From Trafficked to Treasured, Paperback

Description

In the quaint streets of small town USA, where neighbors are close friends and families share meals together, a young girl is snatched while walking home and savagely gang raped. Her life in the Heartland appears as it should with high grades and medals for athletics and music. However, the hidden dark shadows of her existence are only known by those who groom her as a slave for their brutal sexual cravings. These are the events that Kelly lived as a child and young adult. Shame and pain kept her silent for years. This heartbreaking account of personal survival from the sex trade industry in Heartland USA is full of hope and resilience. Kelly's journey of healing and freedom are giving her a loud voice today. From Trafficked To Treasured will help you discover how and why sex trafficking in rural America is surrounded in secrecy and is incredibly difficult to expose. It will cause you to recognize the signs of sex trafficking where you live, come alongside trafficked survivors, and become an advocate for those who are currently victims. Most importantly, if you are a victim, this book will help you get on the road to freedom. Buy this book as an essential tool in helping to understand one of the worst epidemics devastating our world today.

About the author

Kelly R Patterson is a wife, mother, and grandmother. She is also a lead pastor, speaker, consultant, and an active advocate in freeing those wounded from the effects of sexual crimes such as abuse, assault, and trafficking. While shame and pain kept her quiet for years, Kelly's journey of healing and freedom from sexual exploitation are giving her a loud voice today. Believing that unity is key, she enjoys collaborating with others to wage war against sex slavery. Having survived the unsurvivable, her skills come forth in maneuvering the difficult arena of a very painful subject matter. It is Kelly's belief that facing the truth with peace is not only possible but is something she has experiential knowledge of. Her courage to walk into a crowd and discuss the controversial is a communication gift that she excels in. Her tenacity to see others freed keeps her pushing through the most difficult of obstacles, a skill learned through climbing her way up and out of sex slavery. Kelly has travelled to hostile and distant areas to carry her message of freedom. Kelly R Patterson desires to be an aid in freeing those wounded from the effects of sexual abuse, sexual assault, and sex trafficking. Coming from the perspective of one who has walked the long road out, Kelly has a dynamic style and ability to relate to her audience. As a speaker, she is engaging and unafraid to tell it like it is. Withholding the hard truths is not a road she has chosen to take.