Hey, welcome to the podcast. Today you're going to hear an amazing story of somebody who

never heard of in history, her name is Harriet Jacobs. Her story was really literally

erased, but she is one of the most amazing characters in American history. And she made

this courageous decision, one right after another that seemed nuts, but she knew exactly

what she was doing. And it's an amazing tale. Also, something that kind of spilled out

about, I don't know, halfway through, it kind of flows into a very personal story that

I hadn't planned on sharing. It happened over the summer of 2018 and was extraordinarily

traumatic for my family. And it's taken me a while to be able to share it. And in this

podcast, it just kind of came out. And the reason why it is because of Tim Ballard, if you've

ever listened to my show, you know who he is. But I don't think you've ever heard him like this.

Tim was a government agent. He was in the CIA that he worked for Homeland Security, but

he was an undercover guy. I didn't even know that he was an agent. I thought he was an author.

He's a really good writer. It was about five years ago that he said to me, can I meet

with you? And I did. And he pulls out a badge. And I'm like, am I under arrest? And he said,

no, I have to tell you who I really am. And the reason why is he wanted to start Operation OUR.

We are Operation Underground Railroad, a team of former CIA and military personnel,

created to rescue traffic children and dismantle these criminal networks.

Now a few years later, after he's really gotten OUR running and we play a big role in that and

we're grateful to be a part of it, he's also taken on the role of overseeing the Nazarene fund,

which is saving women and children in the Middle East from slavery and about to go global on that

as well. I think you're really going to enjoy today's podcast with Tim Ballard.

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