As we enter into the holiday season and reflect on the great mercy and grace God has shown to A.I.M., we are grateful for the faithful people who pray and support us at home in the U.S.   Don and Bridget are in the states for a short while, and we would love the opportunity to share with you in person all that God is doing in Cambodia through A.I.M.   God has been blessing the efforts of A.I.M.  At the same time revealing that the battle has just begun as the evil of child sex trafficking is deeply entrenched in Cambodia.    We hope you will join us at one of the following events to hear the latest news and our plans and vision for the future

AN EVENING WITH AIM

Speakers:  Don and Bridget Brewster
When:  Monday, December 15th
Time:  7:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Location:   Adventure Christian Church
6401 Stanford Ranch Road
Roseville, CA  95678
Room A101

FOR MEN ONLY:
Child Sex Trafficking:   Men, the Problem and the Solution
(Rated R due to subject matter.)
Speaker:  Don Brewster
When:  Saturday, January 3rd   Oak Hills Church Men’s Breakfast
Location:  Oak Hills Church, 1100 Blue Ravine Rd, Folsom, CA 95630
Contact Oak Hills Church for details and costs at (916) 983-0181
COMING SOON:
 Weekly Audio Podcasts from Don and Bridget
Each week you will have the opportunity to hear current news and stories of hope directly from Don and Bridget.   A transcript of the podcast will also be available to download.  Be watching for more information soon.

Oct 2008 Supporter Update

When we speak of AIM’s efforts to prevent the sexual trafficking of girls and women our words most often focus in one of two areas. One—Equipping the local Cambodian church as God’s agent to take a stand against the traffickers and abusers. Two—The use of community centers, such as Rahab’s House, to bring transformation to trafficking hotspots like Svay Pak. In the next couple of months we’ll be sharing some stories of God’s work in these areas, but today we’d like to share about another means of prevention.

That means of prevention…the heroic efforts of girls from Agape Restoration Center (ARC), our aftercare center for sexually trafficked and abused girls. Theirs might be the most courageous and sacrificial of all efforts. Their efforts take place as they stand before their abusers and perfect strangers in a courtroom to testify in detail about the abuse they have suffered. The following article from the LA Times is but one example of their efforts both in Cambodia and the US.

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There is another means of prevention we can all take part in…awareness. We will be forever grateful for each of you and your encouragement and support. Still we’d like to ask even more. We ask that you would passionately and often share stories about what is happening here in Cambodia. You can find many additional stories on the AIM website www.aim4asia.org, under “News.”

“Indifference to evil is more insidious than evil itself; it is more universal, more contagious, more dangerous. A silent justification, it makes possible an evil erupting as an exception becoming the rule and in turn accepted.” Abraham Joshua Heschel

Thank you again for the blessing and encouragement you are to thousands in Cambodia.

In Jesus’ love,

The AIM Team

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KGO Radio

On Sunday, August 31st, Don and Bridget Brewster will be guests on the Brent Walters radio show, God Talk, from 6:45 am to 8:15 am. Listen on KGO radio, AM 810 or live from the web at

http://www.kgoam810.com/showdj.asp?DJID=44494

now we have hope Photo Exhibit and Auction

There is still opportunity to visit the photo exhibit “Now We Have Hope”. Read the rest of this entry »

Mein on the day of her rescue from a Siem Reap brothel.

Mein is the oldest child in her family and she felt the burden of her family’s survival was hers to bear. She lived with her family in a Vietnamese community named Svay Pak just outside the capitol city of Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Svay Pak was and still is infamous for the sexual trafficking of girls, Read the rest of this entry »

Over the past 6 months, God has once again been working and designing on behalf of AIM and Agape Restoration Center. In December, two families donated digital cameras to the girls at ARC. In February, the owner of an art studio and gallery in Sacramento contacted us and wanted to donate the use of her building for any function that would support the ministry. Shortly thereafter, Randy Snook contacted us about the possibility of teaching the girls photography, and we began to see the “picture” God was creating through the generous hearts of all these people. Read the rest of this entry »

“When you’re worried and you can’t sleep,
Count your blessings instead of sheep.
And you’ll fall asleep counting your blessings!”

Bing Crosby sang those lyrics in the movie classic “White Christmas.” I’m not sure how theologically sound they are, but as a young child they brought comfort and joy to my heart. Now you might be saying to yourself, “That’s great, but what’s up with Christmas carols in June?”… Blessings!

At times here in Cambodia we can become myopic. Read the rest of this entry »

We are pleased to inform you that on Thursday, May 29th, a federal jury convicted Michael Pepe on seven felony counts, and he now faces a sentence of up to 210 years in a federal prison. The following is a link to an article from I.C.E. (US Immigrations and Customs Enforcement) on the verdict.

http://www.ice.gov/pi/news/newsreleases/articles/080529losangeles.htm

We would like to again, thank each of you for your faithful prayers. The girls are now back at Agape Restoration Center in Cambodia and adjusting quite well, much faster than we anticipated. Your partnership in prayer is making a difference to our heroines and all of our princesses.

God bless,

Your AIM Staff