This month, we celebrate and thank God for the 2 year anniversary of Restore Children and Family Services in Cebu, Philippines. Within 2 years, hundreds of young children have been rescued and restored from cyber sex trafficking and experienced deep healing through Christ-centered care. Please continue to pray for more healing, strong protection, and provision for this important ministry. 

Good Paper creates wonderful products and job opportunities for women who have been set free from sex trafficking in the Philippines and Rwanda. We encourage you to support their products which are of highest quality. 

Also, there is currently a job opening for a sales associate here. If you have a heart for helping trafficked victims and a gifting in sales, consider this position (or pass it along to a friend). You can read the job description here. 

Note: the job location is in San Francisco, CA. 

With the tremendous support and partnership of our friends at Polaris Project, there will be another screening tour of Save My Seoul in early 2018. Winner for Best Documentary at the 2017 LA Asian Pacific Film Festival, Save My Seoul looks at the open secret of sex trafficking in South Korea. Help us raise awareness and shine a light in this dark industry impacting millions in Korea and around the world. 

Please spread the word and we hope to see you there! 

You can register here: http://polarisproject.org/communityevents 

All events will start at 7pm
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Thursday January 11 – Washington D.C.
Landmark E Street Cinema, 555 11th Street NW
Thursday January 18 – New York, NY
Regal E-Walk 13, 247 West 42nd Street
Tuesday January 23 – San Francisco, CA
Opera Plaza Cinema, 601 Van Ness Avenue
Thursday January 25 – Los Angeles, CA
Cinemark 18 @ Howard Hughes, 6081 Center Drive in the Promenade
Tuesday January 30 – Miami, FL
Merrick Park, 358 San Lorenzo Avenue, Suite 3005, Coral Gables
Thursday February 1 – Atlanta, GA
Midtown Art Cinema, 931 Monroe Drive
Thursday February 8– Raleigh, NC
Regal North Hills Stadium 14, 4150 Main at North Hills Street
Thursday February 15 – San Antonio, TX
AMC Rivercenter 11, 849 East Commerce Street in Shops at Rivercenter
Tuesday February 20 – Minneapolis, MN
Lagoon Cinema, 1320 Lagoon Avenue
Thursday February 22 – Chicago, IL
Century Centre Cinema, 2828 N. Clark Street in Century Shopping Center
Tuesday February 27 – Columbus, OH
Studio 35, 3055 Indianola Avenue (To Be Confirmed)

Since 2011, HOPE Be Restored has been providing support and scholarships for stateless children in various parts of the world. Stateless children have no citizenship, no passport, and few, if any, options for education, medical aid, and jobs. In Thailand, for example, they are not given a legal means to work, except in the sex industry. As a result, many stateless children fall victim to sex traffickers who take advantage of their vulnerable situation. But one glimmer of hope is if they are able to graduate from a college or university, Thailand will give those students Thai citizenship. That opens up a whole new world of hope and opportunities for them and their families.  We were able to support one of the first stateless students to graduate from a university in Thailand several years ago. And in South Korea, there are estimates of over 20,000 stateless children hidden in plain sight, without any government willing to help them. 

HOPE Be Restored is committed to restoring hope and creating new futures for these precious souls. 

DID YOU KNOW, that $1,000 can help a stateless student through one year of college in Thailand? And after just 4 years, that student will have a whole new world of opportunities opened up to them. 

Would you prayerfully consider sponsoring a scholarship for these students during this coming Christmas season? 

If you feel led, please give this season and give a new future to a child today: 

In Korea: Hana Bank: 573-910013-48605
In the USA or through credit card: http://give.footstool.org/hbr
* Note: after donating, please email hopeberestored@gmail.com and let us know the amount given to "State of Grace"

From Pastor Eddie: 

"Thank you for all who have prayed and supported Save My Seoul over these years. This film was a tool that God placed on my heart to make back in 2011 so that through it, it would bring about a cultural shift in Korea's understanding of sex trafficking and prostitution. Please continue to pray that God would use this as a means of changing hearts, attitudes, laws, and most of all, to bring an end to slavery in South Korea. I'm so blessed by the feedback we've gotten over the film and our editor recently sent me this photo of the recent award it won at a film festival for best documentary. All glory and thanks to God, our Great Abolitionist. If you haven't seen it yet, you can download the video through iTunes or Amazon video." 

Evergreen Educational Center is almost complete! This will be a restoration center providing counseling, education, vocational training, and life skills for children and teens who have been rescued from trafficking, runaways, and other vulnerable groups. The CEO of the construction company, which is one of the oldest and largest in Korea, read Justice Awakening and was convicted to join the fight for justice in Korea. As a result, he donated the services of his company (of over $3 million) to build this center for free ... in order to set the captives free. What an amazing testimony of God moving in people's hearts to pursue the passions of His own heart. 

As of now, the center needs a remaining $40,000 for equipment, furniture, and other necessary supplies in order to prepare for the center's opening (hopefully by the end of June). Please join us in praying for the remaining funds. 

And if you or your church feel led to give, you can send a donation to Hope Be Restored: 

In Korea: Hana Bank: 573-910013-48605
In the USA or through credit card: http://give.footstool.org/hbr
* Note: after donating, please email hopeberestored@gmail.com and let us know the amount given to "Project Evergreen"