Human Trafficking in the Amazon: Prostitution and Forced Labor
Human trafficking in the Amazon is inextricably linked with the fight to preserve the rainforest. It has become a hotbed of illegal activity as many seek to illegally exploit its valuable resources like lumber, gold, and exotic animals. Illegal mining and logging are rampant in this remote region which provides a perfect breeding ground for […]
Stateless: Belonging to No One
Many of the children we rescue at Life Impact Thailand are stateless, and because of it, their futures are bleak and opportunities are extremely limited. Fortunately, because of our partnership with the Kingdom of Thailand, we are able to help them become citizens of Thailand. However, for the 10 million stateless people in the world, […]
Pastor Tony: A Star That Was Waiting to Shine
Pastor Tony’s life could have been a statistic. He could have been just another dead drug dealer on the streets of the City of God. But God intervened in his story. As he joins the Life Impact staff in Brazil, we are very glad that God’s plan for his life led him to us! Our […]
His Mother Took an Abortion Pill to End His Life
His mother took an abortion pill when he was only five months in the womb. He was not supposed to survive. But he did. Long Life was supposed to die as a baby. His mother took an abortion pill when she was only five months pregnant. She started cramping so she went to the free Burmese […]
War in The City of God
In recent weeks, war has broken out in the City of God favela of Rio between the police and the drug traffickers. As this police action began, the drug traffickers ran to the woods to escape. Police then fired indiscriminately in the direction the drug dealers had fled. Chaos erupted as people flooded the streets, […]
House of Hope: Finding Treasures in Darkness
In the early days of Life Impact, there seemed no way to rescue the hundreds of street kids living on the Myanmar (Burma)/Thai border. While so many on the Thai side had been rescued, Myanmar (Burma) remained a closed country. Lana would walk around the border area and pray for God to make a way. These […]
Street Children: Calling Them Precious as Well
There are 150 million street children worldwide. These voiceless, nameless children are despised and hated by those around them but they are precious to Jesus. They are not nameless to Him. So they have to be important to us. We have to look at them, reach out to them and call them precious as well. […]
How Porn is Feeding the Beast of Sex-Trafficking
This generation fights human trafficking more than anyone ever has. More than any one ever has, this generation consumes porn. #refusetoclick campaign Source: Refusetoclick, 2019 There are many in the United States that want to fight human trafficking but they do not realize they are feeding the sex-trafficking industry every time they view pornography. In […]
He Was Selling His Own Blood for Money…
Lucas, a young man from the poverty-stricken area of northeastern Brazil, refused to give up on his dream. He was selling his blood to pay for school fees when Life Impact met him and helped change his life. When his father left him as a boy, his mother struggled to care for her three children. His sister […]
