God At Work In Canadian Cities
In this part of the interview, Victoria Martin talks about her street life, sex trafficking and her escape from the notorious pig farm of serial killer Robert Pickton. As she entered into witness protection and testified against some of her abusers, she also came to a new beginning as a follower of Jesus.
The remainder of the interview talks about the healing journey and new life she now lives.
Victoria Martin grew up in Downtown Vancouver near the infamous Choklit Park. From her mother’s midnight move from Montreal to British Columbia, young Victoria left behind a father involved in organized crime. But she was no safer with her mother who let men do things to her as a young girl.
In this part of the interview we hear her story of being a street kid who thought she had the world by the tail.
The seeds of her faith started when she visited an ornate church and met the priest. Thinking that he was Santa Claus, she poured out her heart telling him everything that she wanted and dreamed about.
Victoria’s life journey would be far from picturesque, but the presence of God brought her to her new day.
Joe Ritchie grew up with a history of trauma and abuse that nearly killed him. At age fifteen he was in a car accident that left him quadriplegic and without hope. After three times of dying and being resuscitated, it would be a vision of Jesus that would change his life trajectory.
Today Joe serves as part of the pastoral team at Windsor’s New Song Church. Listen as he shares transparently about his struggles with addiction and the journey to freedom.
Cathy Tollefson is the executive director of Global Family Canada, an organization with chapters in eight countries. Today we are again looking at human trafficking in Canada with a goal of educating and inspiring our listeners to get involved in strategies that make a difference.
When we think about the hidden magnitude of human trafficking, it can be overwhelming. But if we start to look at the ones being freed from slavery, we have a better story to tell.
I’ve entitled this episode ‘Finding The Lost Daughter’ because that is at the heart of the gospel, finding lost sons and daughters and bringing them home.
Links:
Global Family Canada
https://www.globalfamily.care/
Daughter Project Canada
https://www.facebook.com/daughterproject.ca
More on Human Trafficking in the Kelly Franklin interview
This is part 2 of my interview with Kelly Tallon Franklin.
As a young Torontonian living in an upscale neighbourhood, Kelly lived with the secrecy of sexual abuse. Fuelled by her insecurities she took to the street with a vengeance. Her associations would eventually lead to her being trafficked.
Today Kelly Franklin leads Courage For Freedom, an organization committed to ending trafficking in Canada and helping its victims find a new life of healing and recovery.
Learn more at www.courageforfreedom.org
Kelly is available to speak and can be reached through office@courageforfreedom.org
As a young Torontonian living in an upscale neighbourhood, Kelly lived with the secrecy of sexual abuse. Fuelled by her insecurities she took to the street with a vengeance. Her associations would eventually lead to her being trafficked.
Today Kelly Franklin leads Courage For Freedom, an organization committed to ending trafficking in Canada and helping its victims find a new life of healing and recovery.
Learn more at www.courageforfreedom.org
Kelly is available to speak and can be reached through office@courageforfreedom.org
