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  • Essay / Don Brewster: A Fight Against Sex Trafficking - 677

    Mr. Don J. Brewster was the pastor of a Catholic church in Sacramento, California. He made his first trip to Cambodia in 2005 to see the missions his church has supported for years. When he arrived in Svay Pak, the only problem seemed to be poverty, he played with the children, visited the mission pastors and returned home. The next day after he got home, he turned on the news and the headline on NBC was "Children Four Sale", it was about children in Cambodia being sold for sex on the streets at night. He spent six weeks researching sex trafficking. and what he could bring, he put together a team and took them on a plane to the community of Svay Pak. There, they imagined and founded Agape International Missions, where trafficked girls could be saved from being sold again. Her team failed to find a way to keep underage girls safe from the community. From this business he created Agape Restoration Home (ARH), which opened in 2006. Every call the restoration home received helped a new girl find hope instead of fear through to holistic rehabilitation*. By the time it opened, they had helped fifty-two girls see their greatness and strive for a better future. Don J. Brewster was the pastor of a Catholic church in Sacramento, California. He made his first trip to Cambodia in 2005, to see the missions his church has supported for years. When he arrived in Svay Pak, the only problem seemed to be poverty, he played with the children, visited the mission pastors and returned home. The next day, after he got home, he turned on the news and the headline on NBC was "Kids for... middle of paper... results so amazing in first year, but on schedule." The first year, more than sixty men came seeking help on a different topic. Don Brewsters' team prayed daily with the men and helped them participate in activities such as weightlifting competitions and races with other men. Lords Gym taught men to use better judgment and make the best decisions for their lives and the lives of others. The team running the gym celebrated the moment someone new came to the church asking for help. Don Brewster is now back in California to work with the International Justice Mission, to work to help the men and women of America and around the world so that the nights' streets are safer and children can run around cities safely without fear of being hurt by another person. Don Brewster decided this was his best way to help the world and he'll stick with it until it's over..