What happens when advocacy turns into lived experience?

In this powerful episode, Freedom Challenge Director Tracy Daugherty sits down with Teresa Vardilos and Jennifer Lemburg to reflect on their recent mission trip to Pattaya, Thailand, where they served alongside the Tamar Center, a long-standing ministry supporting women affected by sexual exploitation.

Teresa and Jennifer share what it was like to move from knowing the statistics to standing face-to-face with the realities of human trafficking. Through stories of bar outreach, prayer walks on Soi 6, haircuts, gel nail classes, and deep relational ministry, they reveal how God meets people through consistency, compassion, and presence—not forced transformation.

This conversation explores the emotional and spiritual weight of witnessing injustice, the importance of preparation and prayer, and how anger, grief, hope, and faith can coexist. It’s a raw, honest look at what it means to say yes when God invites us into hard places—and how that yes can transform both the giver and the receiver.

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Watch the interview: https://youtu.be/0U4TD2oVeoM

Read the blog: www.thefreedomchallenge.com/blogposts/2026/3/18/trafficking-in-thailand

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