How would you react to the voice inside of you urging you to dedicate your life to helping sex trafficking survivors if you had no training to do so, knew nothing about running a specialized residential aftercare home and had no obvious financial means? Many might run as far away as possible from such a daunting challenge. Kim Checkeye braved all of these obstacles and more, which resulted in the Truth Home in the Lehigh Valley.
The Truth Home is a sister organization to the Truth for Women Center (http://truthforwomencenter.org/purpose/) and My Sister’s Closet, and is based on the well-respected Wellspring Living aftercare model in Georgia, providing long-term housing and comprehensive services, support and care to sex trafficking survivors.
Kim gave a moving and honest interview about the reality of sex trafficking in the Lehigh Valley, her heart-breaking and heart-warming experiences working with victim survivors and her personal journey to opening the Truth Home! After hearing Kim describe women survivors going from being severely traumatized and feeling despair and fearful, to being filled with hope and a sense of meaningful purpose for their futures when they get help achieving their personal goals, one can appreciate the gratitude and joy that Kim feels for having not ignored that voice inside of her.
Not only have these remarkable survivors’ lives been transformed, but it’s obvious that Kim’s life has been too.
Thank you Kim L., Pastor Dave and everyone at East Swamp church (http://www.eastswamp.org/) for allowing us to film her inspirational interview there. (The donuts were wonderful.) And thank you Kurt for helping us as a Production Assistant.
