Freedom For Modern Slaves: The Abegg Love Letter

The Abegg's Love Letter   To those who have been called, who are loved by God the Father and kept by Jesus Christ; Mercy, peace and love be yours in abundance. -Jude 1:1     Providing Healing & Hope to Victims of Sex Trafficking Happy Independence Day from the Life of FREEDOM Center! ALL of our work with the Life of Freedom Center is focused on reaching, rehabilitating and discipling victims of modern day slavery. We provide services to Victims of Human Sex Trafficking and train groups throughout this FREE nation to do the same!     Always Building!   Those who know me, know I'm a builder. From homes with dad in CA to planting a church in Chile. From a network for Christian literature distribution in Cuba (& getting blacklisted for it), to management structures for 200+ international missionaries & partnerships with sister ministries throughout Latin America. God has had me building from day one, and I now have the blessing of serving as the Life of Freedom Center's Director of Operations. Training & Street Outreach in the FL Keys   Building as LoF's Director of Opps We're building a sustainable structure to care for victims of human sex trafficking and educate others on how to recognize and respond in a way that provides an exit strategy for those enslaved. We're creating a volunteer structure to make it simple for anyone, with nearly any ability to help increase care to the survivors. We're building like crazy and you can build with us to make a difference! The the work is intimidating but we see progress with more slaves being rescued and healed! Please join our family as we rescue victims from darkness.  Kevin Trains a Team for Street Outreach A Few Facts Human Trafficking is the 2nd largest criminal industry in the world surpassing arms sales & second only to drugs. 12-14 years old = average age of victims trafficked into prostitution 7 years = average life expectancy of a female sex trafficking victim. *more info at http://www.polarisproject.org  We Need Your Help to Keep Building Thank you to those who continue to walk with us and make this ministry possible!  As missionaries with United World Mission we urgently need your support to continue building this desperately needed ministry.  A Sobering Situation: Our financial support must improve by $2,800/month in order to continue providing training, direction and care to survivors of sex trafficking. This support helps with the family's daily needs (food, housing, transportation etc.) as well as unplanned needs such as current dental & car repairs. Your prayers, and even the tax-deductible equivalent of two "fancy" coffees a month can help!   Please prayerfully consider becoming both an intercession and financial supporter by contacting us or visiting our UWM SUPPORT PAGE.     With Your Help We Provide Care We have more survivors contacting us or referred from state and district attorney offices as well as law enforcement than our current structure can handle. Every survivor receives mentoring, counseling and care, but there are more needs than hands, so we must keep growing in training & certifying volunteers to carry out the work.     In order to best steward every dollar and provide a consistent level of care to our clients, the Life of Freedom Center operates 100% through volunteers and missionaries like ourselves,so every penny dedicated toward our support is providing services to those we reach out to and minister to. Please visit our UWM SUPPORT PAGE and help us provide freedom to those who have been unimaginably abused! Fun & Family with Grandma, Sister & Cousin's Visit!   See for Yourself! For more on the LoF Center's amazing programs, come and lend a hand as a volunteer or visit our online resources no matter where you are: our blog with a little bit of everything. outreach program "Sharing One Love" to educate and increase the impact online education with "LoF Center Bootcamp" where you can be trained online from anywhere. Connect page where there's even ways to help out from Timbuktu or San Francisco! Alternative Breaks to Miami for a week of in depth training and hands on experience.    Share What We're Doing! Share Tweet Forward Share +1 Stay in Touch! Follow & Like Us! Kevin's Facebook Abegg Family Blog LoF Center's Facebook LoF Center's Webpage Thank you for your prayerful support! -Kevin, Claudia, Jeremy and Nicholas Abegg

Update for our Santa Cruz Friends: We will be in Room AC20 for the Santa Cruz Bible Church Human Sex Trafficking Seminar tomorrow (5/16) @ 10 AM 

    Santa Cruz 

    Bible Church

    440 Frederick St.

    Santa Cruz, CA 95062

    www.santacruzbible.org 

Hope to see you there!

Learn about Human Trafficking, the #2 illegal business in the world, second only to the sale of drugs.  

Understand why Human Trafficking is radically increasing in every city throughout the country. 

Explore how we can equip, guard and rescue minors at risk of being recruited into sex trafficking in our county.

Santa Cruz and Contra Costa Friends:

Join us to learn about Human Trafficking and the Abegg's work with the Life of Freedom Center.

Please RSVP via Facebook, or to kabegg@lofcenter.org

Santa Cruz Area:

Contra Costa Area: 

Human Trafficking Seminar - Kevin Abegg @ SC Bible Church

Special Invitation for those around Santa Cruz, CA.   View this email in your browser SANTA CRUZ Friends: Join me on 5/16 Kevin will be giving an introductory seminar on the issues of Human Sex Trafficking on SATURDAY 5/16 AT 10 AM @ SANTA CRUZ BIBLE CHURCH. Room # to be announced soon. In order to plan for a light brunch, please RSVP via Facebook or e-mail to kabegg@lofcenter.org.  Join the Team!  Please consider becoming a prayer and financial supporter at:   http://www.uwm.org/missionaries/kevin-abegg .  Thank You to those who have continued to walk with us and make this ministry possible!

The Abegg Electronic Love Letter

Update on the Abeggs & their work with Human Trafficking Survivors View this email in your browser Help Us Help Survivors of Human Sex Trafficking.    Contact us about partnering in prayer, and visit our missionary page to help support our work:  http://www.uwm.org/missionaries/kevin-abegg .  California Friends: Visit in May!   Kevin will be attending the Freedom Summit in Santa Clara, CA on May 9th and then making his way to venues in Walnut Creek, Sacramento, Truckee & the Santa Cruz area before returning home. If you're able, consider attending the summit, otherwise we're still looking for a few people interested in hosting an educational, introductory event on Human Trafficking incorporating aspects of our "Sharing One Love" Program (see below).  Please let us know if you could help by scheduling a gathering.    So Much More to Share! I don't have space to address the much anticipated 13 bedroom rescue shelter, or the Miami Dade County Human Trafficking Coalition meetings or the work with local and national law enforcement, but that will have to wait for future updates. Please help us as a family & missionaries to Keep Moving Forward:   Join the Team! As you know, last year was a hard one for the Abegg family (see earlier blog entries), and our financial support needs to improve swiftly in order to keep providing training, direction and care. Please consider becoming a prayer and financial supporter at:   http://www.uwm.org/missionaries/kevin-abegg .  Thank You to those who have continued to walk with us and make this ministry possible! Abegg Family: Jeremy was baptized on Palm Sunday! Sharing One Love Participants after a Miami Beach outreach. LOF Center "Alternative Spring Breakers" Conduct Surveys at Florida International University.  Don't forget to find us on Facebook orBLOG.  We call women being sold for sex online: "…we're calling to see if there is anything we can do for you and to let you know that someone cares. I know the "Game" is tough out there and you can get into an unsafe situation. Save this number and if you need anything, even help leaving, please call us…" The Life of Freedom Center's Internet and Phone Outreach is just one of the ways we extend light and hope to those who see no other way to survive other than being trafficked or selling themselves. We train female mentors to reach into the darkness and offer light and hope. Read more of what we do below, as well as an urgent request for partners and prayer.  Recovery & Care:   Life of Freedom Center Since January, I've applied my years of structure and building at LAM toward furthering the programs of the Life of Freedom Center as its Director of Operations. The "LoFCenter" provides wrap around care to survivors of human sex trafficking. We train and coordinate mentors who have the compassion and ability to manage resources and walk alongside trafficking survivors seeking healing and a new life. Frankly the program is fantastic! Claudia and I are amazed at what the Lord has brought us into, and all that we can see for the future. Sometimes I am overwhelmed at all that needs and can be done, but believe and trust the Lord will provide everything necessary (time, energy, discernment, endurance, etc.) It all requires an immense amount of coordination, so I'm familiarizing myself with all the various systems even as we're implementing new web based reporting, communication and resource management for clients, mentors, supervisors, volunteers and staff. Please pray for wisdom, discernment and plain old technical knowhow as we push ahead in this arena.  Sharing One Love Street Outreach Team Education and Prevention: Sharing One Love Director of Operations of the LoFCenter includes the "Sharing One Love" program. We rejoice at seeing women and children healed from the pain and abuse they've suffered, but we also work to see fewer in need of care. "Sharing One Love" is an equipping program for churches, businesses & community groups provided free of charge. For me, it's where I'm energized. After planning, structuring and delegating, I get to interact with & train those who can make a difference!  That training includes: -    a documentary film with follow-up Q&A or panel discussion.  -    a street outreach to equip locals to identify and respond safely to a trafficking situation. -    a business training to help hotels, hair/nail salons, convenience stores, clothes stores etc. protect themselves while they identify and rescue victims of trafficking. -    an internet outreach where mentors train women where to find and how to reach out to those being sold or selling themselves online.  Though we only recently began offering all four components of the program, the reception has been fantastic, and I'm in the process of training new volunteers (and seeking more) to take it even further.