International Ministries

Happy Holidays from Night Light

December 21, 2007 Journal
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Happy holidays!

As we close out 2007 and prepare for 2008, we would like to share with you some of NightLight's accomplishments and plans through this newsletter. We thank you for your interest, prayers and support. Your generosity towards NightLight and the women we work with provides a great start to bringing freedom to these women. Working at NightLight Design gives them financial security, dignity in their work, a loving environment and the opportunity to know freedom in Christ. Their lives ARE forever changed!

With our vision of serving more women in the red-light district in Bangkok, we realize that NightLight needs more space. Accordingly, we are researching a suitable facility and the possibility of launching a capital campaign to address our space needs. In addition to your current contributions to NightLight, we invite you to be a part of the future of NightLight by contributing to a building fund in order to allow for many more women to experience hope, opportunity and freedom.

Thank you so much for the significant and meaningful role you play in not only "setting captives free" but also in giving these women new lives.

May God bless you abundantly,

Annie Dieselberg

Dieselbergdec1NIGHTLIGHT MILESTONES

• Since we started in 2005, over 100 women have come through Nightlight. In 2007, an additional 53 women were hired out of prostitution bringing the present employment to 77 women. We continue to expand and grow the jewelry business, which allows more women to be hired.

• NightLight has made contact with over 400 Thai women and another 100 women trafficked from Central Asia, Eastern Europe and Uganda.

• Two Uzbek and one Ugandan trafficking survivors were assisted in escaping and returning home safely.

• Ten Thai women have stayed at NightLight's shelter in order to escape sexual exploitation or domestic violence, to recover from HIV-related illness or to have a safe place to live during pregnancy.

• 14 women have been baptized and ten more are preparing for baptism.

• 28 volunteers from eight different countries served alongside NightLight in outreach, the prayer ministry, the ministry to Central Asian trafficked victims, English classes, health classes, and administrative work.

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We believe God will use NightLight to bring hundreds of women out of prostitution including those trafficked from Central Asia. As we enter our third year, our objectives include:

• To provide employment for an additional 25 women; and

• To increase jewelry sales by expanding the company's wholesale business so NightLight Design is self-sufficient.

To accomplish these objectives, the need for a larger business facility is evident. We cannot legally employ more women in the present space. We simply lack the physical space to grow and accommodate the many women seeking alternative employment opportunities with NightLight Design.

We found an exciting opportunity to purchase a building, which has the space capacity for additional workspace for jewelry production, office space, residence, and a storefront to display and sell the jewelry. Additionally, this building is in a great location near the present NightLight site, an international church, a Thai church and the public transportation systems. The cost of buying this building is US $1.06 million.

As we study the feasability of purchasing this building, we are considering launching a capital campaign. In addition to your generous support which covers our operating costs, we invite you to be a part of NightLight's growth by contributing to the building fund so that many more women can experience hope, opportunity and freedom.

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