A couple more new friends...

Johyti and Joshua recently joined the House of Hope family. We just wanted to share a little of their story with you. Johyti grew up with two very absent parents, her father drank a lot so her mom became a prostitute in order to pay the bills. Johyti did the kitchen work and cared for the children at the brothel until she was 12. At that time her mom got very sick and was unable to pay off a huge debt she owed. In order to pay the debt Johyti had to go into prostitution. She has since had two abusive husbands. She was able to receive help through an organization (Oasis of India) a few cities over some years back. At that time she delivered her first child, came out of prostitution, and had a good job. After she left the program, she returned to her husband who she says eventually sold her back into the red light district. She gave away her child and started selling herself again in order to live. Johyti recently contacted the organization again saying that she wanted a better future for her second baby. They referred her to House of Hope and she arrived this week. She is very guarded from having had such a hard life. Such a sad story I know, but now she is among family who will love her and Joshua very well. Pray that they will transition well and that she will find the Father’s love. That she will feel safe and realize that He never intended for her to have to sell her body for acceptance, love, or money. Nicole (our host) said it is always hard when they get women who have a history of prostitution because they often return to the streets…it is all they know. Pray that Johyti is not one of those women and that this step is truly a life changing one for her and for Joshua.