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It's time now to get the hell out of your life. A weekly broadcast with real people sharing real struggles and offering real hope. Today's show will encourage, inspire and empower you to face life's challenges with a bold confidence and renewed hope. Now let's join our host, ron Myers. The promoter.

Speaker 2: 0:21

Hello, my friends, it is so good to be with you. I'm Ron Myers. The show is called Get the Hell Out of your Life. And today, a very different twist of a story. As you know, I am a Jesus freak. I will go anywhere, anytime to record a story of God's faithfulness. Well, I went undercover to an undisclosed location and got to hear the story of a survivor of human trafficking Shocking story. One reason she wanted to share her story was to encourage all of us to hold on to our faith, to never give up on God, no matter how daunting our circumstances may seem. Her voice has been altered and I will refer to her as Charlie. Strap on your seatbelt and listen to a story from a survivor of human trafficking.

Speaker 3: 1:16

I was born in the South. I was raised by my mother. I didn't ever have a father in my life, but I had a grandfather who's blind. He lived in the house with us and then my grandmother. They both didn't carry him and it was me and my brother. Once in a while my brother would be there. He stayed with my family my mom's no, his dad's grandmother, no, his dad's mother and so I never seen him that much because we really couldn't afford to feed him or take care of him. We didn't have very much money. But my grandfather was a palsy.

Speaker 3: 2:02

When you know, he molested me to the point my mother would have to take me to the doctor and they would say somebody's been touching her and she would say oh no, she does that to herself. She calls it herself. How old were you? I was little, little little. Ever since I was, probably since I was born he was doing that because he was a pedophile, he had been in trouble for it and he had messed with some of my other cousins and things like that, but nobody would do or say anything. No, he's just a blind old man. I loved him with all my heart. I didn't know that was bad, what was happening to me. I just knew this man loved me, would tell me he loved me, he played with me and that's what it was. But to this day I have a problem with my mother because I just don't understand why she didn't save me.

Speaker 3: 3:04

Other than that, I grew up and I went to school, had problems in school, didn't make it through. Kids picked on me really, really bad because I was born with my facial, you know, deformity, and I was overweight and I quit in the seventh grade. I mean, I might get one good meal a day and that would be at school because it was a free lunch and they would make fun of me to the point I couldn't even eat. I would have to. I just sat outside and wait till it was all done with and just go home and hope for the best. And I I didn't even get it good at home. My cousins picked on me too because I was different.

Speaker 3: 3:47

But I started meeting other friends at church and it got better. They act like they love me and they thought I was funny and they wanted to get to know me and things like that. But then my preacher kind of let me down. He didn't believe in this and that and I was going to the Christian school and he kind of he put me out of school because I was listening to New Kids on the Block and I went to his house and told everybody that he didn't believe in church, didn't believe in TVs and all that. But he had a TV in his room so I quit going to church. He let me down, but he had a TV in his room, so I quit going to church. That he let me down. And one person I believed in let me down. That I didn't believe, you know. And then I started hanging around these other kids, kids in the streets and uh you probably found community. They all made me feel good about myself. They gave me compliments, they gave me nicknames, they, you know, they made me feel good about myself.

Speaker 2: 4:53

So they gave you what your mom and grandpa couldn't give you.

Speaker 3: 4:57

Right, and nobody was trying to mess with me at that time. They were just showing me the good points of life out there. Then I moved on and went to my. I started to become homeless and I moved to be with my cousin. I was about 22 years old and then I started getting they started.

Speaker 3: 5:19

It was truck drivers and things like that, and we was dealing with truck drivers. They were loading, unloading, and so you know what truck drivers and things like that, and we was dealing with truck drivers. They were loading, unloading, and so you know what truck drivers do. They do drugs to stay awake Methamphetamines, things like that and so they would offer us drugs, alcohol, money, things like that, to go get them stuff off the truck line while they waited in line all night to wait so they could unload. It would take them 24 hours before they could unload sometimes, and so we'd go get the drugs and do the drugs and all that you know.

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And this girl she kept bugging me all the time. Could you ride me here? Would you bring me here? Would you do this? Would you do that? I was like you know, sure, I'll bring you home.

Speaker 3: 6:14

I brought her to this place and it didn't look like a home to me and you want to come in? No, I don't have time, I've got to go here. No, no, I want you to come in with me. I don't have time, I got to go here. No, no, no, I want you to come in with me. So I come in with her and we walk in and there's four guys in there, so, so, so, so, y'all guys. I said well, I'm going to leave now. And they said no, you're not. And I was like I said yes, I'm leaving now. No, you're not. And I was like I said yes, I'm leaving now. No, you're not.

Speaker 3: 6:46

The girl's looking at me. Her eyes are, they're so big that you can't, you just don't know. And she starts shaking. And they looked at her and they said do you know how stupid you are? And we know you're a snitch. I said you don't know me. He said we're talking to her and it was because she brought me there. I'm thinking I don't know. They murdered her right in front of me and then they promised me that they was going to do that to me. And they promised me they was going to do that to my family. And I didn't say this, but they convinced me. While they was doing that to her, they was doing it to me and they would choke you out to the point you couldn't breathe, and then you would come back alive. But she didn't come back alive, and sometimes I wonder why God just didn't take me there, because my life was so bad after that Until I had my daughter, and then I was stuck with those guys and those type people for years.

Speaker 2: 7:48

They wouldn't let you leave.

Speaker 3: 7:50

I would leave, but I was connected to them because I knew if I didn't come back and do what I said, they said my mother would end up dead. I would try to get jobs and work and they'd tell me you're gonna do this and we're gonna get this from this store or this place of employment, or you're gonna let us rob this place, or you're gonna let us do this or that. And I would always quit and say, look, I got fired. I would try to do things until you know, because when they would say let us rob it, I would always be scared they're going to shoot me in that robbery because that's going to be a way for them to you know, to do something to me.

Speaker 3: 8:38

Then it was like I was 26 and we were setting up shop. Setting up shop is where you sell drugs and we were setting up on the front of this house. There was no lights on or anything. I thought that the people at home were asleep and everything in the house. There was no lights or anything in the house, but there was booger lights, like you know, those lights that stand outside. That lets me know that I thought somebody lived there and he goes look, there's somebody in a truck coming where I don't have enough stuff to give them, to sell them. You're going to have to wait here. He said, but I want you to go in the house so nobody will mess with you. I was like I don't know these people. He goes, there's nobody living here. I was like you tell me now. And so he gets up and walks away and the person that was supposed to pick him up I never see anybody pick him up. But I walk in the house and there's somebody in there waiting on me.

Speaker 3: 9:46

I got set up and so he commits to doing his thing and he had a gun and I was like you let them have their way. And I said you know, I'm not going to say anything about this. And when he said you're not going to be able to, I started and then I started trying to fight and I got ahold of he. Was high on his mind and I can still. I can't stand the smell of stale beer and those little black cigars. The smell of stale beer and those little black cigars. That makes me just clicks and this PTSD type thing to me. And he, I got a hold of his gun and I started shooting. I'm not sure if I hit. I know I heard him holler, but he. He ran off the front door and I never heard or seen. I don't know if he could have went to the hospital. I don't know what had happened to him. I never heard anything else about him. I never seen him again. But nine months later.

Speaker 2: 10:59

Your daughter was born.

Speaker 3: 11:03

My daughter was born and I looked at her. I looked at her every day and I was like I don't see that person. And before I had her I was going to give her to my cousins. And I was sitting on the couch one day and I cleared my throat and I felt her jump in my stomach and my heart just melted. And then she came and she was opening her eyes, trying to look at me, and I knew there was no way in the world that I could give her away. And that's when I started trying to fight and that's when I started trying to get away from them, Because I knew they couldn't take that away from me and they couldn't steal her away from me or hurt her.

Speaker 2: 11:57

I saw her picture here. She's pretty special.

Speaker 3: 12:00

Yes, she can play a saxophone like there's nobody's business. She can sing like you wouldn't know. And she loves God. She's all about Jesus. She sure is. She's a good girl, never had any problems from her.

Speaker 2: 12:16

So out of all the trials and tribulations.

Speaker 3: 12:19

I would not have got her if I would not have been through those tribulations. That was what led me through all that. That's what gets me up in the morning. God knew I was strong enough to go get her and you know what happened. Through all this, my daughter did a DNA test and she wanted to try to go find her dad. I was scared. I had nothing to do with this and it wasn't even the man that raped me. It was a really good guy that I had dated on the truck ride for several months. Did she reach out to him? Yes, and they love each other very much. That was another blessing. He treats her like she's just his little angel. And you tell me that's not a blessing and that was a big amen. See how God looked after me after that. I mean, he's like see.

Speaker 3: 13:09

So I started going all around the US, like to Michigan and California, trying to hide. But they would find you and they'd know where you are. They'd know where you are. That's why I'm so scared. In that realm they're going to find me all the time. But I just had enough of it. I was trying to commit suicide. I died a couple of times. I just had enough of it. You know, maybe if I die they're just going to leave my family alone, and they're just going to leave me alone because I'm just wrecked. So I was like you know what I'm gonna do. I'm gonna go down to some gang members that are friends of mine and I'm gonna come back and I'm gonna kill these people down here. And I mean every word I said. I put a shirt and something else in a backpack and I walked out of my place.

Speaker 3: 14:03

I hid in the streets for a while and then I hid at my mom's for about a month and then I started walking down the street at night and I was making my way down, step by step, and then there was these guys that was working on the highway and I was walking following them and they come over and ask me was I a prostitute? And I was walking following them and they come over and ask me was I a prostitute? And I told them no, that I was scared of somebody that was coming after me and I was just following them for protection and they started feeding me and they said they was trying to look out for me and everything else, and they told me to keep up with them that night and so I walked down the street all that night until the daylight and they said well, we're getting off work and we're sorry, can we bring you somewhere? But I didn't trust them enough to get in the car with them either. You know, that's just more men. You know, I was just leaving, I was just going and I was just leaving. I was just going and I was confused and I was on the point of suicide, everything else. And I went to a Walmart and I just asked, told me, to walk in that Walmart and ask somebody for help, some nice lady that would drive me down there, you know.

Speaker 3: 15:19

And so this lady come out of the you know where they count the money and all that stuff. She come out, she had a bus pass and she opened it up and it had some instructions in there, a map, and the map I got. I read the map and I followed the map all the way to this little place and it was for these women, it was a shelter for women, and the man that drove me, he stopped me halfway all the way to this little place. And it was for these women, it was a shelter for women, and the man that drove me. He stopped me halfway. I walked like five miles and he rode me up the rest of the way on his little golf cart and he goes these people will help you. And he said I'm not gonna leave her here unless you're gonna help her, because she needs help.

Speaker 3: 16:01

And about that time they put me in this little bitty house and I was scared out of my wits. But I was at the end of my rope. I didn't know what to do. They come in and was feeding me and everything. And about that time the most beautiful lady walked in the door. It was Miss Susie. She's just smiling and just just. She looked like an angel and she set me up in this beautiful hotel room. And when I went in there I unplugged everything in the motel room. I was scared that they were listening to me. Somebody was going to hear me that this was just too easy, you know. And then the next day they took me and they took care of me for between here and there, they've been taking care of me for four years and I fell gone.

Speaker 3: 17:00

May the 5th 2019, and I never thought of another drug. My life's been completely different. Sometimes I look back, sometimes I think about you know, maybe I don't want to wake up, but I always do and when I get halfway through the day or most of the way through the day and I look at pictures of my daughter or I hear from a friend that I met there, they just pray with me and they're my prayer partners and everything AFF. But if anybody out there thinks life is just so hard that you just can't take it, god's got you. Just call on God, he'll protect you. He'll protect you.

Speaker 2: 17:47

So how are you doing today?

Speaker 3: 17:51

How am I doing today? I'm great. I got my old place, which I never really had a home before, a steady home. I'm disabled. Now, though, I feel like if God wouldn't have set me down, I might still be in those situations, because I would still be running, because I'd be up and out there. You know, I'm looking at my life now, as sick as I am, as a blessing, not as a curse, because, like they say sometimes, when God sets you down in a quiet place, there's a reason for it. There's a reason for everything. There's a reason for everything, and I needed a rest and I needed peace, because I never had any.

Speaker 2: 18:49

Do you have peace?

Speaker 3: 18:51

To a point.

Speaker 2: 18:52

If that angel, miss Susie, hadn't come in, do you think you would be here today? I'd be in prison, I'd be dead. So God's never late, he's never early, he's always on time, always.

Speaker 3: 19:05

And you know, I sat down over that day and I said God, he was a friend and an ID. I didn't have an ID and he really gave me, he showed out, you have a friend in Jesus, absolutely.

Speaker 2: 19:26

As people hear your story, what do you want them to come away with?

Speaker 3: 19:31

Nothing's too big, nothing's too hard. Just trust in Jesus. He can fix everything.

Speaker 2: 19:40

With all you've been through. Will you pray for our listeners?

Speaker 3: 19:47

that are listening. Yes, I'll pray for them. Dear Heavenly Father, whoever's listening to this, whoever it touches their heart or don't touch their heart. God bless them, take care of them. They might be on their last leg. They might not be able to wake up. God, take care of them and not be willing to wake up. God, take care of them. God, I love you and I praise you and I thank you for all you've done for me and all that you're going to do for me and my family and my whoever hears this in Jesus' name.

Speaker 2: 20:32

Wow. As we conclude this interview, it's clear that Charlie's journey it's a powerful testament to the resilience of the human spirit and the unwavering strength of faith. Her story reminds us that even in the darkest of times, hope can shine through, guiding us toward freedom and healing. Her faith and belief in God illuminated her path and gave her the courage to endure unimaginable things. Now, one reason Charlie wanted to share her story was to encourage all of us to hold on to our faith. No matter how daunting the circumstances, we can never give up on God. Her message resonates this no matter how tough life gets, never stop believing. Faith is not just a refuge. It's a powerful force that can lead to redemption and recovery.

Speaker 2: 21:29

Thank you, charlie, for sharing your incredible journey with us today. Thank you, charlie, for sharing your incredible journey with us today. May your story inspire many to keep their faith and to fight for the freedom in their life. Charlie, I want you to know that I will be praying for you and listeners. Please include Charlie on your prayer list. She lives in fear of being discovered and now I want to pray Jesus. Thank you for allowing me to share her story with the world, and may it serve as a bright light to expose the darkness. Jesus, remind each of us regularly to pray Pray for our world, pray for our leaders, pray for our families, pray for our children and pray that your freedom, peace and grace will begin to rain down upon our land like a soft, gentle summer shower. And, lord, place a hedge of protection around Charlie, keep her and her daughter and her caretakers safe. Thank you, jesus, amen caretakers safe.

Speaker 1: 22:38

Thank you, Jesus, Amen. You're listening to Get the Hell Out of your Life with your host, Ron Myers. Real stories, real struggles and real hope.

Speaker 4: 22:45

If life has been throwing you curveballs lately, I want to encourage you today that you can trust God to keep His promises. Don't give up on God. My name is Mark and this is the Journey you know. Life often feels overwhelming, filled with hardships that threaten to shake our faith in God. When life gets really hard, it's tempting to wonder if God's promises still stand. But the truth is, god's promises are sure and his faithfulness is unwavering.

Speaker 4: 23:14

Faith isn't about having a trouble-free life. It's about trusting God through every storm. It's choosing to believe that what God has promised eternal life, peace beyond understanding, strength for today, all of this is still true, even when life is hard. So if you're feeling overwhelmed, remember God's promises are not void because of your difficulties. Troubles in life help to produce in us patience, perseverance and strength, and remember this. 1 Corinthians, chapter 1, reminds us that God comforts us in all our troubles so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any trouble. So, when life gets difficult, don't give up on God. Fix your eyes on Jesus. His strength is sufficient and his promises will not fail.

Speaker 2: 24:13

Here's a refreshing word for you today from Galatians, chapter 2, 20. I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me, the life I live in the body. I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. How do you get the hell out of your life? Get on your knees and cry out to the Lord. He hears you, right where you are. How do you get the hell out of your life? Well, you replace it with Jesus. We've got to be born again, born of the Spirit, and that's by trusting Jesus Christ, turning from our sins and trusting Jesus.

Speaker 4: 24:45

You find out about this man by the name of Jesus, who went to the cross and gave his life so that we will have a life more abundantly, and gave his life so that we will have a life more abundantly, and if you can receive that love, he will love that hell out of you.

Speaker 3: 24:59

You trust in him and you let him love the hell right out of you.

Speaker 2: 25:02

How do you get the hell out of your life? Oh gosh, jesus, jesus, jesus Jesus.

Speaker 3: 25:08

Jesus is the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through him.

Speaker 2: 25:14

So how do you get the hell out of your life? Record a voice memo and email it to me, ron at the promoter dot o-r-g, and you can help encourage a person listening to get the hell out of their life.

Speaker 4: 25:29

Ron, we'll be back in a moment to wrap up today's conversation. We want to encourage you today with God's promise to you. It comes from the book of Jeremiah, chapter 29, verse 11. For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord. Plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and the future. That's God's promise to you when you choose to commit your plans and future to him. Now back to Ron.

Speaker 2: 26:03

Well, listeners, my time is up and wow, I will be thinking about this interview for a long time. If this interview spoke to your heart, would you please tell others to listen? The show is called Get the Hell Out of your Life and it's available on their favorite podcast platform Until next week. This is Ron Myers reminding you that I love you, jesus loves you, and when you give Jesus your heart, you not only get the hell out of your life, life gets good.

Speaker 1: 26:48

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Speaker 4: 27:29

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