Rebecca Bender on the realities of human trafficking in America and how God redeems

Susie Larson Live

Faith Radio

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.7 • 689 Ratings

🗓️ 27 February 2020

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Rebecca Bender never thought she'd be the victim of human trafficking, but in her early twenties she found herself working as an escort in Las Vegas. She shares how she escaped and how God redeemed her in her book, "In Pursuit of Love: One Woman's Journey from Trafficked to Triumphant."

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Susie Larson.
0:01.3	Here's the podcast from Middays with Susie Larson.
0:04.1	Enjoy the conversation.
0:06.1	It's only just a matter around.
0:08.9	It's only just a matter of time.
0:10.8	It's got to sing.
0:14.4	So the backroom is you glide.
0:17.4	Because smoking just won't do dance.
0:19.8	You don't have to know how to
0:21.6	Ever since, ever since, please got you left
0:24.6	Welcome to Middays, I'm Susie Larson so honored to get to spend this time with you.
0:29.6	In fact, I look forward to bringing you conversations every single day
0:32.7	That hopefully inspire you in your faith walk,
0:35.1	that deepen your understanding of God's Word,
0:36.8	and that heightens your awareness of his very real presence in your life. When we've got a powerful story for you today,
0:42.6	it is a powerful story. It starts out painful and difficult, but there's redemption on the other
0:47.1	side. So you've got to hang with me on this story. Rebecca Bender was a varsity athlete. She was an
0:52.0	honor roll student with a promising future when a young man pretending to be her boyfriend lured her down a path that she never imagined possible.
0:59.5	At 19 years old, Rebecca Bender believed her boyfriend when he told her that he loved her and wanted her to move to Las Vegas with him as he built a career as a music producer.
1:07.4	She wanted to believe him when he pulled up to an escort agency and asked her to help out with
1:11.3	money while he was getting started. Rebecca spent the next six years as a human trafficking victim.
1:16.8	Today, I'll say she's married. She's got four daughters. She works alongside the FBI so that others
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