President and Founder of Women At Risk, International, Becky McDonald, recently spoke at Cornerstone University for their 2016 Commencement ceremony. Sharing her personal stories from more than three decades of international ministry experience, Becky shared the heart behind WAR, Int’l with students, and encouraged them to care for others in their affliction. Becky reiterated that no matter what degree students pursued at Cornerstone University, all students can become safe places for the wounded within our society. To view her speech, please click on the video below.
Sold Movie
THANK YOU FOR A SOLD OUT EVENT
Celebration Cinema North,
(Wave Room and Theatre)
2121 Celebration Dr NE,
GR 49525
June 28, 2016
Ticket Price: $20
Doors open at 5:45 p.m.
Join WAR, Int’l for an interactive screening of the new movie, SOLD. We will hear from Becky McDonald, our President and Founder, and a Nepali safehouse partner prior to the event at 6:00p.m. on the breadth of human trafficking. There will be hor d’oeuvres and shopping for guests, as well.
National Day of Prayer
As believers in Christ, we believe in the power of prayer. We believe that prayer breaks strongholds and can set the captives free. On Thursday, May 5, 2016, our country will participate in the 65 th Annual National Day of Prayer. This year, the event will be in conjunction with nearly 45,000 other groups from across the nation. Whether you participate in the day of prayer each year, or this is the first time you’ve heard about it, the National Day of Prayer is a phenomenal opportunity to humbly bring our requests to the Lord with thousands of other people in the United States.
The goal of this day is to pray collectively for our nation. At this time in our country’s history, there is much prayer needed, but there is also much to be thankful for. When it comes to human trafficking, our country has made great strides to see justice brought to women and men engulfed in the chains of slavery. But, we have a long way to go.
As you find yourself praying for our country, whether during your morning prayer routine or specifically on May 5, we encourage you to lift up the least of these within our borders. Pray for the women coerced into prostitution, the pimps, the “johns,” and the traffickers. Pray for law enforcement officials – that they would be attentive to the needs of trafficking victims within their individual precincts. Pray for policy makers and senators who work tirelessly to see freedom brought to the oppressed. Pray for medical professionals who are sometimes the first line of defense in the fight against trafficking. Pray for moms and dads, working hard to provide for their children in safe, loving environments. Pray for the Church, that women and men would begin to sound a battle cry for trafficking victims.
As we head into an election year, we also encourage you to pray for a leader who cares about human rights issues, like human trafficking. The National Day of Prayer is an opportunity for us, as believers, to lay our requests at the cross, knowing that our hope is in the Lord, and not in man.
We will be on our knees for those who deserve justice this National Day of Prayer, and every day before and after May 5. We invite you to join us in lifting men and women to lives of dignity and hope this month.
For more information about the National Day of Prayer, please click here.
Touchdowns and Trafficking
February is known for many things: Valentine’s Day, Chinese New Year, the beginning of Mardi Gras, and even Groundhog Day. But, maybe one of the most iconic “holidays” in February has become Super Bowl Sunday. Football fans everywhere look forward to this celebration of a true American game, finger foods, and the best commercials we see all year.
There are many misconceptions around the increase of human trafficking with this particular event in our nation. Regardless of whether or not human trafficking actually increases around the Super Bowl, this event is a rare opportunity for abolitionists everywhere to take a stand against sexual exploitation.
This year, the Super Bowl will be held at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California. The state as a whole received a D on their Shared Hope Protected Innocence Report Card in 2015. However, California has also begun implementing significant laws to combat trafficking and will continue to do so this year.
In San Diego County alone, there are up to 11,700 women and girls trafficked each year, with fewer than 25 beds available for survivors. WAR, Int’l is pleased to partner with a safehouse in San Diego which is making a difference through long-term housing and a holistic restoration program for women coming out of a trafficking situation. This safehouse will be expanding its capacity over the next few years to be able to provide hope and healing to even more survivors.
As Super Bowl 50 nears, we encourage you to speak out against trafficking in your own community. The S.O.A.P. Project, a partner of WAR, Int’l, will be at the Super Bowl, monitoring an online website where sex is sold and reaching out to hotels with bars of soap labeled with the human trafficking hotline. Please pray for the team. This kind of outreach is not easy, and we would love to see our country rally around them in prayer during this time.
As we look to the Super Bowl in anticipation, hoping our favorite team shows up to play well, we hope you’ll take the time to pray for those who may be in trafficking situations. There’s no doubt that traffickers loom at large events – there are plenty of statistics, news stories and personal testimonies to prove that. Whether the number of trafficking victims increases drastically or minimally during the Super Bowl is almost completely irrelevant. The point is that many different events, especially large events like the Super Bowl, attract predatory men and women seeking financial gain from the coercion and enslavement of another human being.
While the Super Bowl is a fun event, it also serves as a reminder of the grim reality of human trafficking. With knowledge comes responsibility and a duty to educate both ourselves and others. We hope you’ll use this event and this month to shine a light on trafficking.
If you would like information on how to help survivors and fight trafficking through WAR, Int’l, click here.
Ladies Night Out – Nov 13, 2015
It’s that time of the year again! Join us at WAR Chest Boutique for pre-holiday pampering and shopping with a purpose. This is the perfect event to get your Wish List started for Christmas: all of the newest items will be featured! Come for an evening and enjoy being a woman!
- Free Manicure in WAR burgundy & gold
- Make-overs & facials
- Sample fair trade chocolate
- Learn about Essential Oils; Make your own sugar scrub!
- Make your holiday wish list: tell your loved ones which WAR products are on your list!!!
- Enter to win a “grab bag” of WAR product
- Write notes of encouragement to rescued women in our US Training Center
- Eat more chocolate
- Bring a friend and get a discount!
There will be stylists & designers to spruce up your holiday look and make you feel as wonderful as you are.
Call 616.530.1234 or Facebook to RSVP!