I want to thank Chris Dorset from Seamount Financial Group for sponsoring this episode of Job with Julie.

Chris is a certified financial planner that has been helping clients for over 20 years, and he specializes in retirement planning.

Chris is also a good friend and sits on the board of authentic intimacy, so is really invested in our ministry.

And if you're interested in learning how Chris can be of help for you

and your family's financial planning,

you can find out more at cmountfinancial.com

or by contacting him directly at 800-752-8-766.

Thanks, Chris.

Hey, welcome to this episode of Job with Julie.

I'm Julie Slattery, and I'm really excited to share

today's story because it's one of the most amazing stories of hope and healing that I've ever

heard. And I didn't just hear it. I've been witnessing it. Our guests today are good friends

of mine and their story is just a powerful reminder of how God can knit even the most broken stories

back together.

I'll warn you, it's not going to be an easy discussion today.

We're going to be talking about recovery from sexual abuse and sex trafficking.

And if you've never studied this, you may not know how prevalent sex trafficking is.

Domestically in the United States, over 300,000 American children are trafficked every single year with a lot more in Canada and around the world.

And today you're going to hear one of those survival stories, Jessa Crisp, and also joining her as her husband John.

So, Jessa, why don't you just walk us through a little bit of the trauma that you

experience as a child, just as much or as little as you want to share about that?

So a little bit about my history is that I was sexually abused as a child and then was used

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