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Beauty for Ashes
A story of young girls rescued from sex trafficking and abuse.
 There is a secret life of a young lady living in the home of Beauty for Ashes. She is loved, respected, listened to, covered in prayer and made a sister and a friend. She wakes up early, she joins in the daily chores, she takes turns preparing meals to which she sits around a large table and shares conversation and laughter among her sisters. She is seen and she is unseen. She travels to the market, to another ministry. She helps, she gives. She learns, creates, dances, sings, she makes a joyful |  Caregiver, Susan, talks with Chameli one on one. There are currently two full-time caregivers that live in the home with the girls. Often they will have one on one discussions with the girls to see how they are doing. |
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 An important part of what Beauty for Ashes does is to find suitable vocational training programs for the women according to their capacity and dreams. By doing this, each woman can create a meaningful occupation, support themselves with dignity, and grow in confidence. |  Aditi sits and talks with other girls in the home before she begins her daily chores. "I have changed a lot. I have learned a lot about God, I have learned about cooking and dancing. I have progressed in life." |
 Aditi fills a bucket with soap and water to mop the floors with during her morning chores. |  Sandals left on the floor in the restoration home of Beauty for Ashes. Shoes are always taken off upon entering the home. |
 Chameli waters plants on the balcony during her morning chores. |  Chameli waters plants during her morning chores. |
 The girls love beautiful fabrics and to dress up for special occasions. |  Chameli reads the newspaper after finishing her morning chores. |
 Banita, left, and Aditi, right, watch as Daya works to prepare lunch for the girls in the home. |  Aditi stands alone in the kitchen waiting for lunch to be ready. |
 Banita, left, and Daya make lunch together. |  Banita jokes around with Daya as they prepare lunch together for all of the girls. |
 Staff member Carrie, center, listens as Banita tells a story over lunch. |  Chameli grabs a puzzle game. |
 Chameli works on a puzzle during her free time. |  The girls get along with one another as sisters would, they enjoy spending time together. |
 Chameli works on a puzzle in her free time. |  Girls play games during their free time. The current capacity of Beauty for Ashes home is 12 young women. |
 Eshana plays a card game with a young girl from a neighboring NGO. ( |  The girls play with kids from a neighboring NGO. |
 Aditi paints a wedding poster for a young couple in her church. |  The girls make a craft with balloons. |
 Banita shows a cut out butterfly, part of a greeting card she is making |  Chameli sits with the other girls in the home after having done each others' hair. "I have found happiness playing with my sisters here. They are very important to me." |
 The girls practice their skills in photography. |  Girls in the home have taken dance lessons, sung at events and have made their own fashion show. |
 Banita prepares the afternoon chai. "My dream is to help others. In whatever way possible. If that means being a doctor, a social worker, I just want a profession I can be in to help others." |  Afternoon chai is ready to be served. |
 Daya helps in the kitchen with the afternoon chai. |  Chameli waits for afternoon chai to be served. |
 Banita, left and Daya sit together during afternoon chai. |  Afternoon chai. |
 Chameli sips her chai. |  Girls of Beauty for Ashes make their way outside while on their way to church. |
 Girls of Beauty for Ashes make their way to church. |
 John, research consultant for Justice Ventures International shares his heart and his thoughts on human trafficking in India. John could be considered behind the scenes yet in all reality he faces front line work on a daily basis, collecting prayer requests and sending out prayer requests for the organization. John is well liked and carries on in his work in a manner of gentleness, sobriety and trust. (Photo by Cate Gordon) |  John speaks with a staff member at the JVI office. "What comes to my mind is this poem inspired by the painting, Landscape with the Fall of Icarus. 'a farmer was ploughing his field… a splash quite unnoticed this was Icarus drowning' Here is a city going about it's normal routine and completely unaware of a crisis in the water, a person drowning. This to me is a picture of human trafficking in Delhi. People going about their lives, unaware of the massive issue among them." (Photo by Cate Gordon) |  John answers the phone in the Justice Ventures International office. (Photo by Cate Gordon). |
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 John, surrounded by fellow staff members of JVI, is given more prayer requests. John's main job is collecting such information. However, John has been able to participate in a couple of rescues with JVI, including a rescue of 50 or more children in child labor. "It was neat to be there, to see what happens. The children come with glum looks on their faces, they are unsure of what is happening to them when they are being rescued. They were assured that we were there to take care of them. However, |  John looks over every newspaper for any specific news on new human trafficking issues. John also writes up items in the resources page of JVI's intranet site. He finds such items through google alerts and he releases information to broaden JVI's scope in a bi-weekly news report. (Photo by Cate Gordon). |  "I went under cover once with a few others to a high end brothel. We sat on this one fancy couch in a big empty room and one by one a woman was presented to us under a kind of spot light. The last woman showed to us was still just a little girl. It was so surreal." (Photo by Cate Gordon). |
 John speaks at a PUSH (People United to Stop Human-trafficking) meeting in a nearby church in Delhi. A PUSH meeting involves one staff member from each surrounding NGO that meets to pray over specific needs that each NGO has and share important updates. (Photo by Cate Gordon). |  John prays during the PUSH meeting. (Photo by Cate Gordon). |  John with his prayer requests from JVI in hand at the PUSH meeting. |
 John sits at his desk about to wrap up a work day. (Photo by Cate Gordon). |
The Prayer Collector
Sarah
A story of young devotion
 A young girl states the obvious, a reality that she has come to know personally. “Being a parent is one of the hardest things in this life.” Sarah Hussey is 16, a high school student and a mother to a new baby. She has come to know parenting on a level that exceeds the difficulties of what could be called 'normal parenting.' Sarah has turned her bedroom into a nursery for Colton, her little boy. She has completely rearranged her life to fit the needs of her son. |  Sarah gets ready to feed her son Colton. |  Sarah kisses Colton as she tries to calm him. |
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 Sarah, left, and mom, Milissa, fold Colton's clothes in Sarah's bedroom. |  Sarah studies during a math class at Uwharrie Charter Academy. Sarah's love for her son is obvious. However, she can't always show it in the way she would like to. "I would rather be nowhere else than with my son. But I made a choice. It's hard, but I have to do well in school. For him." |  Sarah writes during her math class at Uwharrie Charter Academy. She has just spent all night in the emergency room with Colton who came down with a fever. |
 Sarah reviews legal papers to file for full custody over Colton. |  Sarah and her mom take hold of Colton's hand. |  Sarah opens Christmas presents for her son Colton. |
 Sarah plays with Colton in her family's living room. |  Sarah cleans her family's living room while son Colton sleeps. |
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