONS.
MANY OF THEM FROM SYRIA WHO FLED FOR THEIR LIFE.
WE WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT IN THIS DESPERATE SITUATION,
YOU ARE HERE MAKING A DIFFERENCE.
YOU'RE SHARING THE LOVE OF CHRIST
IN A VERY TANGIBLE WAY.
WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU THAT THERE IS SOMETHING THAT YOU
CAN DO, TO INSPIRE YOU TO THINK ABOUT THIS BEING
YOUR FAMILY IN THIS SITUATION AND TO PROPEL YOU TO ACTION.
DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT TODAY.
YOU REALLY CAN.
CALL THE NUMBER THAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN RIGHT NOW,
GO TO THE WEBSITE, AND STAND WITH US
AS WE HELP NOT ONLY HERE BUT ALL OVER THE WORLD.
FEEDING THE HUNGRY, HELPING THE NEEDY,
PROVIDING MEDICAL CARE.
YOU MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
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ANNIE: WHEN WE BEGAN, REALLY TO BE HONEST,
NOT KNOWING MUCH ABOUT HUMAN TRAFFICKING, WE FOUND OUT
ABOUT THE ISSUE AND REALIZED WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING
ABOUT THIS.
AND REALLY WANTED TO RALLY CHRISTIANS AROUND THE WORLD
TO RISE UP AND DO SOMETHING AT THIS HOUR IN HISTORY.
AND THE MORE WE GOT INVOLVED THE MORE DOORS KEPT OPENING.
AND HONESTLY SO MUCH HAS HAPPENED IN THE LAST 8 YEARS
THAT WE CAN STAND ON THE OTHER SIDE OF IT AND REALLY CAN SAY,
"BUT BY THE GRACE OF GOD."
THIS IS SO MUCH BIGGER THAN ANYTHING THAT WE COULD
HAVE EVER DREAMT OR IMAGINED WHEN WE FIRST BEGAN.
IT IS CRAZY THE DYNAMICS BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT COUNTRIES.
YOU'VE GOT DIFFERENT LANGUAGES AND DIFFERENT CULTURES AND WE'RE
SEEING THE PATTERNS OF TRAFFICKING ARE DIFFERENT
AND VERY UNIQUE TO THE LOCATION.
GREECE IS A TRANSIT COUNTRY, WHICH BASICALLY, IF YOU CAN GET
A VICTIM INTO GREECE IT'S IN SOMETHING CALLED
THE SCHENGEN ZONE, WHICH IS AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN
MANY WESTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES WHERE YOU CAN TRAVEL WITHOUT
HAVING TO GET YOUR PASSPORT STAMPED AS YOU GO IN AND OUT
OF THE BORDERS.
SO IF TRAFFICKERS CAN GET A VICTIM INTO GREECE,
IT OPENS THEM UP TO GERMANY, TO ITALY, GOING ALL THE WAY UP
THROUGH.
BUT THEN YOU'VE GOT PLACES LIKE THAILAND.
THAILAND YOU SEE CHILDREN, LITTLE CHILDREN BEING TRAFFICKED
AND IT IS, OH, IT'S AN INFURIATING, INFURIATING THING
TO ACTUALLY WITNESS.
THEN, FOR EXAMPLE, IN SOUTH AFRICA
WE HAVE AN OFFICE IN CAPE TOWN.
THE TRAFFICKERS WILL USE VOODOO AND BLACK MAGIC AND A LOT OF
WEIRD RELIGION TO CONTROL AND MANIPULATE THEIR VICTIMS.
AND THEN IN AMERICA, TYPICALLY THE VICTIMS IN AMERICA
ARE DOMESTIC VICTIMS THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH.
A STEREOTYPICAL SCENARIO WOULD BE THAT A VICTIM IN AMERICA
WOULD HAVE PROBABLY KNOWN VIOLENCE GROWING UP AS A CHILD.
PROBABLY NOT HAD TWO PARENTS IN THE HOME AND BASICALLY GROWN UP
BEING CONTROLLED AND MANIPULATED AND NOT REALIZING IT.
IT JUST BECOMES THIS IS LIFE.
SO, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT RESTORATION PROCESS,
IT'S NOT LIKE SOMEBODY WHO HAD A GREAT LIFE AND THEN
GOT TRICKED AND TRAFFICKED AND YOU RESTORE THEM BACK
TO A LIFE THEY ONCE KNEW.
IT'S KIND OF LIKE HITTING THE RESET BUTTON AND HAVING
TO REALLY TEACH PEOPLE VALUE AND WORTH FROM THE GROUND UP.
ANNOUNCER: WHEN A TRAFFICKING VICTIM HAS ESCAPED OR BEEN
RESCUED THEY CAN FIND HELP THROUGH A21 SURVIVOR CARE
SERVICES AROUND THE WORLD, INCLUDING THIS BEAUTIFUL HOME
IN THESSALONIKI.
ALL SUPPORTED BY JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES
PARTNERS.
IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO RECEIVE HEALING THROUGH GOD'S
LOVE AND BEGIN THEIR LIVES AGAIN WITH HOPE AND A FUTURE.
GINGER: TELL ME WHAT YOU SEE HAPPEN, THE TRANSFORMATION,
THE CHANGE THAT YOU BEGIN TO SEE IN PEOPLE AS THEY COME IN HERE.
STEFANIA: YOU SEE THE GIRLS COME IN SCARED AND THEY FIND IT
SO DIFFICULT TO TRUST.
AND UNDERSTAND WHERE THEY ARE AND WHY THEY'RE HERE AND WHY
WE ARE GIVING THEM EVERYTHING THAT WE ARE GIVING THEM.
AND THEN YOU SEE, DAY BY DAY, THEY START SLOWLY TAKING THEIR
GUARD DOWN AND JUST ACCEPTING AND RELAXING.
GINGER: I'M SURE THAT OUR VIEWERS UNDERSTAND WHY AND WE
HAVE TO PROTECT THESE WOMEN AFTER ALL OF THEY'VE BEEN
THROUGH.
PROTECTING THEIR IDENTITIES, PROTECTING THEIR STORIES,
NOT BEING ABLE TO INTRODUCE A LOT OF THEM.
AND YET, YOU KNOW EACH ONE OF THEM SO WELL.
YOU KNOW THEY'RE STORIES.
ARE THERE ANYTHING, ANY STORIES THAT YOU CAN SHARE WITH US
SO WE CAN HELP UNDERSTAND?
STEFANIA: ONE OF OUR RECENT STORIES, SHE ARRIVED.
SHE HAD A CONTACT WHO WAS GOING TO HELP HER GET ACROSS
THE BORDER AND JUST GET ACROSS.
BUT INSTEAD OF THAT, SHE WAS FOUND TRAPPED IN A HOUSE.
RAPED AGAIN AND AGAIN.
ABUSED OVER AND OVER.
JUST UNTIL SHE WAS BROKEN ENOUGH TO NOT HAVE A VOICE ANYMORE.
AND AT THAT POINT THEY WOULD BASICALLY USE HER AS A
PROSTITUTE IN ONE OF THE CITIES IN GREECE AND JUST MAKE
THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN PROFIT
OUT OF THIS ONE GIRL'S LIFE.
GINGER: AND YOU HAD TO OPPORTUNITY TO CONNECT
WITH HER HOW?
HOW DID THAT WORK?
STEFANIA: SHE WAS ABLE TO ESCAPE.
SHE FOUND THE DOOR UNLOCKED WHICH WAS ONE OF THOSE DIVINE
MOMENTS WHERE YOU SAY, "DAYS AND DAYS AND DAYS,
THE DOOR HAS BEEN LOCKED.
WHAT HAPPENED THAT ONE DAY?" WE DON'T KNOW BUT SHE WAS ABLE
TO OPEN THE DOOR AND RUN, MISSING THE MOMENT OF THE
TRAFFICKERS CATCHING HER REALLY JUST BY A FEW MINUTES.
SHE WAS ABLE TO RETURN TO ONE OF THE REFUGEE CAMPS.
IN THE REFUGEE CAMPS SHE SHARED HER STORY WITH ONE OF THE STAFF
THERE THAT WE HAVE TRAINED THESE PAST FEW MONTHS
ABOUT HUMAN TRAFFICKING, ABOUT HOW TO SEE THE SIGNS.
THE VICTIM OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND THEN THAT STAFF MEMBER
CALLED OUR HOTLINE AND SAID, "YOU KNOW, I HAVE THIS GIRL HERE
AND I BELIEVE SHE'S BEEN TRAFFICKED."
AND THAT SHOW SHE WAS ABLE TO GET TO COME TO OUR HOUSE.
ANNIE: MANY TIMES, ESPECIALLY IN THESE MIDDLE EASTERN
COUNTRIES, WE AS CHRISTIANS HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET IN.
WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO ACTUALLY BRING LIGHT AND HOPE
TO THESE PEOPLE.
AND NOW, IT'S LIKE THEY'RE COMING TO US.
AND IF WE LOOK AT IT IN THAT LIGHT, IF WE LOOK AT IT FROM
THAT PERSPECTIVE WE HAVE SUCH AN OPPORTUNITY LIKE NEVER BEFORE
TO REACH A PEOPLE GROUP THAT WE HAVE NEVER BEEN
ABLE TO REACH BEFORE LIKE THIS.
AND SO, WE JUST NEED TO BE REALLY THINKING THROUGH
AND REALLY PRAYERFULLY GOING, "ALRIGHT GOD, HOW CAN WE PLAY
OUR PART?
WHAT'S IN MY HAND?
WHAT CAN I DO AT THIS HOUR IN TIME?" TO REALLY REALLY
MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
GINGER: TOMORROW OUR TEAM GETS ON A PLANE AND WE HEAD BACK
HOME TO FRIENDS AND FAMILY.
THE PEOPLE THAT WE MET HERE HAVE NO PLACE TO CALL HOME.
AND THEY'VE LOST SO MANY LOVED ONES.
IT'S A VERY SOBERING THOUGHT AND IT REMINDS ME OF THAT QUESTION
THAT JESUS ASKED: "WHO IS MY NEIGHBOR?"
OUR NEIGHBOR IS THE PEOPLE THAT GOD PUTS IN OUR PATH,
WHO WE CAN TOUCH AND HELP.
AND WE KNOW NOW THAT THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO IN THIS
SITUATION TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
THESE ARE OUR NEIGHBORS.
THE QUESTION IS WHAT WILL WE DO?
JOYCE: WELL, I'M SURE THAT YOU'VE SEEN AND HEARD THINGS
TODAY THAT HAVE REALLY TOUCHED YOUR HEART.
AND I KNOW THAT IN SEEING THESE THINGS THAT YOU WANT
TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
I MEAN, THAT'S JUST, WE WANT TO HELP IN SITUATIONS LIKE THIS.
AND YOU CAN HELP BY JUST PRAYING ABOUT WHAT GOD WOULD HAVE
YOU GIVE AND SEND A VERY GOOD OFFERING MARKED FOR MISSIONS TO
HELP US CONTINUE DOING THE WORKS THAT WE'RE DOING AROUND
THE WORLD AND CONTINUE HELPING PEOPLE LIKE CHRISTINE.
YOU KNOW WHEN YOU GIVE TO OUR MISSIONS OUTREACH CALLED
HAND OF HOPE, YOU'RE NOT JUST GIVING TO THIS MINISTRY
BUT YOU'RE ALSO PARTNERING WITH HUNDREDS OF DIFFERENT
WORKS AROUND THE WORLD, FEEDING CHILDREN
AND EDUCATING CHILDREN AND BRINGING DELIVERANCE
TO THESE TRAFFICKING VICTIMS, AND JUST ALL KINDS OF AMAZING
THINGS.
PROVIDING MEDICAL CARE AND JUST A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS FOR
PEOPLE THAT ARE VERY, VERY NEEDY IN MANY PARTS OF THE WORLD.
AND LET ME JUST REMIND YOU THAT WHAT YOU MAKE HAPPEN FOR
SOMEBODY ELSE, GOD WILL ALWAYS MULTIPLY MANY TIMES OVER
AND BRING IT BACK TO YOU.
GOOD MEASURE, PRESSED DOWN, SHAKEN TOGETHER,
AND RUNNING OVER.
SO DO YOUR BEST.
JESUS DID HIS BEST FOR US AND TODAY WE CAN DO OUR BEST
FOR HIM.
THANK YOU.
ANNOUNCER: FOR YOUR DONATION TODAY OF ANY AMOUNT,
WE'D LIKE TO SEND YOU JOYCE'S AUDIO DEVOTIONAL,
"BETTER YOUR DAY BY WHAT YOU THINK AND SAY."
CONTACT US RIGHT NOW...
OR GO TO JOYCEMEYER.ORG.
ANNOUNCER: THE PRECEDING WAS PAID FOR
BY THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
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