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New Ministry Focus: Prostituted Women in Amsterdam’s Red Light District.<\/p>\n

In June of this year, we handed our church over to our associate pastors so that we could start a new church. We prayed for direction\u00a0but were unsure what it would look like until we met Frits Rouvoet, the leader of Bright Fame.\u00a0 This Christian organization helps women get out of prostitution and come to their full potential. During most days and nights of the week, teams from Bright Fame visit the women and transgender women behind the windows, with the aim of building friendships with them. There is also an office where prostitutes can come get help from a social worker, a meal, a Bible study, or just a cup of coffee and a listening ear.<\/p>\n

Bright Fame was in need of Spanish speakers to join them because many prostitutes have come here from Latin America. Years ago, Femke had prayed that if there ever was an opportunity to help prostitutes, we would be available. Both of us speak Spanish, and we saw this opportunity as an answer to Femke’s prayer.<\/p>\n

In the last few months, we have had beautiful encounters! One transgender woman from Ecuador invited Femke and her teammate to her house to eat ceviche! Femke was able to prophesy life and value over her. Another young girl from Romania shared how she had lost all her dreams. Femke prophesied that she saw a huge heart to love children in her. She shared that she used to help at kid’s church in the Pentecostal church she grew up in, in Romania. These women are so much more than scarcely clothed girls. They are daughters, sisters, and mothers. They are loved by our heavenly Father. It is our mission to show this to them!<\/p>\n

\"img_6078\"<\/a>Earlier this year, Matt met Liliana in Munich, Germany. Liliana is a passionate follower of Jesus from Colombia. When he told her about our new ministry, she opened up with her personal story.\u00a0 Her story is similar to the ones of many of the girls who work in the Red Light District. We hope and pray that God will move in the same way that He did in Liliana’s life, in the lives of the girls who currently work in the Red Light District. Would you pray with us for that to take place?<\/p>\n

“When I was seventeen years old, I came to Europe thinking that I was going to work as a nanny taking care of children. When I came here, I was forced into prostitution. Every night my pimp would come and demand his share of the money I had brought in that day. I became so hopeless that I became addicted to drugs to still the pain and the hopelessness. However, there were Christians who regularly visited me and showed me that God loved me. They showed me love, they showed me Jesus, and I was eventually able to get out of prostitution.”<\/p>\n

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By Matthew & Femke Helland<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Oramos por direcci\u00f3n, pero est\u00e1bamos seguros de lo que se ver\u00eda as\u00ed hasta que nos encontramos Frits Rouvoet, el l\u00edder de la Fama brillante. Esta organizaci\u00f3n cristiana ayuda a las mujeres a salir de la prostituci\u00f3n y llegan a su m\u00e1ximo potencial. Durante la mayor\u00eda de los d\u00edas y noches de la semana, los equipos de la Fama brillante visitan las mujeres y las mujeres trans detr\u00e1s de las ventanas, con el objetivo de construir amistades con ellos. Tambi\u00e9n hay una oficina donde las prostitutas pueden venir a ayudar a obtener de un trabajador social, una comida, un estudio de la Biblia, o simplemente una taza de caf\u00e9 y un o\u00eddo que escucha. Brillante fama estaba en necesidad de hablantes de espa\u00f1ol a unirse a ellos porque muchas prostitutas han venido aqu\u00ed de Am\u00e9rica Latina. Hace a\u00f1os, Femke hab\u00eda orado para que si alguna vez hubo una oportunidad para ayudar a las prostitutas, que estar\u00eda disponible. Los dos hablamos espa\u00f1ol, y vimos esta oportunidad como una respuesta a la oraci\u00f3n de Femke. En los \u00faltimos meses, hemos tenido encuentros hermosas! Una mujer trans de Ecuador invit\u00f3 Femke y su compa\u00f1ero de equipo a su casa para comer ceviche! Femke fue capaz de profetizar la vida y valor sobre ella. Otra ni\u00f1a de Rumania comparte la forma en que hab\u00eda perdido todos sus sue\u00f1os. Femke profetiz\u00f3 que vio un gran coraz\u00f3n para los ni\u00f1os el amor en ella. Ella comparti\u00f3 que ella utiliza para ayudar en la iglesia de ni\u00f1os en la iglesia Pentecostal creci\u00f3 en, en Rumania. Estas mujeres son mucho m\u00e1s que las ni\u00f1as apenas vestidas. Son hijas, hermanas y madres. Ellos son amados por nuestro Padre celestial. Es nuestra misi\u00f3n de mostrar esto a ellos! A principios de este a\u00f1o, Matt se reuni\u00f3 Liliana en Munich, Alemania. Liliana es un seguidor apasionado de Jes\u00fas de Colombia. Cuando le dijo acerca de nuestro nuevo ministerio, que abri\u00f3 con su historia personal. Su historia es similar a las de muchas de las chicas que trabajan en el barrio rojo. Esperamos y rezamos para que Dios se mover\u00e1 en la misma forma en que lo hizo en la vida de Liliana, en la vida de las ni\u00f1as que trabajan actualmente en el Barrio Rojo. \u00bfLe orar con nosotros para que eso ocurra? \"Cuando ten\u00eda diecisiete a\u00f1os, vine a Europa pensando que iba a trabajar como ni\u00f1era cuidando de los ni\u00f1os. Cuando llegu\u00e9 aqu\u00ed, me vi obligado a ejercer la prostituci\u00f3n. Todas las noches mi proxeneta vendr\u00eda y exigir su parte de la dinero que hab\u00eda tra\u00eddo en ese d\u00eda. me lleg\u00f3 a ser tan desesperada que me hice adicto a los medicamentos para calmar el dolor y la desesperanza. Sin embargo, hubo cristianos que me visit\u00f3 y me mostr\u00f3 que Dios me amaba con regularidad. me mostraron amo, mostraron me Jes\u00fas, y yo era finalmente capaz de salir de la prostituci\u00f3n \".","author_name":"","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/11\/Helland-Cover.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb62Ar-l7","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1309"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1309\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1311"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}