Cambodia Trip visit to Hagar

These girls are beautiful. Vietnamese. Cambodian. Raven hair, olive eyes. From eight years old to mid-teens. Spunky, graceful, delicate. Each one glowing from the inside out. These girls are full of life, energy, excitement, joy.

These girls are survivors of brutal sex crimes. Some were rescued from trafficking, where adults sold their tiny bodies daily to the highest bidder. Some were auctioned by their parents to locals who believe sex with a virgin can shield them from HIV. Others lived in homes where mom, desperate for extra income, allowed ravenous men to visit them and their sisters regularly.

I can’t express the rage, the heartbreak, I feel at the thought of what men could do to these beautiful girls. It wrenches me, beyond what I’ve ever experienced, to comprehend the human capacity for evil.

And in the midst of this, hope.

The shelter at Hagar, which these girls now call home, reaches out to the poorest and most destitute women and girls in Cambodia. Our visit there this week was nothing shy of riveting. This children’s shelter is only one facet of their remarkable programs and business initiatives. The girls receive holistic counseling and intensive schooling, positioning them towards a promising future. For as dark as their pasts are, these girls will end up leagues ahead of their Cambodian peers with the care they now receive. Today, they are the blessed ones.

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Amber Grubbs
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Trip to Hagar
Reply #2 on : Mon November 17, 2008, 11:51:56

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I have had a heart fro the children in Cambodia for at least 3 1/2 years and I didn’t know how God might use me or get me there. I am excited that someone sent me this linc. At my church they also have and organization called Just For One and it is the same thing except they are fairly new and don’t have as many opportunities. Keep up the good work and i hope to be apart of this world wide need for change.

sarah falcone
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young kids being sold
Reply #1 on : Sat November 15, 2008, 08:18:09

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IT stinks! ANd I know it is very commonplace for American soldiers to buy young kids when stationed in these places, I have heard the stories firsthand! Plus these dopes really believe these girls love their sad lives, love sex etc. Thank god people like you are changing this. I wish i could do more.