You can learn a lot from a HOPE61 intern. I’ve spent the past five months in America, fundraising for my return to Australia and New Zealand. Though I’m based in Pennsylvania I’ve been able to visit OMS headquarters in Indiana a few times. Getting to know Erika, Clarissa, Ashley, and Cory (this year’s HOPE61 interns)…
Normally, the only way I can sleep is in pure darkness. I do not like any light while trying to sleep. None at all… When I used to charge my old laptop a little blue light would blink on the charger. At night that little light bothered me so much that I would have to…
Most people have heard the term carbon footprint. “What is your carbon footprint?”, is a trendy, and important, question. We are all worried about how the choices we are making now, will impact the environment for generations to come. I make choices each day to lower the carbon footprint of our family. While cleaning house…
As you may already know, Hope61 is a human trafficking PREVENTION ministry. This may confuse some people, or people may accidentally ignore the word “prevention” all together. Both cases are understandable since most other human trafficking organizations are primarily rescue. It may be assumed that that’s how we work here at Hope61. However, that is…
Sometimes I forget. I forget the way I felt the first time I heard that there are people in this world being raped so someone else’s bank account will grow. It’s my work and my life’s mission to be a part of preventing this atrocity. How could I forget? But their faces, the ones I’ve…
What do you do all day? That is a question I was often asked during my 11 years as a stay-at-home mom. It was usually meant to be a snarky comment, not a true question, and the answer was typically not interesting; dirty diapers, laundry and grocery shopping with 3 little ones generally isn’t. A…
Pornography. XXX. Girlie Movies. Porn. Erotica. Our society has lots of words for the sexually explicit material that invades our computers, DVD players, smart phones, tablets, coffee tables and night stand drawers. I believe that if I went to a shopping mall and started asking teens and adults their thoughts on pornoghapy, the majority of…
Imagine what it would be like if headlines like “More than 100 teens rescued in weekend sex-trafficking raids, FBI says” didn’t have to be written anymore. That’s what we do here at HOPE61. We work each day to find ways to prevent men, women and children from being exploited. We also look for ways…
It’s amazing what God can do with 96 minutes. In early July OMS Australia hosted our first OneWeekend. OneWeekend is an event that has recruited several missionaries for OMS US, and has helped many more discover God’s calling for their lives. It’s where I was recruited to serve with HOPE61 in 2010. Three years later,…
Change Your SHELF. Change Our CULTURE. Change Your HOLIDAY. Change Your HEART. These events, among others, made up the week-long Unshackled festival of music and eye-opening speakers. (May 13-17) Speakers and musicians came from all over Melbourne and joined us from Canberra, Sydney, and even the US/Thailand. Organizations such as UrbanLight, International Justice Mission, and…
HOPE61: Human Trafficking Prevention 