Join the Fight Against Human Trafficking
Human trafficking impacts all of our lives, though most of us have the privilege of never knowing it. Human trafficking is not just something that happens to a few people overseas, it is happening everywhere, even here in America. Trafficking in Persons is the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring, or receipt of persons, by means of […]
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, […]
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. […]
