THE BOOK OF LOVE
WELCOME. This Field Guide serves as a companion piece for ministries and churches using The Book of Love as a ministry tool. This is a resource we created to answer any questions associated with The Book of Love in addition to connecting you with other ministries in the field. For more information info@hopedieslast.org
4 THE STORY BEHIND THE BOOK 6 FAQ 8 TRAFFICKING VS. SMUGGLING 10 WHO IS SHE 12 COMMUNICATION GUIDE 14 PRINCIPALS OF PIONEERING 20 SMALL STEPS EVERYONE CAN DO
24 HOTLINES 25 RESEARCH 26 MEASURING IMPACT 28 STATISTICS & FACTS 30 SHINE NETWORK 32 THANK YOU!
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THE STORY BEHIND THE BOOK We started thinking about creating this book a year and a half ago. As a ministry we serve anti-trafficking organizations with our media skills and have had the privilege of doing outreach alongside local ministry teams throughout Europe. We saw that many teams use practical gifts to start conversations and build rapport with the women. Other groups give out small pieces of paper with Bible verses in relevant languages. We realized through our own experiences and by talking to others that this type of ministry has its own unique problems: limited interaction time, language barriers, literacy issues, fear of religion, distrust of strangers and more. If you are reading this you‘re probably well aware! But we knew even with all of these obstacles that the people we met had a deep, real and very human desire to love and be loved. We had a number of stand out experiences that confirmed God was leading us to make and distribute this book. One night we met a women who invited us into her room in the brothel to talk and pray with her. As we were leaving we asked her if there was anything she wanted or needed. The only thing she asked for was a Bible. There is a misconception that people working in or visiting a red-light district are so far removed from God. We‘ve found people to be anything but. Over the years God has grown our heart for men, particularly those involved in the sex industry in some way. It‘s not enough for us to just have compassion for the women when we know as Christians that everyone is bound by something and “...our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.” (Ephesians 6:12) This book was intentionally created to reach the people buying sex as well. When we label people as either victim or perpetrator we flatten out the situation in an unhelpful way. The reality of the sex trade is far more complex and simple categories or stereotypes don‘t lead to informed action.
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We hope The Book of Love will be a resource to you and your ministry as you share and show love. It is never ever, supposed to take the place of relationship. In fact our hope is that you will not give this book to anyone you don‘t have a friendship with. The book is not overly complex, it‘s certainly not perfect but we believe that simple stories of transformation paired with the gospel has the power to impact lives. Every layer of The Book of Love was prayerfully and lovingly created. Every piece of art was commissioned with a message in mind and every photo was taken by members of the team from around the region. Every testimony is from the heart. We wanted The Book of Love to look as beautiful and valuable as the message it contains inside. We hope you feel proud to give this book out and we hope it shows dignity and respect to the recipient. Thank you for doing the important work of reaching the lost. May God strengthen you for the journey ahead. With love and peace, Hope Dies Last 07
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FAQ WHO ARE YOU?
Hope Dies Last has been serving through media and missions to counteract human trafficking in Europe for the last 3+ years. We‘re incredibly passionate about giving grassroots organizations the quality media they need for fundraising, prevention and education. We create original books, magazines and websites as well as producing videos and running conferences and events. Over the years we‘ve spent time talking to men and women working in the sex industry in Europe. This industry involves over a million people from a vast array of nations and brings in billions of euro to governments and organized crime. Many of the people in this industry have been forced or coerced to work in prostitution and don‘t see a way out.
WHAT ORGANIZATION ARE YOU UNDER?
All full-time staff in the ministry are specialists with Youth With a Mission, Central Europe based in Budapest, Hungary.
CAN I JOIN YOU?
We love working with skilled volunteers from all over the world! Please contact us and start a conversation.
WHY DID YOU MAKE THE BOOK OF LOVE?
Primarily we wanted to equip field workers with an appropriate tool to deepen conversations and build friendships with people in the sex industry. In addition we see this as a tool to encourage the Church to step boldly into ministry and become more resourceful, responsive and relevant to all who need God‘s love.
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WHO IS THIS FOR?
The Book of Love is designed to reach both men and women involved in the sex industry with the Gospel in addition to stories of hope and redemption.
HOW MUCH DOES IT COST?
Hundreds of people from all over the world have given through our campaigns so we can make this book free for ministries. We believe in free media and we love to invite others to partner with us to spread the message of hope and freedom.
WHERE CAN I GET ONE?
Due to licensing requirements for the Gospel of John we are unable to sell the book to individuals. Please contact us if you would like a copy. Ministries reaching the sex industry in Europe, get in touch and tell us how many you need and we will happily send you free of charge what ever books you require.
WHAT LANGUAGES WILL YOU BE DOING?
Currently we have The Book of Love in English, German, Czech, Romanian, Hungarian and Bulgarian. We have plans to do Russian and other languages. We want to respond to your ministries need so please get in contact with us.
WHERE CAN I BUY YOUR MERCHANDISE LIKE THE ‚BUY FOOD, NOT WOMEN‘ BAG? We don‘t have an online store right now but let us know what you‘d like.
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THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND HUMAN SMUGGLING There is a crucial difference between human trafficking and human smuggling (sometimes called people smuggling). With the recent influx of refugees into the EU a number of media outlets have incorrectly attributed their movement across borders to human traffickers. Human trafficking often involves the movement of people both domestically and internationally but the defining difference between it and human smuggling is that it involves coercion, manipulation, exploitation and violence. Human smuggling on the other hand is defined by the United Nations Convention on Transnational Organized Crime as “the procurement, in order to obtain, directly or indirectly, a financial or other material benefit, of the illegal entry of a person into a State of which the person is not a national or a permanent resident�. Human trafficking may involve some of the same methods for illegally moving
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people over borders but the primary purpose of the movement is the exploitation of the person. Most of the people who have entered into the EU as refugees or asylum seekers have paid large sums of money to be able to move irregularly across borders. Many of them have taken huge risks to do so but largely the decision has been their own. Many victims of human trafficking who are moved across borders also have their documentation removed or held by their trafficker as a form of control. It is vital we understand the difference between trafficking and smuggling to effectively and comprehensibly address their diverse issues.
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WHO IS SHE? We have seen her more than once. In movies and documentaries, newspaper articles and awareness campaigns. Her sad eyes haunt us, her bruises testify of her abuse and her fate compels us. She compels us to compassion, to speak up for her and put an end to her situation. We can help her. All we need to do is give. Give our money, our time, our Facebook wall. But who is she? Who is the girl that conveys the tragedy of human trafficking and sexual exploitation? Usually we do not know her real name for the sake of her safety. We call her victim, slave, survivor. She is the ‘ideal victim,’ because her story makes for good publicity. The hard fate of the young girl that was beaten, raped and tricked into prostitution in a foreign country evokes sympathy and opens people’s pockets. But how far can we take this? What is the line between raising awareness and pure sensationalism? There is nothing wrong with dramatic stories, but we need to be aware of the effects they can have. When we reach out to men and women in red light districts, we want them to know the truth about who God is and who He made them to be. We know the power that our words can have as we speak life. Into darkness we bring light, which is shown in all goodness, righteousness and truth (Ephesians 5:9). Truth is at the heart of our ministry and it should be in all areas of our work, not only in our interactions with the people we minister to, but also in our communication with supporters and other audiences. Because words have power, we need to use them wisely. All too often we abuse the power of words and images to grab people’s attention and attract them to our cause. Funds and awareness are crucial to our work and we must treat these areas with integrity. No awareness campaign is worth spreading, if it is based on lies and untruths or if it takes advantage of misfortune. In fact, the retelling of exploitation and violence can become exploitative in itself. Of course we want people to be aware of injustice and to get involved in the fight against it. Communication is vital. However, when the shocking and horrible stories become a commodity for fundraising, we miss the target. We objectify the women and men through the stories we tell and accelerate the very injustice we claim to stand against. Especially in regard to sexual exploitation it is important to be aware of the power of language and images. If we want to prevent sexualized objectification, we cannot and should not portray every explicit detail of the
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situations we encounter. No matter how passionately we want to convey the gut-wrenching and heart-breaking reality, the ends do not justify the means. Exploitation is not sexy. Never. As Christians we have a countercultural message for all areas of society. A message of life when all seems dead. A message of grace instead of shame. A message of unconditional love. And a message of truth. Let‘s commit to integrity in all realms of our influence. If we speak with love and truth to the people we meet inside the red light districts, we must apply the same dignity and respect when we talk about them outside of the districts. They are people, women and men, individuals with their own biographies, which are marked by decisions. No matter how limited their options may have been, they have made a choice. As a result human trafficking and sexual exploitation are incredibly complex issues and we have to acknowledge this complexity in order to tackle it. If we lump together all the ‘victims’ into one big mass, we lose sight of the individual and the cost of telling their stories. A heartbreaking story that harms is not worth telling. After all, true compassion is more than an emotional response to shock our hopelessness. Compassion is committed and moves into action. That’s what we need: true commitment to stand against injustice with truth and love.
Elise Johanna
pioneering red light ministry in Nürnberg // Germany nuremberg.rlt@gmail.com Elise recently graduated from the University of Nottingham with an MA in Global Citizenship, Identities and Human Rights.
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COMMUNICATION GUIDE RESHAPE THE LANGUAGE
Words have a lot of power and have shaped our generation‘s response to the injustice of human trafficking. Words like rescue, combatting and fighting are powerful and emotional but can inspire the wrong kind of action. Child Prostitute Persons under the age of 18 cannot legally consent to commercial sex, so they should always be legally classified as victims of sexual abuse. Try: child victim of commercial sexual abuse Child Pornography Try: images of child sexual abuse Prostitutes There is a social stigma attached to this word. It is not their defining characteristic or identity. A person is more than their sexual behavior. Try: women/people/men in prostitution or prostituted people. Slavery or slaves These words can give a wrong impression because most people associate them with physical restraints. Often people who have been trafficked are fearful to leave because of manipulation and psychological coercion.
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ASK QUESTIONS
Before allowing media to be produced about your ministry or organization, think through these points. • Who is it benefitting? The people producing it or the people its about? • What do you need? Is fundraising important or do you need your church to be informed? • Who is your audience? Are they faith-based? • Is the safety and privacy of the victims and/or workers respected? Does this give them the appropriate level of anonymity? • Have you framed experiences as events not identities? • Is it sensationalistic? Be careful not to perpetuate stereotypes. • Are you telling a multi-faceted story? Ensure that opportunity is granted to people who have escaped exploitation to speak of their empowerment, accomplishments and successes. •
Are you drawing attention to the bigger issues? Human trafficking is a complicated injustice and people‘s experiences are varied. To encourage involvement in anti-trafficking work, we need to emphasis the need for early prevention by addressing root causes.
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To what extent is getting someone to ‚tell their story‘ exploitation? Be careful not to ask questions to victims that violate their dignity.
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PRINCIPALS OF PIONEERING Five years ago I moved to Latvia to pioneer a ministry called Freedom61. Honestly I didn’t know what I was doing. The only thing I knew was that God called me to do this. I had just joined YWAM and didn’t have any experience in missions (besides my 6 month Discipleship Training School and my 3 months serving at a summer camp for orphans in Ukraine). I pioneered Freedom61 in Riga, a ministry working against human trafficking. We work with women in prostitution on the streets of Riga, reach out to the customers in the tourist-filled Old Town of Riga and we do Human Trafficking prevention throughout the whole country. Recently, in Latvia, we pioneered a transition center for woman who are coming out of prostitution and addiction. It‘s been a learning experience and I‘d like to pass on some of the key points I‘ve picked up.
1. KNOW YOUR CALLING.
I think this is the most important thing! If I didn’t know clearly that God had called me to serve in Eastern Europe against human trafficking, I probably would have quit many, many times. Now five years later I’m still in Latvia. I’m still here because in the moments it was hard, the moments I wanted to give up and the moments I was so incredibly lonely, I went back to my calling. God called me! So He was going to help me! Be prepared that the first year is going to be hard and difficult. I experienced it myself and I see it again with our team at the transition center. Moving to a new place, adapting to a new culture and life style and starting something new are a lot of new things. It’s draining, tiring but also very exciting.
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GO WITH A TEAM.
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MAKE AS MANY CONTACTS AS POSSIBLE. My first
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When you pioneer a ministry in a new location, regardless of where you go in the world, it is not going to be easy! I did it alone. I know this was good because God called me to do it and He gave me people alongside me to help! But if you can, go with a small team, even two or three people. You can brainstorm together. You can pray together. You can go to meetings together. And you can start learning the culture together. But also if you can‘t handle it anymore, your people in your team are there with you. They are there for you and you are there for them when they need it.4
months were just many meetings with people. Some were very useful and others... were less so. You won’t know until you get out there! Tell them who you are and what your dreams are. You will be surprised with how many people will be excited and want to help you in some way. You‘ll meet with churches and potential volunteers but also with other organizations, the police and members of the government. When we started our new project we did it all again. This meant months of meetings, sometimes two or three a week, with people who are running the same kind of projects or similar programs as well as with Christian counselors and others. There were moments we were so done with these meetings but we learned so much. By asking the right questions we finally saw breakthrough in every single aspect of our program.
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4. PRAY.
We all know prayer is important. Over the past five years I have really learned how crucial prayer is. When we started out in Riga we went out on the street every Thursday evening to pray. I said to God, “we are going out every Thursday evening and I know you will make it clear to us about how long we need to do this”. I was prepared to go out to pray for a long time, maybe even a year. In the area in Riga where woman are working in street prostitution, we were the first people to start doing outreach work. So I knew that, right there, a spiritual battle was going on. But what I didn’t realize was that it was also so good for ourselves. By praying there regularly we got to know the area to the point where we started feeling comfortable in the area. This helped us really see and learn about what was going on in the district. We prayed for 3 months until the Lord made it very clear to us that it was time to start reaching out to the woman working in prostitution. We started this new kind of work, but of course we didn’t stop praying. I have to say it has always been a battle for us to find the right time to fit prayer in our schedule. We know it is so important but there are always other things that come up. We finally have a good schedule and our prayer times are a part of it. Make sure you guard this time very well because it’s easy to skip this time of prayer.
5. WRITE DOWN YOUR VISION AND DREAM BIG.
If you want to pioneer a ministry in a certain country or location and you don’t have lots of experience I would strongly encourage you to do an internship with a ministry doing similar work to what you want to do. Be open to serve them and in doing so you‘ll learn from them and open a door to ask them all the questions you have. While you do this, start writing down your own vision. Start with your dreams then move to your plans and your budget. People will take you seriously only when you have thought it all through. I didn‘t do this before I moved to Latvia. In fact I didn‘t lean it until two years later when I did a pioneering leadership course in Spain. In Riga we‘ve had a few people working with us for a while to learn from us as they write out their vision. After the time spent with us they go back to the place they are called with more confidence and experience to start a successful ministry.
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BIG, BUT ALSO DON’T 6. DREAM BE AFRAID TO FAIL.
One of my biggest dreams was to start a house for woman coming off the street and out of addiction. It was only a dream as I felt it was way too big for me. Less than three years after feeling like that, we have that house! It was a huge dream but it became reality! I‘ve also had dreams that didn’t work out. In the beginning we had a big apartment. A church in Texas paid for the rent every month and our vision was to invite the woman in from the street nearby to have a shower, eat a nice meal and be in a comfortable and safe environment. We lived in this expensive apartment for 2 two years, but we had less than ten woman come over to our place. We tried, but it just didn’t work so we had to change our vision and our strategy. We learned a lot from it. Yes, it was easy to feel like a failure, but I know we didn’t fail. We tried and it didn’t work out so we moved on. Don’t be afraid to try things; God lets you try things. It was a miracle how God provided for the rent of that place. I don’t always understand His plans. But pray, ask God and then do it! Don’t be afraid because He is always with you.
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Ephesians 3:20 New International Version (NIV)
BY LYSETTE KLOP OF FREEDOM61 Freedom61 is a ministry fighting human trafficking and prostitution in Riga, Latvia. They work with girls in street prostitution, building relationship with them and offering them a different lifestyle. They have a jewelry business and a transition center. They also do human trafficking prevention in schools and orphanages as well as reaching out to the men who are coming to Riga to buy sex. 21
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SMALL STEPS, EVERYONE CAN DO ADDRESS.
QUESTION.
Address demand. Stopping or redirecting demand requires a multi-faceted approach and a holistic view of a person. So often lust is not the dominant factor in a mans decision to visit a person in prostitution. Many men are lonely and are socially unable to to build meaningful relationships or form intimate connections. The church can have a key role in facilitating and modeling healthy friendships between the sexes. Additionally, the church can provide a welcoming and loving expression of community.
Question if your church is a place of hope and healing. Is this a place where you feel comfortable to invite un-churched colleagues or friends? How do they feel in this environment? For men reaching out to other men: where do you have your most meaningful conversations?
STUDY. Study the biblical response to people on the margins of society. Knowing our mandate as Christians will bolster your commitment to serve the “the least of these” when times are tough. Develop your understanding of God‘s use of people in prostitution throughout the Bible to further his message of redemption.
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KNOW. Know your national and regional laws with regards to prostitution and human trafficking. Talk about them with people in your community. Identify any areas of particular concern and coordinate with organizations and ministries to change or adapt the laws.
RECOGNIZE. Recognize that at their core, prostitution and human trafficking are businesses. They rely on the same laws of supply and demand as any other business does. To see change happen in the sex industry we need to be addressing both of these.
MAP.
ADVERTISE.
Map out the areas around your city where the sex industry thrives. These could include massage parlors or sex shops. Some sites like wikisexguide.com provide information for clients of prostitution. Work out if there are people already reaching out to people in these areas.
Advertise information about the realities of sex tourism. So often a man has his first experience buying sex outside of his home country. Understanding and communicating your countries laws with regards to sex tourism in a strategic way (e.g through in-flight advertising) is a step in the right direction.
DEVELOP.
CONFRONT.
Develop a code of conduct for yourself and your team and stick to it! These could involve accountability procedures or using filtering software. For teams involved in ministry, we strongly suggest going in groups of 3 to redlight districts.
Confront people talking about women in a derogatory way or making jokes about people working as prostitutes.
LOOK. Look for unusual ways to impact this injustice. In Budapest teams regularly pick up rubbish from around common areas of prostitution. The police were known to give the women fines they were unable to pay, for mess in the designated zones. Doing something as straight forward as cleaning up an area of prostitution conveys a special message of sacrifice and love to the women.
DONATE. Donate financially to missionaries who focus on reaching out to those in the sex industry.
CHALLENGE. Challenge your own cultural mindset. Examine how your beliefs towards issues of human trafficking and prostitution developed and compare them with what Jesus said and did.
OFFER. Offer to educate hotel/airline/bar staff on what to do if they see signs of trafficking or illegal prostitution.
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USE.
REFUSE.
Use your voice for good. Tell the companies that indirectly profit from the sex industry that you will not use their business. Sometimes the link is obvious (a major chain hotel located in the red-light district to serve customers of the sex industry) or more abstract (the building firm who just profited off the expansion of a local brothel).
Refuse to buy products advertised with sexualized women‘s bodies (or body parts). Write to the company and tell them why you are not buying their products. Some obvious companies to start with are Astra beer and Axe body spray.
GET OUTSIDE. Get outside of your comfort zone! Reach out to people connected to the sex industry. We‘re not necessarily advocating going window to window in the red-light district. Instead, connect with people in the bars surrounding the area of prostitution. Frequently, men will go to these bars to work up the courage to buy sex.
REMOVE.
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Remove advertising. In Moscow, catalogues advertising prostitution are distributed en masse around the city. Teams remove these, making it harder for people to access sex services. Throughout Europe ‚gentlemen‘s clubs‘ advertise with small cards in hotels, hostels and tourist information centers. Disposing of these or talking to staff about them is a good place to start.
EDUCATE. Educate children (and their parents) about how to use the Internet in a way that guards their innocence and protects their safety.
ENCOURAGE. Encourage more men to be involved. I once heard that men do not gravitate towards anti-trafficking work because as a problem it cannot be ‚fixed‘. We feel that strong Christian men acting out their God-given authority and purpose can change the world!
GIVE. Give your skills to organizations and ministries. We firmly believe that every sphere of society has something to contribute to this fight for justice. Look beyond the obvious needs and offer your skills or knowledge to ministries or organizations.
CO-OPERATE.
EXAMINE.
Co-operate with local safe-houses or transitions centers to offer valid employment at your place of work. Alternatively, offer skills training for people who have stepped out of prostitution.
Examine what avenues men have to take to get help. Buying sex can make a man feel ashamed or guilty and can feed into issues of self-worth. Sometimes men visiting a prostitute see something suspicious. Provide a safe place for men to reach out for guidance and support.
TACKLE. Tackle visibility. People are naturally geared towards acting sexually when they are exposed to nudity, sexual poses or images. We experience so much of this in a gratuitous fashion. Look at how we can reduce triggering images in daily life to assist people in recognizing the sacredness of sexuality and the human body.
GO FURTHER. Go further afield and take a team to a place where men from your nation visit on bachelor weekends or for sex tourism. Reach people from your own country abroad. Be mindful of situations of peer pressure in large male groups.
DISTRIBUTE. Distribute The Book of Love to people working in the sex industry in your home town!
CONTACT. Contact people of influence in your country or community. Make sure they are informed and aware of the injustice of human trafficking and they personally can make a difference.
BUY FAIR-TRADE. Buy fair-trade products. I think the impact of this one is really underestimated. When buying fair trade products you help people producing your clothes, coffee or chocolate to get a fair price for their work which helps them to provide for the needs of their families. Look beyond sex trafficking to people being exploited through labor. You can get fair trade products in every supermarket, in special fair trade shops or online.
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HOTLINES As part of the development of The Book of Love we looked into what options a person who has been trafficked has to get help. For many their lifeline is a hotline. Many people in situations of exploitation have a justified fear of police or other people in positions of authority so are unlikely to reach out for help via a general emergency number. The ”Together Against Trafficking in Human Beings“ section of the European Commission website lists no less than 33 different numbers. There are both government and NGO operated numbers on the website. Over the course of this project we asked nationals to call numbers supplied on the website, as well as others we found, to ask the questions below. We‘ve compiled the information collected on our website. For us it was a grave reminder that often people trying to leave their situation of exploitation only get one opportunity to make a call. A number of hotline numbers only operate during business hours or on certain days. Other countries had the numbers wrongly listed. In one country a phone number listed for a ‚Center for Girls‘ went directly to a man‘s mobile phone. Upon questioning he said there was no organization. We found a major source countries government-run hotline was initially out of order. We made an official inquiry but no appropriate reason was given as to why the hotline was not working at that time. It is our responsibility as concerned citizens to make sure our national hotlines have the funding and personal they need to run an effective service. For more information and to contribute to the ongoing research please visit: www.hopedieslast.org/hotline-numbers
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SAMPLE QUESTIONNAIRE FOR HOTLINE RESEARCH • Is this a hotline for people who have been trafficked to call? • Do you have a special training for crisis situations? • What languages do staff speak? • Are there concrete steps you offer someone who is calling? (e.g. locating them, sending immediate help to secure them) • Do you send police, social workers or someone else? • Is the call recorded and is there a follow up on the person who called? (If applicable) • Are you connected to local safe houses? • Is this a 24 hour - non stop hotline, or are you closed at some point? • Is this call free? Will this number show up on a phone bill?
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MEASURING IMPACT Research is critical to engaging the issue of trafficking. When we collect information we have the ability to measure and analyze our impact. This provides valuable insight, the ability to report to donors and the potential to pivot methods to better address the need. “Human traffickers are well connected for the sake of exploitation. How much more than should we be connected for the sake of freedom.� [1]
[1] Foster Crawford, C (2014). Stopping the Traffick: A Christian Response to Sexual Exploitation and Trafficking. Oxford, UK: Regnum Books International.
Good research provides statistics to help with understanding larger trends in trafficking as well as help in identifying specific areas of need. As we distribute The Book of Love, our hope is that this tool provides a deeper avenue of relationship with the men and women you are interacting with. By keeping track of how we distribute the book around Europe, we have a valuable opportunity to record vital statistics. Hope Dies Last has put together a web-based data sheet to help record and compile relevant information. Keeping track of who people are and where they are from can show key trends in the movement of people around Europe. This in turn helps us and others to identify particularly vulnerable areas. Recording this information will not only help you to track your own work, but will enable us to have a larger overview of the regional trends. We will provide you with a link to a data sheet specific to your city and and request that you fill in the information as it becomes available. Please contact us on info@hopedieslast.org
IMPORTANT This is not formal research but is intended to give you (and us) more of an overview of the situation with regards to prostitution in Europe. We recognize that there are limited ways to share the information we know and collect, so it is our hope that this method will facilitate greater exchange. This information is of a very sensitive nature and we will make every effort to protect this. We know that many, if not most, people in prostitution use a pseudonym while at work and we suggest you record this name. Please be cautious to protect the people you are interacting with. 28
HOW TO USE THE DATA SHEET • The sheet allows for you to enter in the individuals name, nationality, and origin city and age. • For 'gender' please mark 'M' for male, 'F' for female, or 'T' for transgender. • For 'role' column please mark the per sons job, or reason for being in an area of prostitution: prostitution, pimp, john, guard etc. • The 'date' column should mark the date of your interaction. • The 'notes' column can have any specifics of your interactions with the individual, examples could include attitude, working location, or gifts given.
• In the 'Bibles given in:' column, mark a numeric value for the number of Bibles given in each language. So if you have one Romanian copy, you would mark “1” in the RO column, leaving the other language columns blank. • For multiple interactions with a single person, or to add more names into an alphabetized column, insert new rows into the sheet by right-clicking on the number of the row where you wish to insert new rows and select the option “insert row below.”
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HUMAN TRAFFICKING: THERE IS NO HOPE
[ ] Regardless of which side of the equation you stand on, this is easy to believe.
LIES ARE PART OF THE PROBLEM.
NO HOPE FOR IT TO END. NO HOPE FOR A FUTURE.
400,000
The number of prostitutes in Germany is thought to have doubled to 400,000 over the last 20 years.
70% Foreigners make up some 70% of people in Germany’s sex trade.
THE ONLY WAY TO COUNTERACT A LIE IS WITH THE TRUTH.
T H E STATS
84%
700,000 Some 700,000 women are trafficked to western Europe every year
A greater variety of nationalities among human trafficking victims has been found in Western and Central Europe than in any other part of the world. Most of these victims (84%) were trafficked for the purpose of sexual exploitation. In the Netherlands, the majority of female prostitutes are migrants, mainly from Eastern Europe.
THE SEX INDUSTRY
THE NEED
There are around one million people in prostitution in Europe. Many are isolated and moved frequently, both domestically and internationally. They need access to appropriate life-affirming information in their own languages.
THE MINISTRY Hope Dies Last is a regionally focused media and missions organization. They work to create effective material to serve individuals and organizations to counteract human-trafficking and sexual exploitation.
THE FIELDWORKERS The workers are few but passionate. Due to the international nature of this industry, many Christian workers don’t speak the same language as people they are reaching out to. They need quality, strategic resources to give to the women and men they encounter.
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THE CONTRIBUTORS There are many who want to give to see real breakthrough in the lives of exploited people. Contributors serve through funding, hosting or artistic contribution.
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SHINE NETWORK WE PARTNER WITH ORGANIZATIONS AROUND EUROPE AND THE WORLD! For more information visit www.shinenetwork.org
The Walk
Virsavia Project Moscow - Russia
Prague - Czech Republic
www.ywamlausanne.com
www.ywammoscow.org
www.ywamprague.org
European Freedom Network
Freedom 61
YWAM Bad Blankenburg
Lausanne - Switzerland
Bucharest - Romania www.europeanfreedomnetwork.org
Riga - Latvia www.freedom61.me
YWAM International Cities
The Haven Foundation
Vancouver - Canada www.ywamcity.org
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The Hague - Netherlands www.stichtingdehaven.nl
YWAM Prague
Bad Blankenburg - Germany www.ywambb.com
Ella Ministry
Cologne - Germany www.jmem-koeln.de
Justice Acts
Kern Coalition Against HT Kern County - USA
Bucharest - Romania
www.facebook.com/justiceactsfrance
www.kcaht.org
www.eliberare.com
Nürnberg Red Light Team
The Freedom Project Portland - USA Facebook: Freedom Project
Freiburg - Germany www.jmem-freiburg.de
Loom International
Love & Justice DTS
YWAM Muizenberg J.A.
Cévennes - France
Nürnberg - Germany Nuremberg.rlt@gmail.com
Portland - USA www.loominternational.org
Grimerud - Norway www.grimerud.no
Eliberare
Ignition
Muizenberg - South Africa www.ywammuizenberg.org
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THANK YOU ARTISTS We always knew that our humble attempt to communicate God‘s love through a book would have to involve art. Art has a unique power far beyond decoration and beauty. For people who have been hurt or traumatized art can become a refuge, a kind of visual oasis. Join us in praying for these pieces to come alive to the viewer to speak something of the heart and nature of God, words can never touch. We‘re overwhelmed by the support of friends who gave of themselves through their art to this project. We are so thankful for your contribution!
Illustration Savannah Graham // savannahgraham.com pg.25,53, 81,107,133,177
Spencer Berghauser // instagram.com/spencerbergie
pg.5,40,46,50,58,66,70,76,92,96,102,108,116,122,126,130,134,140,144,150,156
Ivi //
pg.32, 43,56-57,85,109,142,164
Ryan Burns // ryan-burns.com pg.171-173
Heather Rogers // heather-rogers.tumblr.com pg.18-21
Alexa Roberts // society6.com/alexaroberts/prints pg.10-11
Rebecca pg.64
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Photography Chad
pg.14,28,38,44-45,49,54-55,61,73,75,78-79,95,100-101,105,119,129,138-139,143,147,153,154-155,180
Sean
pg.8-9,13,22-23,30-31,50,63,82-83, 90-91,99,110-111,112-113,115,120-121,125,126,136-137,149,166-167,174-175
Rebecca // mid.st
pg.65,69,70,87,89,92,108,140,156,159,162,179
Matthew // mid.st pg.35
*All photography was done by the team (Hope Dies Last & Midst). We wanted to draw particular attention to the beauty of the Central European region.
Design We had the privilege to welcome two Graphic Design graduates of John Brown University into our ministry for the summer. We‘re so thankful that you took a risk on us and gave of your time and talent to serve this project. You both are amazing human beings with extraordinary talent! Thank you Todd Goehner for your recommendation and referral. Morgan Ankrom // morgankrom.com
Hand-lettering- pg.13,31,35,45,55,65,75,83,91,101,113,121,129,139,147,155,167,175 Background- cover pages & pg.7,17,27,161,169 Illustration- pg.34,128
Jarod Hamm // jarodhamm.com
Line work -cover pages & pg.2,4,6,7,16,17,26,27,160,161,168,169 Illustration- pg 36-37
Head designer, Matthew, did all other design in addition to formatting all six languages. Thank you for your artistic direction and your untold hours of detailed work. It absolutely would not have happened without your dedication.
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Thomas and Inka jumped into the deep end to put this resource together in a few days. #thatescalatedquickly German translation: Denis Biesenbach
TRANSLATORS AND PROOFREADERS
The translation of this book was such a crucial part of this project. For us it was absolutely vital to have people who were able not only to accurately translate the words but who were able to use their language to best communicate the meaning at the core of the stories. Thank you for your patience, dedication and many hours of work! We know this list is not conclusive as we drew on so many people to translate odd words or phrases and to help us format the text. I know many of you pulled in friends and colleagues to find the most accurate words. To all of you, thank you! Without you this project would not have been possible. English
Proofreading by Lynn Hurtado and Joanna Fraser
German
Translation by Gudrun Piater and Rebecca
Hungarian
Translation by Zoltan Nadler and Hanna Gulyas Proofreading by Jacinta Papp
Romanian
Translation and proofreading by eLiberare with special thanks to Andrei Lungu and Ryan Crozier
Bulgarian
Translation by Violeta Dimitrova
Czech
Translation by Renata Vankova
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Side note: Right from the beginning we knew how crucial it was to include in the book the voice of a woman who had come out of an exploitative situation and walked the road of redemption. We pursued many people we knew in front-line ministries around Europe for such a story. It was heartbreaking to us how hard it was to find a testimony of this kind that would serve as encouragement and inspiration to the reader. We know there are many living breathing miracle survivors of this injustice out there but for a number of complicated reasons we are unable to publish one of their testimonies.
We know this voice is missing and because of that, our prayers have turned to the thousands of women who will read this book. May their stories of courage, recovery and redemption supersede the one that was missing. We‘re so thankful to all of you for forming this crucial element of the book by sharing your most vulnerable stories. Our content contributors are known to us but choose to remain anonymous or write under pseudonyms. Additional work was contributed by the Hope Dies Last team.
DONORS Thank you - To the ministries and individuals that make up the Shine Network for their support and encouragement. To Flipside Church who sacrificed over Lent to give generously to the project. To everyone who gave generously through the Indiegogo campaign. To our churches and friends. In addition, we‘re thankful to all of our individual supporters and families. Thank you for believing in us, our calling and our work. You have made all of this possible. Now finally this little team that, on a whisper from God, moved to Budapest to see all these plans and dreams (of which The Book of Love is one) come to life. You‘re some of the craziest, talented and dedicated people I know. Let‘s keep going. Hope Dies Last 37
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