New Beginning for Former Sex Worker

Shannon Coenen

As President and Co-Founder, Shannon leads the organization and oversees numerous overseas projects. She also administrates GOF's Shepherd School, a ministry training program. She is an accomplished administrator, preacher, teacher, and speaker with more than 25 years nonprofit and ministry experience.

Pria*, a former sex worker in Southeast Asia, encountered the truth of the Gospel and gave her life to Jesus.

She recognized her opportunity during the COVID-19 pandemic to leave the sex industry and begin a new life fully free.

Thanks to your help, Pria entered a rehabilitation and training program where she learned skills to support herself and family.

Recently, Pria was blessed with a new home which she uses to win her neighborhood for Christ.

Southeast Asia is HOT. With her new refrigerator, Pria can offer guests cold drinks as she welcomes them into her home and tells them about the One who changed her life.

*Name changed and country withheld for security reasons.

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